How To Increase Parent Involvement

<p><strong>Christina Hidek</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a recovering attorney, and current Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 5 years ago to help empower parents to improve their child’s educational experience and school community through PTA/PTO involvement.  She’s been an active PTO leader for the past 12 years and hosts the vibrant 7500+ member PTA/PTO Super Star Leaders Facebook Group. When she’s not volunteering, you can find her in her garden, cheering on her boys at their hockey games, or walking the family dogs.</span></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Encourage your PTOs to be on a first name basis with the superintendent.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tactics to create a culture that identifies problems with solutions when voicing feedback. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">S</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ocial media “Needs to be jazzier” t</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">o effectively generate attention towards the great stuff happening in your school.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PTA / PTO are circuit breakers for teacher retention and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">selling your school to the community. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Approaches when forming a new relationship or transforming a negative relationship with the PTA/PTO.  </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Effective ways school leaders increase parent involvement.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“I’m going to look for you on Tuesday”</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a powerful phrase you need to master</span>