Setting a 20% PTA Membership Growth Goal: A Realistic Way to Grow Stronger Together
Whether your PTA is large and well-established or just starting to rebuild, setting a membership growth goal of 20% is a powerful and realistic way to spark progress. Why 20%? A 20% growth goal is intentional—it meets PTAs where they are. For a smaller PTA, it might mean adding just a few new members. For…
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Why Membership Themes Matter for PTAs: Standing Out While Staying Connected
PTAs play a vital role in enhancing school communities, yet they often face a unique challenge – being seen as separate from the school itself. While collaboration with school staff is essential, PTAs also need to maintain their own identity to effectively advocate, fundraise, and engage families. One powerful way to do that? Membership themes. …
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Why PTA Requires Membership: Because It’s Powered by You
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is more than just a school-based group—it’s a member-driven nonprofit organization with a mission to make every child’s potential a reality through advocacy, family engagement, and community-building. And at every level—local, state, and national—membership is the foundation of how that work happens. What It Means to Be Member-Driven PTA operates as a…
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Keep Your PTA Connected: Update Your Officers and Membership Link in Givebacks
As we kick off a new school year, it’s essential to make sure your PTA is set up for success—and that starts with the basics: updating your officer information and confirming your membership join link in the Givebacks database. Why It Matters Keeping your PTA officer roster current in Givebacks ensures that your leaders receive important updates, state and…
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Everything You Need to Know about 2025-2026 Swank Movie Licenses
Washington State PTA is excited to continue our partnership with Swank Movie Licensing USA to bring movie licensing to WSPTA member schools at significant savings. Movie licenses are an excellent option for a PTA eager to fundraise and support its school. The enrollment period for 2024-25 licenses is now open! The deadline to opt-in…
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The Great PTA Sign-Up Day: January 31, 2024
Guest post from WSPTA Membership Director Jenn Talingo The Great PTA Sign-Up Day! Today is the Great PTA Sign-Up Day. Our goal is to enroll 5,000 new members from across the state on January 31, 2024. I want to encourage every PTA to participate. This is a fabulous opportunity to grow your base, reach out…
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Tip of the week – October 13
Upcoming Deadline – Enter Members by October 31 The WSPTA Standards of Affiliation (SOA) requires PTAs to have 25 members entered in memberplanet by October 31, 2022, to remain in good standing. This date aligns with the end of the PTA membership year – this is the same date that all memberships sold for the 2021…
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Tip of the Week – September 29
Setting Goals for Successful Membership Growth The best way to be successful with a project is to set a goal. For membership, it might be to increase your numbers by 50 members or by 15% for this year. A goal can help keep your PTA on track and moving forward. But, it is not enough…
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The Great PTA Sign Up Day
Guest post by Amanda Cabana, WSPTA Membership Director Washington State PTA’s Great PTA Sign Up Day will happen on October 26, 2022. We hope to sign up 5,000 members across Washington on this one day! This contest aims to grow knowledge and build membership by spreading the word about PTA, who we are, what we…
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2021-22 Membership Contest – Keep Those Members Coming
The fifth membership contest for 2021-2022 ended on March 14. Thank you to the PTAs who qualified by entering seven new members between February 1, 2022, and March 14, 2022. WSPTA Membership Director Amanda Cabana shares a video message announcing the winners:
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