Tip of the Week – November 18
Holiday Gift Giving in a Snap As PTA leaders, you know the value of membership. And you realize that PTA membership is a voice for a child. As a membership organization, our PTAs need members so we, as an association, can accomplish the work we do to advocate for the education, family engagement, safety, health,…
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Leadership
Tip of the Week – October 14
Upcoming Deadline – Enter Members by October 31 The WSPTA Standards of Affiliation (SOA) requires PTAs to have 25 members entered in memberplanet by October 31, 2021 to remain in good standing. This date aligns with the end of the PTA membership year – this is the same date that all memberships sold for the 2020…
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Governance
The Value of Councils
There are 29 councils in Washington, and 71% of all PTAs in Washington are served by councils. WHY is being in a council important? If a school exists in an area served by a council, it is more likely to have a PTA: 66% of schools served by councils have PTAs, while only 16% of…
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Governance
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Membership Dues Subsidies from PTA General Funds (Scholarship Memberships)
For many years, WSPTA has interpreted National PTA and WSPTA bylaws concerning payment of membership dues to prohibit local PTAs from using its own funds to pay for PTA memberships. In an effort to remove barriers, WSPTA leadership has consulted with National PTA, their accountants, and legal counsel over this interpretation. The major findings are:…
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Membership
Community, Advocacy, and Membership
Synergy. Powered by PTA. Imagine your PTA as a triangle with Membership, Advocacy, and FACE (Family And Community Engagement) at each of its corners. Imagine all the results of having a PTA at your school or in your community are within the triangle. Now, if one of the points of the triangle didn’t exist, you…
Impacts of PTA on Student Success
Membership Impact. Powered by PTA. Thanks to National PTA for compiling data on the overall impact of PTA on schools and students across the country! Many leaders have been struggling with how to share the value of PTA when we cannot host our traditional events and activities. Please share some of these graphics with your…
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Membership
Give the Gift of Membership
Membership. Powered by PTA. As PTA leaders, you know the value of membership. And you realize that PTA membership is a voice for a child. As a membership organization, our PTAs need members so we, as an association, can accomplish the work we do to advocate for the education, family engagement, safety, health, and well-being…
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Membership
Building a Virtual Membership Campaign
The best membership campaigns for 2020-2021 will be the ones that don’t require paper forms and payment to be collected at school. Virtual membership campaigns will do three things for your PTA: reduce face-to-face contact, reduce the time processing memberships, make it simple for members to start enjoying member benefits right away. Selling memberships online…
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Membership
Database Transition to 2020-2021
This is the target date for the database transition to 2020-2021 to be completed and membership functions to be available to PTAs.
Finalize reconciliation of membership records
This is the date to complete your reconciliation of the memberships recorded in memberplanet to your records for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Double-check that your reported membership numbers are correct. WSPTA staff is available to help with challenging issues that you uncover. When your reconciliation is complete we recommend downloading a final roster of your…