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National PTA’s Phoebe Apperson Hearst Family-School Partnership Awards recognize and celebrate PTAs that are effectively demonstrating the PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships.
The PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships are a framework for how families, schools, and communities should work together to support student success. Each standard is rooted in the value of mutual respect, trust and courtesy. You can use the National Standards to develop, evaluate, and improve engagement practices at your school.
There are three levels of recognition:
• The Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award is given to one local PTA for exemplary all-around achievement of the National Standards. The recipient receives a monetary award of $2,000.
• The Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence is given to six local PTAs, each representing the best in one of the six National Standards. The recipients receive a monetary award of $500.
• The Family-School Partnership Award of Merit is given to all local PTAs that apply to the awards program, in recognition of their commitment to building family-school partnerships.
The recipient of the Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award will receive two all-expense paid trips to the 114th Annual National PTA Convention, June 10–13, 2010, in Memphis Tennessee, and be recognized during one of the general sessions. The six Award of Excellence recipients will also receive recognition at the national convention.
The applicant must be a PTA in good standing.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. EST, March 1, 2010. Award recipients will be notified in April. Grant recipients will be notified by email.
Successful applications will demonstrate their understanding of PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships through policies, programs, and/or activities implemented. The strongest applications will show systemic change and will be able to quantify their impact.
Applications must be complete and submitted on time. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed. Consideration may be given to ensure geographic distribution of awards.
All applications must be completed and submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST, March 1, 2010. Apply online.
Questions about the award, the application, or funding decisions should be directed to: Bryce Jacobs, National PTA, bjacobs@pta.org or (202) 289-6790.
Answer the following three questions (in no more than 2500 characters total per standard, including spaces) for as many of the PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships as you choose. A narrative for all six standards is required to be considered for the Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award. Applicants do not have to provide a narrative for all six standards to be considered for an Award of Merit or an Award of Excellence.
1. State the goal for the standard and describe the reasons for choosing this goal. (You may want to refer to PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: An Implementation Guide for guidance in describing the goal for each standard.)
2. Describe in detail one or two activities, programs, or policies your school implemented to address the stated goal. What role did the PTA play? What role did the school and/or community play? (Please identify different activities, programs, or policies for each standard.)
3. Describe the measurable results of the activities, programs, or policies identified in question #2. What attitudes or behaviors changed as a result of your efforts? How did you measure results (e.g., surveys, observation, informal feedback)? Please report the number of students (ages 0-18) impacted. Describe how this effort supported student achievement, as a result of family school partnerships.
In addition, please provide a brief (no more than 650 characters, including spaces) description of how you would use a monetary award to further family-school partnerships. Describe the expected results and the number of students that will be impacted.
Use the text boxes provided in the online application to submit your narrative. There is one text box for each standard; each text box allows 2500 characters (including spaces). There is also a text box for the description of how you would use any funds awarded for the Outstanding Family-School Partnership Award or Awards of Excellence; this text box allows 650 characters (including spaces).
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It is recommended that you type the narrative out in a word processing document beforehand. Review the narrative then paste it into the appropriate text boxes in the online application. Keep a copy of the narrative and the completed online application for your PTA records. Please note: You will be able to save your work in the online application and come back to revise or complete it at a later time before submitting. Once submitted, all content is final. After submitting an application, an email will be sent to the applicant to confirm the application was received. |
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