Involving teachers and administrators is one of the best ways to strengthen communication between families and schools. Encouraging them to join PTA in a collaborative partnership between home and school should be one of the focal points of your membership campaign.
IDEAS FOR GETTING TEACHERS INVOLVED
Put an enthusiastic and supportive teacher member on your membership committee- Hold a welcome breakfast for teachers at the beginning of the year to share the value of PTA
- Enlist the help of the principal. A principal’s encouragement to join goes a long way
- Send out personalized invitations to teachers and staff to join PTA at the beginning of the school year. Be sure to include a membership envelope
- Send out reminders to teachers who have not joined PTA including another membership envelope an/or a link to TOTEM online membership
- If your unit is using TOTEM, print the flier with QR code and post it in the teachers lounge (with permission from the school principal)
- Survey all teachers mid-year asking if they joined PTA and why, and if not, why not
- Send all teachers information about the California State PTA Continuing Education Scholarships reminding them that they must be members to apply
- Remind teachers and staff, PTA is more than a local fundraising group for their school – PTA is an advocacy organization focused on student success
- Hold a grade level or departmental membership competition. Provide winning group with bagels or danish
- Challenge the staff at a nearby school to a friendly membership competition
- Reward teachers and staff with a breakfast or luncheon when 100 percent membership is achieved.