Back-to-School Kit

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Program resources and membership recruitment and retention tools to help you kick off a successful new school year and increase your PTA’s impact in the community.

The Back-to-School season is the best time to promote PTA and prepare for a successful year. Parents are excited about the opportunities the new school year brings for their children, and they haven’t yet gotten caught up in the whirl of school activities. Take this opportunity to invite parents and other family members to join your PTA and get involved in promoting every student’s success.

The 2007 PTA Back-to-School Kit gives you   

• The tools you need to plan and run your fall membership drive.
• Resources to help you plan programs throughout the year that meet the needs and interests of your community.
• Leadership resources to help you and your committee chairs run an effective unit.

Several key items from the toolkit are available online. Click on the resource names below to access them.

PTA Parent’s Calendar—Program and event suggestions for each month of the year, and customizable calendar pages to help you keep community members informed of upcoming activities.

PTA Grassroots Advocacy Toolkit—Materials to educate PTA members about how they can make their voices heard on issues that affect children and education.

100 Ways to Help Your Child and School Succeed—An informational brochure that gives parents 100 ways they can support their children’s education.

National Standards for Family-School Partnerships—What parents, schools, and communities can do together to support student success.

Membership Brochures—Resources to help you inform parents and school leaders why they should be part of PTA.

Membership Marketing Templates and Tools—Customizable materials to help you recruit and retain members.

2007–2008 PTA Unit Achievement Award application—An opportunity for your PTA to receive recognition for its accomplishments.

2007-2008 PTA Quick-Reference Guides (President's, Membership, Programs, and Money Matters)—Updated, easy-to-use primers for your PTA’s leaders.

PTA National Strategic Plan 2007–2010—The strategic plan that will guide PTA’s work over the next three years.

Your unit should receive its Back-to-School kit by mid-July via UPS. If you have not received the kit by the end of July and your contact information was up-to-date with the national office prior to June 20, 2007, then contact the PTA national office at info@pta.org or (800) 307-4PTA (4782). Units in the following states will receive their kits in a different manner, and unit leaders in these states should contact their state PTA office for information on receiving the kit: Connecticut, the European Congress, Louisiana, New York, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington state.

The 2007 PTA Back-to-School Kit is sponsored by Office Depot, a Proud National Partner of PTA.

Tell us what you think about the PTA Back-to-School Kit! We want to know your opinion of the 2007 PTA Back-to-School Kit, and how you used the materials provided in the kit. Your feedback, thoughts, and suggestions will be used to make the 2008 kit even more useful for your PTA. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete, and every respondent who completes the survey can choose to enter a drawing for a $250 American Express gift card. Use the card for yourself, your PTA, or your school. Take the survey now!