Learn the secret to keep parents coming back to your PTO meetings month after month! So many ideas to keep your meeting attendance high!
We know that your organization relies on involvement from your members, but how do you get people to help? Everyone is busier than ever and the last thing they want to do is give what little free time they have to your organization. Check out our infographic on small things you can do to increase […]
Learn how to be the very best Membership Chair for your PTA or PTO! Uunderstanding the job duties of this volunteer leadership position is critical!
We’re excited to talk about our statewide book fair to benefit students throughout Ohio. This is a 100% online book fair with Children’s Bookstore. If you arrive at the website through a page other than our book fair page, please enter the following code: OhioPTA. This unique book fair is scheduled for November 1st to 15th, 2016. The book fair will provide money for the Ohio PTA Scholarship Fund. Ohio 2017 graduating seniors who will be enrolled in college, university or technical programs are eligible for scholarships. (This is not a scholarship for students currently enrolled in colleges, or universities or technical programs.) As a supporter of all children and youth, we need your help to get the word out about the book fair. If we act together, we can truly help students all over Ohio. Here's how you can help: 1. Become familiar with the book fair. Click here to visit our book fair page. We will earn 30% of every purchase made at the online book fair. 2. Send book fair announcements via emails or social media to your colleagues, friends, family, PTA districts, councils and local units. We need to spread the word as much as possible throughout the state – and beyond. There will be additional announcements to market our book fair that we encourage you to forward to your contacts based on the following schedule: October 25: Book Fair Announcement November 1: Book Fair Kick-Off November 8: Half Way Reminder November 14: Two Days to Go November 15: Last Minute Reminder There are more than 200,000 books available from baby books to young adult books. Every book on the website is eligible for our book fair. When you do your Christmas shopping for books, you'll be helping many high school seniors all over our state. Thank you in advance for your significant support of this event. Happy Reading!
Today, PTA’s role is more important than ever in connecting parents, teachers and administrators, and supporting critical school needs. We want every family in our schools to join PTA, because we can do more together than apart. Our membership campaign—PTA For Your Child—is designed to engage and excite new members and existing members by making the work of the PTA more visible and highlighting the value and impact of PTA.
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A membership drive can help your group build a base of support and volunteers. Here are ideas from groups that have run successful drives.
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Learn how to be the very best Membership Chair for your PTA or PTO! Uunderstanding the job duties of this volunteer leadership position is critical!
If you are reading this, you are probably either a school PTO leader, principal or room mom trying to figure out how to get more parents involved! Know this, you are not alone! Schools across the country struggle to get the participation that they want and need everyday! I've been there too. Here's the scenario... My son attended a middle school with approximately 700 kids that was in need of a PTO leader. Sure, why not! I love education, kids and planning so how bad could it be? Right?!?! Wrong! I almost immediately realized that getting people to actually come help with anything was difficult. Honestly, it felt impossible. I had a mini pity party and decided that wasn't going to cut it! These are good people that love their kids. I knew that! Now, I just needed to come up with how to get them involved! That leads me to the topic of this post! How to Increase Parent Engagement at Your School First and foremost, remember that you were willing to step up. Whether that was out of guilt, because there was no one else or you are part of an amazing school that has an active PTO, someone cares about the PTA group! The reality is, while it may not seem like it, everyone wants it to work. They just aren't jumping up and down saying
Learn how to be the very best Membership Chair for your PTA or PTO! Uunderstanding the job duties of this volunteer leadership position is critical!
The number one, virtually universal problem for PTOs these days is that groups don’t have enough volunteers. Some days, it seems like ready volunteers are rarer than walking out of Target with only what’s on your list. Well, there may be very good reason for this problem and I’m going to…
The trick to getting more parents engaged and involved in your schol + PTO is deceptively simple. Try this easy method to boost your school volunteer base!
This is a volunteer sign-up form for volunteers to complete at home & return. Lists every volunteer opportunity throughout the year. Includes on-going opportunities, one-time opportunities and at-home opportunities. Allows everyone to sign up for something!
From a PTA membership form to the monthly PTO newsletter – there are plenty of ways your school can get more organized and efficient in recruiting volunteers, retaining members and raising funds for your parent-teacher organizations. The proper range of forms for PTO and PTA groups is essential for a harmonious working environment – and a school where the whole community participates. Making these forms available to everyone is...
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