Programs and Services
New York State PTA
One Wembley Court
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: 1-518-452-8808
Toll Free: 1-877-5NYSPTA
or 1-877-569-7782
Fax: 1-518-452-8105
Email: pta.office@nyspta.org
Building Successful Partnerships
Request a Building Successful Partnership presentations for your unit, council, school district or community.
National PTA
Workshops
Today’s families, schools, and communities want stronger parent involvement, improved school quality and higher student achievement. National PTA recognizes that schools with well-structured, consistent parent involvement programs experienced profound benefits for students, parents, educators, and overall school quality.
That is why National PTA set standards for Family-School Partnerships – more than 30 years of research and over 100 years of practice helped to develop the standards by which parent involvement programs can excel. Building Successful Partnerships takes identifying the needs of your school community and developing effective ways to meet those needs.
PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
Standard 1: Welcoming all families into the community
—Families are active participants in the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to what students are learning and doing in class.
Standard 2: Communicating effectively
—Families and school staff engage in regular, meaningful communication about student learning.
Standard 3: Supporting student success
—Families and school staff continuously collaborate to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively.
Standard 4: Speaking up for every child
—Families are empowered to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities that will support their success.
Standard 5: Sharing Power
—Families and school staff are equal partners in decisions that affect children and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs.
Standard 6:
Collaborating with the community—Families and school staff collaborate with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation.
National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
For more information about the National Standards and PTA programs that promote family-school partnerships, visit www.pta.org.
Listed below are links to three of the current programs:
Building Successful Partnerships
