Newsletters
For those who teach in areas where technology is readily accessible, consider sending home old fashioned newsletters each week. Let parents know at the beginning of the year when they will be coming home and ask them to be on the look-out for them. Be sure to tell them that there will be specific calls for volunteers in each newsletter. If parents know to look for those opportunities, they are more likely to pay attention to the newsletter itself.
Tongass Teacher says
A while ago I blogged about how I use your book bags to send home work for parent volunteers that can’t make it into the classroom. I had one parent volunteer that put together book orders for me and that saved me a lot of time! I plan on sending home a volunteer bag every year now 🙂
Tes Macpherson says
Great tips! I’d like to add that we offer a great-value tool for PTAs to publish events and detailed tasks lists, and grow their community organically into a private and secure social network with parent-to-parent messaging and interactive volunteer management. Great for increasing parental involvement, fundraising and community building. Please check us out 🙂 http://www.ptasocial.com
Brandi Jordan says
Great resource! Thanks, Tes!