Are you a new school parent group, a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) or Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Secretary, now tasked with taking meeting minutes? And you’re wondering what the actual heck you need to be doing to ensure the meeting minutes are proper and complete? That’s exactly what we’re going to be talking about in...Continue reading

Are you looking to improve communication for your Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) and, in turn, transform engagement? This is something all parent groups should strive to do because of just how important communication is to support for the PTO. Any school parent group can use the strategies outlined in this post to improve their communication...Continue reading

The Secretary role in any school parent group, whether it’s a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) or Parent Teacher Association (PTA) or another name, is a key position with some essential duties to keep the group on track. Getting and staying organized as a PTO Secretary will help any volunteer have a better term and enjoy...Continue reading

Has your Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) decided that you finally want to get on social media and maybe start your very own Facebook page, but you’re not quite sure where to get started? Keep reading to learn five different things that you need to do in order to get your PTO or PTA’s Facebook page...Continue reading

Let’s get PTO nerdy and talk about the difference between the different kinds of secretaries that PTOs (Parent Teacher Organizations) can have. Some groups will just have one type of Secretary as an executive board position, and some will have two. So if you have a bigger group or if you have more defined responsibilities...Continue reading

When you think back to your involvement in your child’s school parent group, whether it’s a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) or another group, what likely stands out is the amount of miscommunications that you’ve experienced. And that’s really unfortunate, but the name of the game when it comes to interacting with other humans, right? And...Continue reading

Keeping everyone literally on the same page is an essential part of running a healthy PTO. And one of the officers most responsible for this task is the PTO Secretary since it’s important to know the PTO secretary duties so you can see if you’re meeting expectations or not. This post will cover how to...Continue reading