From National PTA:

Tulsa Council of PTAs Meeting Dates:
Education Service Center, 1st Floor
9:30am – 11:00am

  • September 25, 2007 – program – Parent Involvement in No Child Left Behind
  • October 23, 2007 – program – Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Your PTA
  • November 27, 2007
  • January 22, 2008
  • February 25, 2008
  • March 25, 2008
  • April 22, 2008
  • May 27, 2008 Leadership Institute for 2008-2009 PTA Unit Officers

The PTA Take Your Family to School Week Awards Are Back!

Be rewarded for welcoming families into your school! Make plans to celebrate PTA Take Your Family to School Week 2008, February 10-16; then apply for a cash award of $1,897 to support your activities.*
It’s easy to apply!

  1. Watch the mail for the PTA Take Your Family to School Week 2008 planning guide, which includes creative event ideas and the Take Your Family to School Week Award Application (also available online) www.pta.org/familytoschool 
  2. Plan events and activities that encourage all families to participate in their children’s education and the life of your school.
  3. Tell the PTA national office about your plans. Complete the Take Your Family to School Week Award Application and submit it to PTA national headquarters by November 16, 2007.*

PTA was founded on February 17, 1897 to take action for children, support parents, and encourage family involvement in schools. The $1,897 Awards—and your Take Your Family to School Week celebrations—honor and further our founders’ vision of building lasting family-school partnerships.

PTA Proud National Sponsor AXA Foundation presents this year’s $1,897 Awards. Award recipients will be notified before the New Year.

*All applications will be subject to competitive review. Awards will be given only to PTAs in good standing. Check your status with your state PTA.

Proud National Sponsor Target Offers Field Trip Grant Program to Schools

Target understands that funds for school field trips are limited, so this year they've doubled the size of their one-of-a-kind, innovative Target Field Trip Grants program. 1,600 schools will win educators' grants of up to $1,000 this spring. See dolphins at the zoo; go behind the scenes at a local theatre, watch kids' eyes get huge at a science museum and more. It's all a part of Target's commitment to education. Apply online by November 1, 2007. Apply Online (www/target.com/teachers)

Questions? Please send an e-mail to:
targetfieldtripgrants@scholarshipamerica.org or call 1-800-537-4180 and ask for the Target Field Trip Grants program manager.

Give Kids Good Schools Week—October 15-21

Public Education Network (PEN) will sponsor the 2nd Annual Give Kids Good Schools (http://www.givekidsgoodschools.org) Week, October 15.21. As a proud partner with PEN, PTA presents ways to participate in your community.

  • Promote Give Kids Good Schools at events or activities you or your members are holding by distributing materials and asking participants to sign the pledge to Give Kids Good Schools.
  • E-mail your constituents urging them to take action and to sign the pledge to Give Kids Good Schools.
  • Put the Give Kids Good Schools web button on your home page or website leading up to and during Give Kids Good Schools Week.
  • Hand out Give Kids Good Schools materials at national and local meetings.
  • Encourage your constituents to participate in or plan an event during Give Kids Good Schools Week.
    More information is available at www.givekidsgoodschools.org

There is now an OMDR Webinar in the archives! Local unit officers can access the pre-recorded webinar at any time! To register and receive the link for the presentation, please visit http://registration.intercall.com/go/nationalpta, click on “Event Archives” in the left hand column and then “view” to register for the archived webinar. This is a great training tool for all local unit users, please encourage them to view the archived webinar!

We will also schedule live webinars for local unit officers. The webinars for October are listed below. Please remind all registrants that the times listed are Central time. We have been reaching our capacity for webinars, but many of those registered do not attend. Please remind your local unit officers that they are making a commitment to attend.

Tuesday, October 2 at 9:00 AM
Friday, October 5 at 2:00 PM
Thursday, October 11 at 11:00 AM
Tuesday, October 17 at 5:00 PM
Monday, October 22 at 11:00 AM
Tuesday, October 30 at 1:00 PM

We are also experiencing a backlog of files for the Batch Upload feature. Please advise your local units that the files may take a few hours to process. Once they have submitted a file, they should not submit it again. The file will be processed by the system. They should check the “Review batch upload log for errors” and the “View/Edit” feature to see if their members are in the system. Local units also need to be using the correct file format for the uploads.

Please pass along the Excel uploading template to your local units with instructions on how to use it. Thank you for your patience as we have many local unit users using the system!

Also, for local units who were using the system last year, they should be using the “Member Renewal” feature and not uploading previous members as new members.

Thank you for all of your help and support with OMDR!

Membership/Field Service Liaisons

Important Dates/Information:

  1. Bylaws are due for approval every three (3) years. Send five copies to the OK PTA Office for approval. Send an APPROVED copy to the Tulsa Council of PTAs office – Education Service Center, Room 414.
  2. October 1, 2007. $65.00 dues to the Tulsa Council PTA Dues. Invoices have been sent to your schools.
  3. October 31, 2007. Membership reports are due to the OK PTA Office. (2.75 per membership).
  4. November 15, 2007 IRS Form 990 Due
  5. November Reflections entries due to COUNCIL
  6. January 31, 2008. Membership reports are due to the OK PTA Office
  7. March 31, 2008. Membership reports are due to the OK PTA Office
  8. April 2, 2008 Council Unit Reports due for Award Nominations
  9. June 26-29. 2008 National PTA Convention, in San Diego, CA
  10. July 25-26, 2008 OK PTA Convention in Tulsa, OK