ROHS PTSA is a member of the Royal Oak Council PTA, Michigan PTA, and National PTA
National PTA Standards for Family-School Partnerships1. Welcoming all Families into the School Community
2. Communicating Effectively 3. Supporting Student Success 4. Speaking Up for Every Child 5. Sharing Power 6. Collaborating with the Community |
National PTA MissionPTA's mission is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
Michigan PTA MissionMichigan PTA mobilizes the forces of school, home, and community in order to ensure a quality education and nurturing environment for every child.
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PTA Contacts
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You can contact the
National PTA at: National PTA Headquarters 1250 N. Pitt Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Or by phone at: 703-518-1200 info@pta.org |
You can contact the
Michigan PTA at: P.O. Box 510535 Livonia, MI 48151 Or by phone at: 734-975-9500 |
You can contact the Royal Oak Council PTA on their website here:
https://www.royaloakptacouncil.com/ |
National PTA History
For more than 120 years, National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA®) has worked toward bettering the lives of every child in education, health and safety. Founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, National PTA is a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education.
Today’s PTA is a network of millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools.
For more than 120 years, National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA®) has worked toward bettering the lives of every child in education, health and safety. Founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, National PTA is a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education.
Today’s PTA is a network of millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools.
Michigan PTA Advocacy Information & Alerts
What Is Advocacy?
In the context of PTA, advocacy is supporting and speaking up for children — in schools, in communities, and before government bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children.
You can find more information about advocacy and the Michigan PTA on the Michigan PTA website here.
In the context of PTA, advocacy is supporting and speaking up for children — in schools, in communities, and before government bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children.
You can find more information about advocacy and the Michigan PTA on the Michigan PTA website here.
Ways to Advocate
There are many ways to be an advocate!
Some ways families can be involved are to:
Some ways families can be involved are to:
- Meet with school leaders to discuss a topic of importance to the district.
- Attend a school board meeting and/or serve on the school board.
- Work with the school and state leaders to implement strong family engagement policies.
- Sign up for the National PTA Takes Action Network to get updates on important federal policies and send messages to your members of Congress.
- Sign up for Michigan PTA's Advocacy Facebook page as well.
- Write a letter to the editor to stress the importance of family engagement and other PTA policy priorities.
- Educate your members of Congress and their staff on PTA’s federal public policy priorities.
Advocacy Alerts
Bills passed Michigan State House and Michigan State Senate HB5911-13
Note to Michigan PTA Leadership Updates 8/15/2020 and 8/17/2020: Two Advocacy Alerts have been sent out via email updating you that Michigan Senate and Michigan House have passed HB 5911, HB 5912 and HB 5913 81-25, 77-29 and 73-33, respectively. The bills now head to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who is expected to sign them.
The bills would allow instruction to be delivered at a school or a different location, in-person, online, digitally, by other remote means or any combination. Instruction is not required to be in real time. A previous version of the bills required in-person instruction for K-5 students, which was removed from the final version, though the bills seek for it to be prioritized.
On counting students – the key way schools receive funding – the bills would waive for the 2020-21 school year the requirement for the Department of Education to pay districts reduced state aid if their membership if it does not have at least 75 percent attendance on a day of pupil instruction.
Districts would be required to have at least two two-way interactions with 75 percent of their students per week to receive payments. Those interactions would be reported monthly at required board meetings. The bills would also base the pupil count formula on 75 percent of the district's population in the 2019-20 academic year and 25 percent on 2020-21.
If you have any questions on these bills and their impact the education of Michigan children please contact the Michigan PTA State Advocacy committee at childadvocacyvp@michiganpta.org
Position Statements
Position statements from National PTA:
Firearms position statement
Gun safety and violence prevention position statement
Firearms position statement
Gun safety and violence prevention position statement