December Checklist for Councils Supporting Local PTAs
Ongoing Tasks Review the 2023-24 Standards of Affiliation (SOA) Checklist. Host a training or roundtable at council membership meetings addressing timely SOA requirements. Offer support to local PTAs who may be struggling with any of the SOA requirements. At each council membership meeting, share the SOA items that your council has completed to model best…
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July Checklist for Councils Supporting Local PTAs
Ongoing Tasks Remind local PTAs of the memberplanet database shutdown. Until July 15, PTAs will have limited access to memberplanet. Offer support to local PTAs who may be struggling with any of the SOA requirements. Work with your region director to support any local PTAs with fewer than 25 members or any local PTAs without…
February Checklist for Councils Supporting Local PTAs
February Monthly Tasks Continue assisting with items from the “Ongoing Tasks” list. Refer to the February Checklist for Running Your PTA. WSPTA Advocacy Week is February 6-10, 2023 Encourage leaders to subscribe to the Action Network to participate in timely action alerts with updates on the ongoing legislative session. As a bonus, subscribers to the Action Network receive the…
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January Checklist for Councils Supporting Local PTAs
January Monthly Tasks Continue assisting with items from the “Ongoing Tasks” list. Refer to the January Checklist for Running Your PTA. Reflections entries due to WSPTA by January 19 Councils can access the submission form here. Contact Reflections@wastatepta.org with questions. To view the recording for the January 9th WSPTA Reflections Submission Review and Q&A Webinar. Remind local PTAs about the…
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Tip of the Week – March 17
5 Reasons Why Training is Important Training can level the playing field. If someone wants to volunteer for a board position but is unsure of what might be required, training can clarify the expectations. Training provides people the chance to assess their own skill level. How well do you know what is being taught? Training…
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That’s a Wrap! – Autumn Leadership Launch 2021
It’s time to celebrate a successful introduction of the first-ever virtual Autumn Leadership Launch (A.L.L.)! Many thanks to all who attended and volunteered. Registration exceeded what we had anticipated. Between attendance and the number of views of recorded sessions, this proved to be a popular training option for leaders statewide. If you missed it this…
7 Things You Need to Know About Recording and Live-Streaming
With many PTA meetings now held via an electronic platform, PTA leaders would like to know whether PTAs have the option to record meetings and provide the link to those who were unable to attend. There are also PTAs considering the practice of live-streaming meetings on platforms like Facebook. Live streaming and recording meetings and…
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2018 WSPTA Convention Recap
On behalf of your Washington State PTA board of directors, thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the 105th Annual WSPTA Convention. You helped to make it a fantastic weekend! For those of you who were unable to attend this year’s convention, we all discovered our PTA Power! Learning! We had…
April Checklist for Running Your PTA
April Ongoing Tasks Attend any board and membership meetings Read meeting minutes and offer corrections Prepare reports for board and membership meetings Attend training Be familiar with your responsibilities and fulfill them Review and ask questions about monthly financial report Prepare articles for newsletter/social media Update website Participate, help, and communicate Monthly Tasks At the…
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March Checklist for Running Your PTA
March Ongoing Tasks Attend any board and membership meetings Read meeting minutes and offer corrections Prepare reports for board and membership meetings Attend training Be familiar with your responsibilities and fulfill them Review and ask questions about monthly financial report Prepare articles for newsletter/social media Update website Participate, help, and communicate Monthly Tasks WSPTA Awards,…
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