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Stakeholder Analysis

Azucena Garcia

Arizona State University

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Abstract

The three significant stakeholders in the topic of parental involvement aside from parents are

students, teachers, and the community. They are each affected by parental involvement in

various but coinciding ways. Students are affected by parental involvement as they have the

highest achievement when parents have goals in mind for them. In difference, teachers can

benefit from collaborating with parents as a form of allowing parents to be involved with their

students’ success. The community plays a role, as well in parent involvement as parents can join

a community to work together and advocate for their children’s’ education.

Keywords: parental involvement, students, teachers, community

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Stakeholder Analysis

Students

Students are the main stakeholders in the topic of parental involvement as they must

succeed in their education and want to thrive. In a recent study they found:

“For the study feature of Parental Involvement Dimension, parental home Supervision has very

low relationship with students’ academic achievement, whereas parents’

aspiration/expectation for their children’s educational achievement has the strongest

relationship with students’ academic achievement,” (Fan 17).

Students obtain the highest achievement when their parents have a sort of aspiration and

expectation from them. It is important that students develop a healthy relationship with their

parents because their opinions matter when it comes to their education. They achieve and have a

higher goal in their education when their parents are aware of their potential in their education.

Parental involvement can be looked at in various ways, and one of them is by parents showing

their vocal support to their children by encouraging them to strive for more through their

aspirations and high expectations.

Teachers

Teachers are one of the main stakeholders when it comes to the discussion of parent

involvement. It is stated, “A growing body of research suggests that when parents and school

personnel collaborate effectively, students are likely to behave and perform better in school,”

(Izzo 818). This is important as teachers are taught about collaboration as they work together in

meetings with groups in their content areas. They allow for collaboration in the classroom, as

well for their students as collaboration is a skill they need to learn for the real world.

Furthermore, as they work to improve their students’ success in the classroom, teachers obtaining
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parent involvement can allow for the parents to “work at home to enhance their children’s

education,” (Izzo 820). It is stated that teachers not only teach their students, but they can also

teach the parents how to support their children and allow for the students to acquire success with

their education. As parents find time to work from home due to teachers’ further collaboration

and help with them, the student is getting more support in their education.

Community

The local community is another one of the main stakeholders when it comes to parental

involvement in schools. In an article mentioning community and parent involvement with

student achievement it is stated, “a recent wave of community organizing has surfaced in an

effort to challenge existing power structures of schools and to demand more power and voice in

school decision making,” (Gordon 8). As the community varies from community leaders and

even parents, it is important for schools to acknowledge the group that they form and what they

advocate for in schools. They demand to be heard when it comes to decisions involving schools,

which may consist of changes that can affect students. This is important as parents who are

involved can join bigger communities to better speak up for their children to have a bigger

success in the classroom and in their overall education. In addition, it is stated:

“because parent involvement may be linked to student achievement correlationally, we contend

that teachers and principals can play a role in increasing student learning by creating a

culture of shared leadership and responsibility, not just among school staff but also with

the wider community,” (Gordon 24).

It is important that a culture that is safe is established when it comes to the community coming

together to establish a role in the lives of students. The culture that the community forms can affect

how parents play a role with their involvement in schools, which can also reach teachers and
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principals. The ultimate goal for them should be for students to become the best version they can

when it comes to their education and future.

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References

Fan, X., & Chen, M. (2001). Parental involvement and students' academic achievement: A meta-

analysis. Educational psychology review, 13(1), 1-22.

Gordon, Molly F., and Karen Seashore Louis. "Linking parent and community involvement with

student achievement: Comparing principal and teacher perceptions of stakeholder

influence." American journal of education 116.1 (2009): 1-31.

Izzo, C. V., Weissberg, R. P., Kasprow, W. J., & Fendrich, M. (1999). A longitudinal assessment

of teacher perceptions of parent involvement in children's education and school

performance. American journal of community psychology, 27(6), 817-839.

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