Episode 76: Successfully Managing Parent and Community Groups with Christina Hidek

FocusED Show Notes with Guest Christina Hidek

Christina starts out with some suggestions about how school leaders can get on the same page with the PTO/PTA President by meeting on a regular basis. The key is to meet ahead of the actual PTA meetings and separate from them.

School leaders should explain their vision for the school and the school year to the parent groups, starting with the PTA President.

School leaders and PTA Presidents should have a clear understanding of how they want to communicate.

Christina describes the strongest relationships that she had with principals and the trust and openingness that it takes.

School leaders should attend their PTA meetings and the measure of success is a lack of turnover in the group.

Every parent group should have at least one teacher liaison; the main point of the ...