Does working with your PTO/PTA school parent group feel overwhelming?

It doesn’t have to!

Get the roadmap for establishing, leveling up, or transforming a distressed PTO into a healthy and effective parent group.

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

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You know parent groups are important, but you’re not exactly clear about how they work or how to manage and support them. 

Unlike other critical topics, working with parent groups isn’t something that’s been meaningfully covered in your training (Why? No one knows).

Learning by trial and error is time consuming and no guarantee you’ll ever have all of the answers you need.

The good news is that you don’t have to figure it out on your own!

 

Meet The Principal’s Parent Group Playbook!
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The first of its kind guidebook specifically crafted for school leaders to equip them with essential information, strategies and tactics for all school parent groups, no matter their name.

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The book combines a big picture overview of how school parent groups operate with activities that reinforce core concepts.

But the book doesn’t just give you the information and leave you to figure out next steps on your own…

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

A Concise Picture of What Principals Need to Know

This isn’t a dense instruction manual covering every aspect of running the group.

It’s the perfect distillation of exactly what YOU need to know, saving so much time and effort, and giving you the confidence to be the strong and supportive school leader you aim to be.

Get ready to form an authentic partnership with the parent group and help it–and your entire school community–succeed.

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A sampling of the answers this book provides:

  • What is the Principal’s role in the parent group?
  • How best to support the parent group (without it becoming a full time job)?
  • What role, if any, should teachers and staff play in parent groups?
  • What is the difference between PTOs and PTAs (and why does the distinction matter)?
  • How to help a struggling group turn around?

With clarity on these issues and more, you’ll have both the knowledge and confidence to work with any type of parent group (PTO, PTA, booster club, etc.) operating in any K-12 school.

You’ll also be primed to leverage the group for greater family engagement!

About the Author

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 management of the most complex situations.

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

School leaders deserve to have some guidance on how to work with and leverage these game changing parent organizations.

After witnessing the difference effective school parent groups have made in her own children’s school district, she wants the same for others.

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Choose your best option:

Paperback Book

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Cost: $29 (plus shipping)

Ebook

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Cost: $29 (instant download, nothing physical ships)

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The perfect companion to The Principal’s Playbook is the Principal’s Parent Group Workbook, featuring all of the playbook activities in an easy to reproduce format, perfect for sharing with teacher, staff and parent stakeholders.

Make sure to snag a copy of the book and the workbook below- you’ll need both.

Cost: Workbook only $20 (instant download), Bundle $49 (instant download).