Our group just sets an amount per student and lets the teacher decide what to do with it but they have to follow our rules for requesting it. This way the person who is directly involved with the child makes the decision and every child gets the same amount. I've seen what principals in our district do with their budget and playing favorites is very visible, we don't want that to be an option. The only time we vote on money a teacher requests is if it is more than the predtermined amount.
Ptolisa, that is for your group to decide. That is why we give them a budget and not just say we pay for these things. Who knows what our transportation bill would be! Most of our classes can only afford one but have been known to rasie the money on their own to get more. Last year, one group got three because they had parents and mentors willing to foot the bill for the right purposes.
The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating-in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. --Anne Morris
Teacher request! yikes, I am getting hit with them now. Plus, we pay all transportation for trips and 1/2 of the cost of trips, but where is the rule on how many trips a class can take/
We take a different approach: we defer that kind of decision to the principal. Our PTO budget includes a set amount for educational materials, building extras, and other categories that are somewhat loosely defined, but still capped at a budget amount we the PTO approve. If a teacher wants $$, she would work through the principal who decides how to address the request. If he thinks it's something the PTO should fund, he'll ask us for the money (though he understands we won't exceed our budget for that category).
Personally, I really like that we parents are not put in the position of debating the merits of a teacher's request. I feel rather unqualified to decide that Mrs. Jones' request should be approved, but Mrs. Smith's should not.
We set up a procedure at the start of last year that requires staff to submit requests for funds to an officer or our mailbox by 2pm the day of the meeting to be considered at that months meeting. We also inform them that they will be formally notified in writing of approval or denial for their request by the end of the week-our meetings are always on Monday. I always remind staff that this money is the groups to decide what to do with not mine and I need appropriate time to get their approval.
The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating-in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life. --Anne Morris
Hi!!! A teacher should give at least a month's notice. At my school we always gave $5.00 per student for spring field trips because that was in our budget if a teacher needed more than they did bake sales & popcorn sales to raise more funds.
What procedures do you have for staff requesting funds for their educational materials and field trips, assemblies and such.
We had a teacher at our PTO meeting last night come up and request funds for a field trip. I told her I would check the budget and get back to her. She informed that its set for next week.
How much notice do you require and what other stipulations do you have for asking for PTO funds for anything else?
This is my first year doing this as president but it seems as the previous pres had no set rules as to how to ask for funds. Which would make things run more smoothly in my eyes.
ANy info would be appreciated Thanks
Cindy
Just a note our PTO meeting did go very well other than this happening.
Cindy<br />
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