{"id":52589,"date":"2022-06-30T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T05:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=52589"},"modified":"2025-06-27T00:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:37:23","slug":"do-students-and-families-have-a-voice-in-your-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/do-students-and-families-have-a-voice-in-your-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Do students and families have a voice in your school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a id=\"Highlights\"><\/a>Highlights<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being active participants in their educational experience helps students succeed at school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acknowledging student and parent voice creates an environment conducive to real learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing the right communication tools helps to foster student and parent engagement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-widget download-cta-banner \" data-url=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/documents\/teacher_parent_communications_checklist.pdf\" data-id=\"69d952033f560\" id=\"69d952033f560\" data-form-type=\"cta download banner ENTERPRISE\">\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta rc-post-content-cta_download white\">\n<div class=\"img-rc-cta-download\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"290\" height=\"234\" fill=\"none\" id=\"svg--2005370050\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M213.846 96.959C222.78 130.299 257.048 150.084 290.388 141.15C323.728 132.217 343.513 97.9482 334.579 64.6087C325.646 31.2691 291.377 11.4839 258.038 20.4173L203.159 35.122C200.128 35.9341 198.329 39.0494 199.141 42.0803L213.846 96.959Z\" fill=\"#FF7A00\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M153.092 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For children and their families, being active participants in their educational experience can mean that they are better able to articulate their needs and succeed in school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it can be a challenge to facilitate family and student participation in school. How can you ensure that the student voice and parent voice in education are heard clearly and become a force that shapes your school\u2019s learning environment?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe\" id=\"new-rc-subscribe\"  style=\"background-image:url('\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/ringcentral\/assets\/images\/temp\/subscribe.png')\">\n\t\t<button class=\"close js-popup-close\"><svg class=\"icon_close_mobile\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon_close_mobile\"><\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__wrapper_text\">\n<h3 class=\"rc-subscribe__title h2\">Stay informed with RingCentral<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__subtitle\">Subscribe to our emails for the latest blogs, events, and exclusive content on AI-powered communication solutions. 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While students are the ones who are in the educational system, they have historically had little ability to shape the way that their education occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you listen to students and take their feedback seriously, this fosters a positive relationship between students and the school. Decisions that occur at school should occur with student and family feedback. This improves the students\u2019 experience and reduces confusion and frustration with the education system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student voice can involve:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving students the ability to shape what they learn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping students shape how they learn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowing students to help determine how their learning is assessed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, students may be interested in having more hands-on learning opportunities at school. A school that learns from the student voice will take this into consideration and provide a diverse array of learning opportunities for students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"impacts\"><\/a>The impacts of acknowledging student voice<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many positive impacts that occur when students\u2019 voices are not only acknowledged but become part of the core of what shapes the school environment. Students feel:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valued, because their voices have been heard and used to shape future learning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thoughtful, because they are able to contribute to shaping their learning environment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attentive, because they are able to learn in ways that suit their specific learning needs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engaged, because they can shape their own meaningful learning experiences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is the kind of learning environment that students want to attend and parents want to have for their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Schools\"><\/a>Schools can teach students how to use their voices<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From writing assignments to the debate club, students are often asked to articulate their thoughts and feelings. Often, though, these debates may be on topics that aren\u2019t currently relevant to the students\u2019 lives. Instead of creating abstract debate topics, teachers can also teach students to use their written and verbal communication skills to shape their school communities and educational experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Academic\"><\/a>Academic engagement soars when you integrate student voice<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/elevating-student-voice-education\/\"><b>American Progress<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by high school, only one-third of students report being engaged in their learning. This is a huge missed opportunity. Engaged learners are able to authentically connect with the material, their peers, and their teachers. They are better able to apply what they learn and use it to contribute to the society around them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By encouraging students to express their ideas regarding their education, you foster a sense of community and help engage students. Engagement, in turn, leads to better academic performance. A <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/education\/267521\/focus-student-engagement-better-academic-outcomes.aspx\">Gallup survey<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 110,000 students in 128 schools found that schools in the top quartile of student