As the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) reminds our country of its obligations to children and provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students.
PTA does not act alone. Working in cooperation with many national education, health, safety, and child advocacy groups and federal agencies, the national PTA organization collaborates on projects that benefit children and that bring valuable resources to its members.
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PTA’s Vision
- Every child’s potential is a reality.
PTA’s Mission
- To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
PTA’s Purpose
- To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship;
- To raise the standards of home life;
- To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth;
- To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth;
- To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
Visión de la PTA
- El potencial de cada niño es una realidad.
Misión de la PTA
- Hacer realidad el potencial de cada niño comprometiendo, apoderando, y abogando por todos los niños, las familias, y las comunidades.
Los propósitos de la PTA
- Promover el bienestar de los niños y jóvenes en el hogar, la escuela, la comunidad y el lugar de culto.
- Mejorar los estándares de la vida familiar.
- Asegurar leyes adecuadas para el cuidado y la protección de niños y jóvenes.
- Establecer una relación estrecha entre la escuela y el hogar; que los padres y los maestros cooperen inteligentemente en la educación de niños y jóvenes.
- Desarrollar entre los educadores y el público en general esfuerzos conjuntos que aseguren las mejores ventajas físicas, mentales, sociales y espirituales en la educación de todos los niños y jóvenes.
PTA Values:
- Collaboration: We work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to accomplish our agreed-upon goals.
- Commitment: We are dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong parent, family, and community involvement.
- Accountability: We acknowledge our obligations. We deliver on our promises. Respect: We value our colleagues and ourselves. We expect the same high quality of effort and thought from ourselves as we do from others.
- Inclusivity: We invite the stranger and welcome the newcomer. We value and seek input from as wide a spectrum of viewpoints and experiences as possible.
- Integrity: We act consistently with our beliefs. When we err, we acknowledge the mistake and seek to make amends.