Parent
Teacher
Association

PTA works to benefit children and to support parents.

Your membership dues ensure your right to vote at PTA meetings, defray the costs of materials you receive, and support your child's education.

If you decide not to pay dues, you may still attend meetings, but you may not vote.

When you join a local PTA, you also become a member of your county PTA, your state PTA, and the National PTA - all working together to ensure that every child has an opportunity to learn and be successful in school and in life.

PTA Mission

• To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in our schools, in the community, and before governmental agencies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children.
• To assist parents in developing the skills they need to rear and protect their children, and
• To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

Some of the ways your local PTA works for you!

• Brings parents together
• Provides parent training
• Sponsors workshops for parents
• Uses newsletters to inform parents
• Works on school climate
• Identifies volunteer tasks in school and at home
• Works with schools on ways that parents can support school instruction at home with their children
• Has representatives on the school improvement team
• Researches issues
• Testifies at public hearings on issues affecting children and families

When you need help or information, contact...

PTA Nacional
330 N Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100
Chicago IL 60611-3604
Phone: (312) 670-6782
Fax: (312) 670-6783