engagement had significantly more students exceeding and meeting proficiency requirements than schools in the bottom quartile of engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52590\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52590 size-full\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/gallup-results.png\" alt=\"The results of a recent Gallup Student Poll titled &quot;School Engagement Quartiles and Student Academic Outcomes&quot;\" width=\"930\" height=\"704\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gallup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Give\"><\/a>Give students the ability to shape their community<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of students\u2019 first communities is their educational institutions. For young students, school can feel large and scary. For older students, it can feel immovable. When students become active participants in shaping their school communities, they feel a sense of agency in their community. This is good for the students and their community at the time, and it is also a core lesson for those students. They discover that they are able to become changemakers. When adults value students\u2019 voices, students become stronger community members who feel that they can change what is around them, not only for their benefit but for the benefit of all students, families, and teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Honoring\"><\/a>Honoring student voice honors underrepresented communities<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engagement is also key to keeping Black, Latinx, Native American, and low-income students in school. When students have the opportunity to shape everything from the design of their school to the content of their education, they thrive and contribute to the success of their families and communities. Increasing student engagement can contribute to increased social equality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"role\"><\/a>The role of the parent voice in education<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all students, parental involvement in a child\u2019s education is a key contributing factor to student success. When parents are actively involved in their children\u2019s education, they can help articulate students\u2019 needs and provide a family perspective on what students require in their education. However, parents are busy people, juggling work and family life, and they often have children in multiple schools. For parents, ease of communication and school involvement helps solicit and integrate parents\u2019 voices at school. If it\u2019s not straightforward to articulate their family\u2019s needs, many parents won\u2019t participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52592\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/parent-voice.jpeg\" alt=\"A student and her parent interact with a teacher via video conferencing while sitting at a desk\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Is\"><\/a>Is your school integrating student and parent voices?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your school is working hard to increase parental involvement and trying to create learning opportunities that truly engage students, then you need the tools to support you in this effort. All too often, attempts to communicate effectively with students are stymied due to barriers that students and parents experience. These barriers include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meetings that occur at inconvenient times for parents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wrong type of communication mode (some parents prefer to connect by messaging, others like video conferencing, and still others might want to hop on a phone call).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources that are difficult to access, such as paper forms rather than online information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lack of diverse opportunities for students and parents to get involved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Addressing\"><\/a>Addressing barriers to communication<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With new technologies such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/industry-solutions\/education-cloud-phone-systems.html\">cloud-based communications systems<\/a><\/strong>, your school can become a hub for student and parent voices, increasing student and parent engagement. A cloud-based communications hub can diversify the ways that you communicate with students and parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communications technologies like RingCentral offer many different communications options for different parent and student needs, such as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video lessons and communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Text messages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobile-accessible files<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online lessons and class materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online polls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessibility support features for those who need them<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A centralized, cloud-based communications system can also offer ongoing reports so that you can gather insights from students and parents much more quickly than you would with paper forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b><a id=\"Enable\"><\/a>Enable ease of communication<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers and administrators are always pressed for time. With a cloud-based communications system, administrators and teachers don\u2019t need to reinvent tools to communicate with diverse students and parents. Those tools are already present within the system. All of the information you need to send out and all of the information that you need to collect are in a single location. That way, you can focus on supporting student and family engagement and learning from it, rather than setting up technological infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student and parent engagement are essential, yet under-resourced. Improve your ability to connect with students and parents with a powerful communications solution. With RingCentral, you have the tools to integrate student and parent voices in education. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/how-it-works.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>See how it works today.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights Being active participants in their educational experience helps students succeed at school. Acknowledging student and parent voice creates an environment conducive to real learning. Choosing the right communication tools helps to foster student and parent engagement. What does it mean to have a voice in your own education? 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