Our school has a pta and the parents use to be involved now its like they just dont care anymore does anyone have any advise?
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Buckaroo...are you in our PTA? LOL Seriously, that sounds like one of our meetings! :) Again, I couldn;t care less...the very first time I was told that a particular topic wasn't their concern, I asked them what was their PTAs agenda?! I also said that I was so bored to be there because I wasn't interested in finding out about those $200 they made out of a bake sale simply because that was a collossal waste of my time. I shut the President up by writing the Principal a check of $300 right at the meeting when they were trying to come up with ideas as to how to raise that money to by a piece of equipment! Sadly, those $300 gave me some respect apart from my doctorate degree! LOL Now they don't mess with me and I pretty much do things the way I want. My presence at the meeting shows that I care about my children and sincerely about the school. Our goals are the same...how we get there should not be this complicated! :)
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I think what turned me off on PTA was that it was only interested in parents fundraising capabilities. Any issues with school policy were put off with "We don't discuss those things."
Meetings were basically a treasurer saying how much money was made and asking approval to pay off bills. Never saw a meeting when things were planned... I think those meetings took place in the day, so working moms were out of luck.
Meetings were basically a treasurer saying how much money was made and asking approval to pay off bills. Never saw a meeting when things were planned... I think those meetings took place in the day, so working moms were out of luck.
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I agree with MagnetMom. Here are some of the things we did to get more people sign up and participate;
1. Have PTA meetings at 2 different times; 9am and 6:30pm. We have meeting every other month.
2. We also have Chairpersons for various events. I am for instance Chair of the Newsletter, Book club, and Planting Day. Other people could be Chairs of Book Fair, Art programs etc.
3. Usually we put up a flyer on the notice board beginning of the year for people to sign up (to help) for different events. For instance, my friend may sign up to help with the book club. She will be notified by me to perhaps order the books online. Someone else will be asked to bring snack on that day.
4. For our planting day for example, I placed a sign-up sheet with days and time slots for people to help weed school grounds. Time slots were one hour per person...they could help for longer time if they liked but we requested 30min-1 hr.
We used the same methodology for our School's Year end party. People signed up for 30 min or 1 hr to help at the food stand or play area etc. If you break timeslots down for people...sort of walk them through, its easier for them to think that 1 hr is no big deal. If they don't know how much time they need to spend and what they will spend on, they won't help!
I think our PTA is getting better. The President and VP of our board are still not very welcoming people but it's parents like myself and my friends who have gotten many other parent volunteers to participate! :)
1. Have PTA meetings at 2 different times; 9am and 6:30pm. We have meeting every other month.
2. We also have Chairpersons for various events. I am for instance Chair of the Newsletter, Book club, and Planting Day. Other people could be Chairs of Book Fair, Art programs etc.
3. Usually we put up a flyer on the notice board beginning of the year for people to sign up (to help) for different events. For instance, my friend may sign up to help with the book club. She will be notified by me to perhaps order the books online. Someone else will be asked to bring snack on that day.
4. For our planting day for example, I placed a sign-up sheet with days and time slots for people to help weed school grounds. Time slots were one hour per person...they could help for longer time if they liked but we requested 30min-1 hr.
We used the same methodology for our School's Year end party. People signed up for 30 min or 1 hr to help at the food stand or play area etc. If you break timeslots down for people...sort of walk them through, its easier for them to think that 1 hr is no big deal. If they don't know how much time they need to spend and what they will spend on, they won't help!
I think our PTA is getting better. The President and VP of our board are still not very welcoming people but it's parents like myself and my friends who have gotten many other parent volunteers to participate! :)
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They questions like:
What time of day is best for you to attend PTA Meetings?
Are you notified of PTA Meetings with enough advanced notice?
Do you feel your help is not needed?
sorry I don't recall all the questions there were about 15 or so, those are the questions that stuck out in my mind.
What time of day is best for you to attend PTA Meetings?
Are you notified of PTA Meetings with enough advanced notice?
Do you feel your help is not needed?
sorry I don't recall all the questions there were about 15 or so, those are the questions that stuck out in my mind.
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Other than the basic question of why do you not attend PTA meetings, what else did you ask? Do you have an example of the Q
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