HAPPY MEMBERSHIP MONDAY!!!
Today we celebrate Presidents' Day in honor of past leaders, but it's also that time of year when we need to seek out future leaders as well. Do you know who your Local Unit President and Board Members will be next year? One of our responsibilities as PTA leaders is to look for and develop potential leaders. Basically, we need to start looking for our replacements from day one, particularly since we're in a military community and lose people to PCS on a regular basis. If you haven't done so already, now is the time to start your search! HOW DO YOU FIND THOSE ELUSIVE POTENTIAL LEADERS?
YOU CAN DO IT!!! Finding and engaging potential leaders is a year-round process, and it can be challenging in our community of transition, but it can be done! Just remember to be inclusive and welcoming, and keep the lines of communication flowing. If you ask them, they will come!
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HAPPY MEMBERSHIP MONDAY!!!
PTA offers many things for its members at the local, state, and national levels, so it's important to get the word out there to your members and your communities, to promote the #ValueOfPTA. Here are just a few valuable programs that are either in progress or are coming up soon at the European (state) level:
To find out more about what European and National PTA have to offer, visit the EPTA website at http://EuropeanPTA.org and the National PTA website at http://PTA.org. Today's EPTA Update post was submitted by educational consultant Adrienne Oliveira. Ms. Oliveira is an American Special Education Advocate living in Portugal. She was a Special Education teacher for 10 years, and her goal is to help American families whose children may have specific learning disabilities. For more information, you can visit Ms. Oliveira's website at www.advocateiep.com or contact her via email at [email protected].
Good Morning! I wanted to share another tip about organization with you all. A lot of times parents ask me, "what more can I do?" "I don't know the school content, they are in tutoring, and how can I help my child more?" The BIGGEST thing almost all kids struggle with is organization. I say this because most kids, across the board, struggle with writing down their daily assignments and due dates. They have no idea what their homework is and when things are due. They don't know if they left their work in the classroom or locker. What YOU can do is keep a planner at home. Teach them how to log onto to their school's blackboard to track each class' calendar every single day (this is key, a daily habit). Have them write down their assignments in their planner as well as due dates. Email or call the teacher if you are unclear. It's totally fine to contact teachers. Have them continue to do this with another planner in their backpack (because you know it will get lost) and encourage them with small praise or rewards for writing down and bringing home assignments. Cross off assignments as they are completed for a sense of accomplishment. It does take a lot of time and effort, but this is something I have seen kids struggle with in both special and general education on all grade levels as a teacher. What valuable life lessons they will learn about organization with your help outside the classroom! |