Council Leader Update
December 2015
Please join us! Council Officer Training — Saturday, December 12 at the State Office
The training will be held at the Georgia PTA state office (114 Baker Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308) on Saturday, December 12th from 9am until noon.
The topics that will be covered:
- Duties and responsibilities of Councils
- Explanation of the statistical report and how to follow up with PTAs
- Working effectively as a team
- Programming ideas for Councils
- Overview of the resources available to local units
- Strategies for working with local units who are undergoing conflict, have large turnover in officers, or are not responsive to Council
- Answers to the most commonly asked questions
For planning purposes, please RSVP if you are going to attend. Email Susan Hayes, Leadership Development Chair, by December 11th if you are going to be in attendance.
There is FREE parking behind the Georgia PTA office and in the front driveway. If those options are full, there are pay parking lots on either side of the office.
Council Report due January 12
Please log in to the Council Only area of the Georgia PTA website to download the form for January. Email your completed report to gapta@bellsouth.net and copy your District Director no later than January 12, 2016. The Georgia PTA Executive Committee reviews all of the Council reports.
To get to the Council Only section of the Georgia PTA website (www.georgiapta.org), scroll all the way to the bottom of the GA PTA homepage to access the button. Council log-in is case sensitive.
log in — Children
password — First
Council Treasurers: Don't forget to notify GA PTA of schools who pay their dues! Email gapta@bellsouth.net with your list of schools who have paid.
Incorporation Renewals
Incorporation renewals were mailed from the state office to local units on December 1. They will be mailed to the home addresses for both the President and Treasurer of local units and councils. If no officer address information has been provided, they will be mailed directly to the school to the attention of the President.
Council Monthly Review of the Stat Report
One of the most important things you should be doing every month is reviewing the statistical report. Council Presidents, we recommend that you share this document with your board of directors and make it a priority to follow up with schools who do not have items checked off on the report.
Develop a plan of how you will break up the stat report and how things will be followed up on. One method is to divide your council up among your council officers and assign each office schools to be their liaison.
When reviewing the report, we ask that you reach out to (preferably by phone) the PTAs who have NOT submitted dues this year. It is very important that our local units are doing a membership campaign and turning in their dues monthly.
The second thing you need to review is if they have turned in their audit for the year. The audits were due by September 30th. Please reach out to those schools who have not turned in their audit to see if they need help finding an auditor or have any questions on the process.
If a local unit's fiscal year end was May 31, their IRS 990 Filing Verification Form was due to the state office on October 15. Make sure your local units are checking their bylaws for their fiscal year end date.
Online Trainings Available
Please Share with your Local Units! Georgia PTA offers online training opportunities for all PTA leaders. These videos can be viewed from the comfort of their own home!
If you have local unit leaders who you know have not yet attended training or have an area that they could use more information, we recommend that you share with them this training opportunity. www.vimeo.com/georgiaptatraining
- President
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Membership
- New PTA Officers - Jumpstart Your PTA Success
- How to Fill An Officer Vacancy
- Trouble on Board - How to Deal with Conflict
- Keys to Successful Family Engagement
- Opportunity School District - Georgia PTA's Position
- Why PTA?
- Build a Better Board
- Best Ideas
- Grassroots Advocacy
- Understanding the Common Core State Standards
- Reflections
- Breakfast in the Classroom
- Report Writing
Have you read The Voice yet? Check it out!
Spring Georgia PTA Important Dates (subject to change)
Student Advocacy Day – February 20, 2016
PTA Day at the Capitol – March 1, 2016
State Reflections Ceremony – March 6, 2016
Reports (from local units) due to Georgia PTA – March 11, 2016
PTA Day at the Hawks – April 16, 2016
Final Council Report due – May 1, 2016
Convention Leadership Training – June 24 & 25, 2016 (Athens, GA)
About Us
Email: gapta@bellsouth.net
Website: www.georgiapta.org
Location: 114 Baker Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA, United States
Phone: 404-659-0214
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Twitter: @GeorgiaPTA