What is PTA?
In 1897, Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst recognized the need for a national organization for advocacy on behalf of children. Both women founded the National Congress of Mothers, who later became known as the Association of Parents (PTA), with a founding group of more than 2,000 affected parents, teachers, legislators and workers. Today, more than six million volunteers participate in sponsored PTA activities across the United States, working hard to improve schools and general quality of life of children at local, state and federal levels. National PTA helps to provide local PTA information, resources and influence and also work on the federal level to defend children in the capitol. National PTA donations, a registered non -profit organization, are used to support efforts to defend PTAs with fees paid by members and local chapters. Any adult who is worried about children's care can join local PTAs, although members are primarily parents and children of children at all levels of education, economic classand abilities.
The primary objective of PTA is to be an advocate of children in their communities and before regulatory agencies. For example, in his early years, National PTA helped establish laws on child labor and juvenile judges, along with school lunch programs, kindergartens and public immunization programs. PTA also offers support for parents who are trying to raise healthy and happy children in a safe environment by improving public security and health and lobbying to support the laws that protect children. PTAs around the nation also associate parents and teachers in cooperative efforts to talk about education, the well -being of children, and safe communities.
On a local basis, PTA is essential. Members of the local PTA will decide which programs will benefit and perform them. Parents can participate in fundraising activities, lobbying in the city council about important proposed measures, help establish programs after noThrough school schools or cooperate on providing healthy nutrition and education, for example, about food. These regional PTAs are autonomous and can do what they consider to improve their communities, although they often consult a national PTA to take advantage of experience in other communities. National PTA can also provide assistance to local organizations if they are unable to meet the challenges themselves, draw more than 100 years of experience, legal expertise and children's care.