Introducing your PTA group to new parents, garner support and entice volunteers!

Introducing your PTA group to new parents, garner support and entice volunteers!

The PTA primarily exists to provide a closer link between home and school, as well as fundraise for goods or services that directly benefit the children in their learning journey. Getting new parents on board at an early stage just makes good sense. Find out what resources are available to support your PTA.

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Feedback after your PTA fundraising event

Feedback after your PTA fundraising event

If your PTA event is over, you may be asking yourself several questions. Did we make a profit? Are our sponsors happy? Did enough people attend the event? Did they enjoy the event? Should we run this event again? What could we do better? Was all the blood, sweat and family sacrifice even worth it?
There is only one way to find the answers to your questions and put your mind to rest.

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Thanking your PTA team, volunteer helpers and school office staff

Thanking your PTA team, volunteer helpers and school office staff

Can you believe it? Another PTA Christmas Fair done 🙌 ! Congratulations if you’ve managed to keep your sanity throughout the craziness of the last few months! Now the fundraising fugue has cleared, it’s important to recognise your fabulous PTA support network - the PTA team, the office staff and the parent volunteers.

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Free communication and collaboration tools for your PTA

Free communication and collaboration tools for your PTA

Let’s face it my PTA tribe, communication can be a huge issue when trying to organise an event, manage finances, win the hearts of sponsors, work with stall holders and share success! It’s infuriating and time-consuming and can cost you volunteers!  Having tried all types of collaboration tools and techniques, I think I hit the payload with Google Apps.

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