PTO Today Expo
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Meet with top rated fundraising companies, exchange amazing ideas, win huge prizes, and bond with your parent group besties during this one-day event for PTOs and PTAs.
Canva Templates
PTO Myth Busters Canva Templates
Break the stereotypes parents often have about volunteering or joining the PTO! Post this series of Canva templates on your PTO's social channels to get more parents involved.
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Kindergarten Signing Day
Welcome incoming kindergarten students and their families with this fun event! Plus, get certificates for students to sign (free download).
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Spread the Word: Parent Involvement Matters
A two-minute video summary of the ways your involvement at school can make a difference.
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DEI Guide for Parent Involvement
More inclusion leads to more involvement! This guide will give your group a framework to make DEI efforts an everyday part of running your group.
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Building Parent Involvement, Step by Step
How to help parents transition from volunteers to leaders.
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Quiz: Rate Your Involvement IQ
See how your group's attitudes and practices for building parent involvement measure up.
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Change a Bad Reputation With Parents
Tips to win over parents who have a poor impression of your PTO.
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How To Prioritize PTO and PTA Involvement
Why parent involvement matters—and how your group can make it a priority.
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Get Dads Involved
You can get dads connected and volunteering. It just takes a concerted effort and a different approach than you use for moms.
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26 Ways To Build Parent Involvement
Getting more parents to participate is as easy as A, B, C when you follow this list of best practices.
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9 Simple Involvement Builders
From using social media to simply asking for help, here are easy yet effective ways of getting more parents to pitch in.
PTO Today Article
Involvement Matters: What To Tell Parents
Hundreds of research studies show that when parents get involved, children do better in school. We sum up the details that every parent should know—and you should tell them.
Free Involvement Guide
Put Parent Involvement First: 10 Tips
Make involvement your top priority and every challenge your group faces will get a whole lot easier.
Free Recruitment Tools
2 Hour Power Pledge Program
Scratch "not enough volunteers" off your list of stressors. Our 2 Hour Power school volunteer recruitment program has all the steps and tools you need to build your base—2 hours at a time.
Volunteers & Involvement
How To Respond to Common Excuses
Try our No-Excuses Response Guide when "I'd love to, but..." is the answer you get from potential volunteers.
PTO Today Article
13 Ways To Build School Community
Creating a sense of unity benefits students, teachers, and families.
PTO Today Article
7 Ways To Involve Students
Making students a part of your parent group’s work will help kids and adults alike.
Volunteers
Volunteer Interest Surveys
Detailed forms for parents to fill out, marking the programs and committees for which they would like to volunteer. Some also available in Spanish.