Help Your Principal Become Your PTO’s Biggest Champion!

Does your PTO/PTA struggle to get on the exact same page with your school administration?

You need the Principal’s Parent Group Playbook!

 

'The principal's parent group playbook: practical PTO partnership strategies for a stronger school community' book

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Do you feel like your Principal wants to support your school parent group, but they aren’t exactly sure how?

Or maybe they try to micromanage because they don’t understand how your PTA/PTO  is supposed to run?

It’s not their fault.

You know parent groups are vital to a school’s success, but working with parent groups is rarely (if ever!) meaningfully covered in a Principal’s formal training.

Instead of waiting for them to learn by trial and error, give your Principal the exact roadmap they need to become your group’s best partner!

 

Enter The Principal’s Parent Group Playbook!

Practical PTO Partnership Strategies for a Stronger School Community
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This first-of-its-kind guidebook was specifically crafted for school leaders, making it the perfect back-to-school, Principal Appreciation Day, or holiday gift from your board to your administration.

It equips Principals with the essential information, strategies, and tactics they need to support and work with all school parent groups, no matter your name or acronym.

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A Concise Picture of What Principals Need to Know

Principals are incredibly busy.

This isn’t a dense instruction manual covering every minute aspect of running a PTO.

It’s the perfect distillation of exactly what THEY need to know to be the strong and supportive school leader your group needs.

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Clear Boundaries and Expectations

The playbook combines a big-picture overview of how school parent groups operate with activities that reinforce core concepts so everyone understands their lanes.

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Actionable Next Steps

The book doesn’t just throw information at them.

Chapters end with a series of actionable strategies primed to implement right away, whether your parent group is just starting, ready to level up, or desperately needs rejuvenation.

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'the playbook provides answers to questions your principal is too afraid to ask'

The Exact Information They’ve Always Wanted to Know

When you gift this book to your school leader, you are handing them the answer to:

  • What is the Principal’s actual role in the parent group?

  • How can the Principal best support the parent group (without it becoming another full-time job for them)?

  • What role, if any, should teachers and staff play in your group?

  • What is the difference between PTOs and PTAs (and why does the distinction matter)?

  • How can a Principal help a struggling group turn around?

With clarity on these issues and more, your Principal will have both the knowledge and confidence to form an authentic, highly effective partnership with your board.

About the Author: Written by a Fellow PTO Nerd!

With over 15 years of PTA volunteer and leadership experience, Christina Hidek knows what it takes to run wildly successful PTA/PTOs.

As a recovering attorney and Professional Organizer, she has a keen sense of developing systems to simplify and ease the management of complex situations.

At heart, she’s a PTO nerd with a mission to make life easier for all volunteers, parent leaders, and school leaders.

After experiencing the difference effective school parent groups have made in her own children’s school district, she wrote this book to ensure every school leader has the guidance they need to leverage game-changing parent organizations like yours.

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Order a Copy Today!

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Cost: $29 (plus shipping)

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