Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Region 5 PTA Secretary Fall Training

Region 5 PTA Fall Training will be Wednesday August 5. Please plan on coming. We will be discussing some very helpful things to improve our role as a PTA Secretary. Being a secretary is much more than just taking good notes. Behind every good President is a good secretary. Having been a PTA president myself I understand how important a good secretary is. We will be discussing items such as: Taking good notes, contacting our parents via e-mail and text message, effectively getting information out, what to do with pink action forms, volunteer hours (this is vital to maintaining a nonprofit status), board lists, district #'s, evaluation sheets, standing values, budget, and calendars.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

To All Reflections Chairpersons: Don't miss our region 5 training, schedule for August 5. There will be lots of information that will help you run a great reflections program this coming school year. Learn how to avoid mistakes that will disqualify entries from your school. I look forward to seeing you at our training. Andrea

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Come and figure out how membership works! I will be trying to answer any questions you have on the OMDR (Online Membership) and will try to have a laptop so we can look at the website and get some practical experience.

August Training

Who: Presidents, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Chair, Reflections Chair, and Legislative Rep.

When: August 5th, 6pm- 8pm

Where: School District 25, 3115 Poleline Rd, Pocatello

We will be serving a light dinner, answering many questions, giving you the training and skills you need to run an effective PTA or PTSA, sharing ideas from other schools, and much more. Don't forget, all the schools who have at least 5 people attending will be awarded refreshments at a local PTA meeting of their choice.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Directors Message

I am Brandi Barnes the new Region 5 PTA director. I look forward to meeting and working with the many PTA members in our area and in the state. I hope everyone has put our August 5th training as a high priority this summer. We will start at 6pm at the District 25 office. It is so important that you have people representing each of the areas in our breakout sessions as the information to those specific positions will only be given there. For example, if your person over Legislative can't make it or you don't have one, ask someone from your school to attend that workshop to make sure that information gets back to your members. We want to pack a lot of information into a short time because we know everyone is busy and we value your time and service. Looking for a little extra insentive? Every school that has at least 5 members from their school attend will win! We will attend one of your local PTA meetings and bring treats for all who attend. Again, I look forward to meeting everyone and want you to know I am here if you have any questions or need and help. You can email me at region5pta@hotmail.com.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Minutes of Meetings

Contact Tonya Walton.

Reflections

For Reflections information contact Andrea Southwick.

Legislative

Contact Kris Mullen.

Treasurer

Contact Dorothy Rogers.

Membership

For membership information contact Cindy Critchfield.