We often think of student test scores as the ending point of a student’s learning, a “final score.” But test results can actually be the start of learning.
In fact, test results can help you understand how much academic progress your child has made during the ups and downs of the last 18 months of school.
Join California State PTA and experts from ETS and Metametrics on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. for an interactive Zoom presentation where you’ll learn how to use the results of state testing to gauge your child’s academic progress after a difficult year.
During the presentation, which will be facilitated by California State PTA president Carol Green, we will share newly available, free tools designed to help you find the right level of reading and math resources based on your child’s test scores. You’ll also learn about family-friendly tools called Find-A-Book and Math@Home that will make it easy to jumpstart your child’s success this school year.
Click here to register.
On June 17, 2021 we held an important and informative webinar about bridging the digital divide, where we discussed the impact of integrating technology into learning, and revealed highlights from the CETF-USC statewide survey on distance learning.
Featured speakers included California State PTA President Celia Jaffe, representatives from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and Dr. Pedro Noguera, Dean of the Rossier School of Education at USC.
Click here to watch a recording of the webinar.
Unit, Council and District leaders: California State PTA and representatives from TOTEM, our electronic membership system, hosted an informative webinar on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Click here to watch a recording of this webinar.
As the pandemic continues, e-membership is more relevant now than ever, with most PTA functions happening virtually – including signing up new members! TOTEM makes joining PTA quick, easy and accessible to parents and families.
Please take the time to watch this webinar and learn how you can leverage all the great online features offered by TOTEM to support and grow your PTA’s membership in 2021
Join us via Zoom on Friday, November 20 from 3-4:00 p.m. to learn more about the award-winning School Smarts Parent Engagement Program’s transformation to a virtual environment.
For the past 10 years School Smarts has inspired more than 10,000 parents to more deeply engage in their child’s school experience.
The seven-session School Smarts program provides training and knowledge to help parents understand how they play an integral role in their student’s educational outcomes. Each session offers opportunities for participants to share their own experiences, ask questions, and consider how they can take a more active role in their child’s education.
School Smarts graduates are able to:
- Explain why parent involvement matters so much
- Identify ways to prepare their child for a successful high school experience to support college and career possibilities
- Summarize ways to learn how their child is doing in school
- Describe how to cultivate relationships with the school board, principal, teachers and staff
- Share how to prepare for a successful parent-teacher conference
- State different ways to practice leadership within a school community
- And, much, much more!
This Zoom meeting offers the opportunity to check out the School Smarts program for yourself, and find out how to bring the program to the families in your school community.
Click here to register today: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcuGorTopGdMZpgcZRQCfDZi0xNjGnbtO
Please join us on October 21 from 4:00-5:00 pm for a webinar about communication and family engagement strategies and resources during the pandemic.
This webinar is being co-hosted by California State PTA and the Association of California School Administrators (ASCA), and panelists will include:
- Celia Jaffe, President of California State PTA
- Carol Green, President-Elect of California State PTA
- Javier Montijo, PTA Ninth District
- Lisa Borrego, San Juan Unified School District
- Claudia Medina, Alameda Unified School District
Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SgqVDjyiQROvno0zq77CpQ
During the 2020-2021 year PTAs are going to look different, but will still be important! PTA connects families to your school and provides resources for students and teachers to make distance learning the best experience it can be.
To give PTA leaders and school/district administrators some of our best tips, tricks and strategies for having a great PTA term despite the current challenges, our Board of Directors hosted a Leadership Town Hall meeting on Monday, September 21, 2020called “PTA – Building Communities, Creating Connection.”
Click here to watch a recording of the meeting.
View the PTA Leadership Town Hall presentation.
View the PTA Leadership Town Hall resources page.
Whether you are new to MyPTEZ (formerly PTAEZ), the online accounting system for PTAs, or an experienced user looking for more information, you’ll want to review the recording of the “MyPTEZ Made Simpler” webinar.
CSM, the creator of MyPTEZ, and members of the Leadership Services Commission went over both the basics of MyPTEZ and more advanced topics, including:
- Deposits and check writing
- Reporting options
- Bank reconciliations
- Uploading documents
- Accounting for income from third-party systems like PayPal or Square
- Handling fees related to donations
Click the following link to watch a recording of the webinar: https://vimeo.com/588522236
To view the presentation slides, click here.
To learn more about MyPTEZ, click here.
California State PTA president Celia Jaffe and members of the Board of Directors and leadership team held a town hall webinar on May 5 where they offered important information and answered your questions about how to handle PTA business and functions during the coronavirus epidemic.
If you want to watch a recording of the webinar, click here.
If you want to download and view the PowerPoint presentation, click here.
If you want answers to frequently asked questions that we were not able to get to during the webinar, click here for general FAQs, here for communications FAQs, here for membership FAQs, here for parliamentary issues, and here for financial issues.
