Building Your Toolbox to PTA
PTA 101: Road to Success
Learn the PTA basics-from history, mission, and purpose, to running the PTA.
This course is for everyone! The bylaws require this for all officers.
The PTA Audit and Budget
The goal of this workshop is to help you understand the purpose of the audit and the materials needed. We will also discuss how to build a budget that reflects the mission, purpose, and goals of the PTA. Samples will be used to walk through the actual process.
Givebacks Q&A
Givebacks support. All your T’s must be crossed and I’s dotted in order to get your tax exempt letter in August so let’s make sure you haven’t forgotten to check any boxes and then learn a little more beyond the basics of Givebacks. This workshop would be valuable for presidents, treasurers, membership chairs, communications chairs and anyone using Givebacks.
President’s Course
Now that you have stepped up to be President, learn what it takes to do the job well! This course will give you the information needed to manage your PTA and have a fun, exciting time doing it.
NEW School of Excellence Program
Have you heard of School of Excellence recipients and wondered what the program is all about? Come learn about the benefits this program has for your school community. Get the deadlines, program steps, and advice for approaching your principal to get their buy in on the program. No commitment required.
Membership Monday
Join us to wrap up your year, celebrate, & gear up for next year! How can you maximize your current members and reach out for their renewal before PTA year end of June 30th? Bring your questions and learn from one another and be inspired by local PTA success stories! Be inspired for the year new year!
Making Connections to Build Membership
We will share strategies on how to make connections and foster relationships with your members. Discuss how to improve the value exchange: sharing the value of your PTA, gratitude for your members and gaining feedback to create greater member satisfaction. Learn about National PTA membership materials that can enhance your outreach to potential and current members & demonstrate the value of PTA.
Secretary Course
This course will describe the actual duties of the secretary, what minutes are and are not, how to make corrections to your minutes and many helpful tips. Current secretaries and presidents who have not been able to attend president’s training would benefit from this course.
So You’re Treasurer… Now What?
The goal of this workshop is to acclimate incoming treasurers to the start of the new fiscal year.
NEW Ready, Tech, Go
Families across the country have to make many important decisions regarding technology use and digital safety. National PTA’s Ready, Tech, Go! program helps families, parents and caregivers navigate these decisions through meaningful discussions about screen readiness and promotes healthy and responsible device use for all members of the family.
This workshop provides an overview of the National PTA’s Ready, Tech Go! Program. It will highlight resources to help your PTA families navigate this important digital safety topic.
NEW National Programs: PTA Connected; Ready, Tech, Go!; and Healthy Minds
See how these National PTA programs could be used, for free, in your PTA community.
PTA Connected provides information and tools your families can use to help balance the time they spend with their devices and help children act safely, responsibly and thoughtfully online.
Ready, Tech, Go! will highlight resources to help your PTA families navigate this important digital safety topic.
Healthy Minds provides programming guidance and materials to help your PTA understand the mental health needs of families, identify relevant resources to share, how to partner with school administration, and how to host PTA’s Healthy Minds program for your school community.
NEW Protecting our kids in a digital world
This presentation will discuss behaviors and perspectives of youth as they engage with technology, specifically social media and online games. Risks posed to youth will be discussed, along with recommendations and resources for reporting. Special attention will be given to topics of sexting and sextortion. Parents will learn how to better protect kids as they navigate the digital world.
NEW Building Community (Volunteer Engagement) Holly O’Donnell
Recruiting volunteers can seem daunting. Where do you find them? How do you sustain engagement? This workshop provides insights into volunteer recruitment and a path for consistent engagement.
- Identify opportunities for volunteer engagement
- Prepare your volunteers for success
- Impact the heart to change the mind
Your Essential PTA E-Learning Experience
If your September schedule prevented you from attending Illinois PTA training courses, fear not! Ensure an effective start to your PTA year by exploring the National PTA’s online interactive training courses on the Thrive platform. These courses are designed specifically for PTA members, providing a flexible and accessible way to enhance your skills.
National PTA goes the extra mile by offering a range of past eLearning training courses, ensuring you have a comprehensive array of resources at your fingertips.
