Templates, Tools & Resources



Templates, Tools, Videos & Resources

 

These basic tools and templates help a PTA Membership Committee grow their PTA membership and connect with members. The tools can help you recruit, train and support your PTA’s membership committee.


Mini-Membership Trainings

Virtual Membership Campaign (en español): You don't need a building to PTA! Campaign ideas for both virtual and hybrid school year. (~15 minutes).

How to Host a Successful Hybrid Meeting or Event:
Part 1 Technology (en español) & Part 2 Facilitation (en español)
How to Host a Successful Hybrid Meeting or Event Handout (en español)

Engaging and Effective Virtual Meetings (en español) : Ideas to help engage and grow your membership by holding effective virtual meetings. Many of the tips provided also work for face-to-face meetings. (~15 minutes)
Engaging and Effective Meetings Interactive Handout

Beyond the Building - PTA the Virtual Way K-6: Ideas to virtually engage, empower and grow membership in a virtual world for the K-6 community. (~15 minutes).

Beyond the Building: PTA the Virtual Way Middle/High School: Ideas to virtually engage, empower and grow membership in a virtual world for the middle and high school community. (~15 minutes).

Talking to Principals about PTA Value: Roles and responsibilities PTA vs principal, what principals value about PTA, COVID-specific value, how to message and approach a principal and what a great partnership looks like.

PTA Value and Principals - Interactive Handout
Dos and Don'ts of Partnering with Administrators 

Local PTA Membership Success Stories

The below videos are from the Zooming into Membership Initiative - a collaboration between state and local PTAs. Check out the videos to learn from your peers on ways to have a successful membership year.

Online Membership (~3min)
Membership Campaign (~8min)
Membership Packages (~6min)
Market your PTA Value (~4min)

Membership Support, Inspiration and Links

Design Your Membership Plan:  Use the design it yourself membership kit to P.L.A.N.: Picture, Listen, Ask and Nurture to create your plan for recruiting and retaining PTA members (~20 minutes).

Why Join PTA? Hear from parents just like you who have gotten involved with their child's school, their child's education and the education of everyone in their community by joining a local PTA.

Get Inspired to Increase PTA’s Membership (~3 minutes).

Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit: Learn to keep volunteers motivated by putting an achievable plan together for the year.

Do's & Don'ts of Representing PTA to include and connect with your membership, by Florida PTA (~2 minutes).

Define the value of PTA by using the You Belong in PTA graphics and toolkit.

Make recruitment and retention easier by accessing the tools in Membership Minute videos.

Learn simple, easy to implement membership tips using 125 Ways to Increase Membership.

Learn what other PTA leaders are doing around the world by participating in Membership Mania.

Be a myth buster and overcome common objections with our PTA Myths vs Truths (general, teachers and students) resources.