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Lead the PTA Way

Great leaders understand there is no cookie‐cutter, one‐size‐fits‐all approach. So they keep reflecting, learning and evolving.

  Traits for Leading the PTA Way

•    Welcome all and value unique perspectives   
•    Listen and communicate effectively
•    Focus on supporting student success and well‐being
•    Speak up for every child and seek positive change
•    Share power and empower others to lead
•    Collaborate with school and community partners

For more information on the National Standards Family School Partnerships and how to effectively use them in your PTA, Click Here

Tips for Leaders

One of the wonderful benefits of belonging to PTA is the superb support system it offers. Thank you for the time you have chosen to give to your PTA and school community. Being a PTA leader can sometimes feel a little overwhelming and complex. But knowledge is a powerful tool.

This section provides tips, resources and best practices for developing your leadership skills, building teams and working with school-site staff to enhance your experience as a PTA leader, and provides you with information on topics you will be likely to reference throughout your term of office.

The Executive Committee 

Members of the executive board are specified in the association bylaws (Article VI: Officers and Their Election).  Local Bylaws, Article VII: Duties of Officers list each executive committee member and their responsibilities.  Article VIII: Executive Committee lists the duties of the executive committee as a whole.  That includes: 

a. Plan and determine the dates of general membership meetings;

b. Transact necessary business in the interval between general membership meetings and such other business as may be referred to it by this PTA/PTSA;

c. Determine at its first meeting of the school year, the designated order in which the Vice Presidents perform the duties of the office of President in the absence or inability to act of both the President and President-elect;

d. Create commissions and special committees; e. Approve the plans of work of the commissions and special committees;

f. Develop an annual budget to be distributed to and approved by this PTA/PTSA at the first general membership meeting (prior to October 1) of the school year;

g. Approve routine bills within the limits of the budget;

h. Require all checks to have two (2) signatures;

i. Report at regular meetings of this PTA/PTSA;

j. Fill vacancies in offices except President-elect; and

k. Select an auditor or an AFR committee to reconcile the Treasurer’s accounts.

Want to know what each Position on the Executive Committee does? Click a position below.