*When taking an eLearning course, it is best to use Google Chrome. To access e-learning courses, you will need an online National PTA profile. If you’ve never created a login, you will need to create a National PTA profile.to access the courses. Choose create new user profile and follow the instructions. If you already have a profile click on Login once you select a course. If you need assistance, please contact ptatraining@pta.org.
Your Community Engagement Blueprint
Illinois PTA works diligently to support public schools and ensure all children and youth have equal opportunities and access to a quality education. Learn how to assist your PTA and community with education achievements, community involvement, and high standards of excellence through PTA Programs.
Do-It-Yourselves Membership Plan
Flex your creative mind in this interactive workshop that teaches how to facilitate a conversation with your board about ways to increase membership. Attendees will take-away a DIY planning tool to help with membership growth.
All About Your Grants! Grant Writing Basics and Success Stories
An introduction to looking for and completing grant applications to benefit your PTA and the programs you provide for your students and families. Come hear the recent news about the outstanding successes our Illinois PTA’s have been having recently and learn from successful grant writers.
DIVERSITY WORKSHOP | Valuing Diversity and Leading with Inclusion
A dream team includes people with different perspectives, skills, talents, and connections. During this workshop, we will talk about the vast perspectives of families at your school—members of your PTA. In an interactive activity, you will explore diversity and inclusion. Then model ways to be an inclusive leader so that your PTA cultivates the perspectives, skills, talents, and connections of all families who want to make your PTA and school stronger for students.
Growing Your PTA with National PTA’s School of Excellence Program – What and How?
Learn how a PTA of 12 members grew to 120 members and became a 2016-2018 National PTA School of Excellence. This all occurred during the first year of transition. Gain ideas for starting the process and how it works. Carry back these techniques and become the next Illinois PTA recognized as a National PTA School of Excellence.
Thrive Learning Community
Thrive is PTA’s new online learning community for volunteers. Thrive brings PTA leadership development to you. Through Thrive’s engaging, short courses, you can take training at your own time and place—even from football practice, a dance studio or a soccer field.
Membership Monday – Dues Submission Training
This training will show all PTA leaders the steps to submit their dues payments through Memberhub. Together we can unlock IL PTA’s membership potential to become a stronger voice for every child.
Membership Remix 2021
How Do You PTA? Virtually, of course!
The pandemic has changed the way we do many things. You may have asked, ‘If you can’t meet in-person, how do we PTA for our children?’ We have been asking the same question and are here to tell you it is possible and exciting the new opportunities virtual PTA opens up. We will provide you with tips from hosting a virtual meeting to holding an online family events. How we PTA may need to adjust and we are here to help you.
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Introduction to National PTA E-Learning
Meet the world of PTA e-learning. We will introduce you to the National PTA digital library that contains videos, eLearning courses, and resources to help you Become an Amazing PTA Leader, Gain Nonprofit Management Skills, Grow PTA Membership & Resources, and more. And the best part is, they are available when you are.
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Being A Voice for Your Child
Ever think to yourself… “Someone needs to speak up about that problem” … but felt that you couldn’t be the one because you didn’t know how or felt that no one would listen? Come explore the process and utilize National and Stater PTA Advocacy resources. Believe it or not you can be that person who speaks up for themselves and/or others. You can be the advocate your child needs.
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Keep them Coming and Keep them Connected
Engaging volunteers is an on-going activity for all local units. Join us to review key activities that put recruitment and advocating for our children at the top of your plans!
Discussion includes how to plan all year to engage current and new members, ideas to widen the net of potential volunteers, the need to be flexible in how we offer opportunities to participate and how to avoid over-managing volunteers. Bring your ideas and learn with each other for success this year and beyond.
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Who is Next to Lead?
Encouraging others to their next level of leadership is a goal of IL PTA. Being intentional in reaching out to local units leaders and showing them a path is the way that we sustain our organization and help it grow. Join us with a panel of local, regional, state and national leaders to discuss effective ways to develop leaders and mentor them into their next leadership opportunity. More to come on who will join our panel!
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