Are you a Principal or school leader looking to start a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at your school? If you’re looking for ways to boost family engagement in your building, then starting a PTO is a fantastic way to achieve that goal! There’s no better way than leveraging the power of parents to make the...Continue reading
Are you a principal looking to form a stronger, more effective relationship with your school’s parent-teacher organization, whether it’s a PTO or a PTA or some other name? I’m guessing you are because who doesn’t want this for themselves? You work too hard as a Principal to not leverage the opportunity the PTO presents for...Continue reading
School parent groups, namely Parent Teacher Organizations (PTO), come in a variety of shapes and sizes. And they also range in a number of other ways. Some have a deep bench of experienced volunteers, ready to take on the work of the group. Others may need a little (or a lot) support and guidance! If...Continue reading
Principals, are you looking to build a vibrant and active Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) in your school community? A school parent group that supports you and your entire school community? One that helps facilitate family engagement in your building? That’s just what we’re covering in this article! Let’s dive into how exactly to create the...Continue reading
One of the beautiful things about a school and a PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) partnership is the ability to collaborate to get things done—to make your school community a better place. Let’s talk all about seven different ways that schools and PTOs can collaborate, and really work to expand family engagement, and improve your school community...Continue reading
Another example of how schools and parent groups like PTO and PTAs can work effectively together is by coordinating fundraising throughout the entire school year. Quite often, the two organizations have different financial needs, but I will tell you that competing against each other is a surefire way to make sure everybody loses and that...Continue reading
Let’s talk about how to keep your school parent group, whether PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) or PTA (Parent Teacher Association) out of the news for theft. Anyone violating the trust of an organization by stealing money is so unfortunate, but ultimately you can put a few easy safeguards in place to prevent it all together....Continue reading
Let’s talk about what Principals can do to both support and attract parents to the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization). Now, this is especially helpful if you don’t have a PTO or if your PTO is very small and you want to grow it so that you can grow family engagement. But actually any Principal who...Continue reading
One of the most effective ways to ensure your success as a PTO leader is to develop a good relationship with your Principal. A lot of times the Principal is the gatekeeper when it comes to communicating directly with parents and also for event approval. If you don’t have a good relationship with your Principal,...Continue reading