How to rebuild
your PTA PROFILE: After two (sometimes three) years of less activity and publicity during the pandemic, many parents simply do not know about the PTA or have forgotten about its previous work. Together, the school and PTA can build up momentum again, celebrating the PTA and organising some small fundraisers to get parents’ attention.
RETENTION: Many PTAs lost experienced members when children finished school during the pandemic, without the normal handovers taking place around events or contacts with key school staff. It can feel very daunting for new PTA members to approach school staff, so reach out to them and re-establish relations.
PRIORITIES: The impact of lockdown on the mental health of children, families and staff means that schools are providing additional support and services, creating demands of everyone. Enrichment activities run by the PTA can help to improve children’s mental health, so encourage any ideas and opportunities.
A FLEXIBLE TEAM: Strangely, it appears that working at home may have reduced parents’ capacity to volunteer. Many now squeeze work around school hours and are much less able to find a few hours here and there to support PTA activities. Having more hybrid ways of working with the PTA and helping to recruit a bigger team will help with this.
How we revived our PTA During the pandemic, Oak Lodge members (including a co-chair and summer fete lead) as their children While the remaining team of four did an amazing job of running during lockdown, something had Working closely with the school,
in the following ways: Assemblies, talks at coffee mornings and social media posts communications about our summer fete, including open planning meetings at different times and days
to encourage attendance Messaging about the need to get more organisers and committee members on board a daunting meeting, followed by the chair blanking me in the playground, so I wanted to ensure All this work meant we managed
to organise and staff the summer buzz around the school because of a
‘Our PTA committee now has children in every year group. We are “training” new members on the events that we run and welcoming new ideas. More people are talking about us’
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