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17th District PTA will be hosting its annual “Spotlight on PTA” Officer Training Workshop on Monday, May 17. If you’ve been elected to serve as a PTA/PTSA board member for next year, but don’t know exactly what the details of your job are, then you won’t want to miss this excellent opportunity to get trained and inspired.

Workshops will be offered for President/Vice President, Secretary Treasurer, Auditor, Financial Secretary, Historian, Legislation/Advocacy, Membership, Parliamentarian/Bylaws, Reflections, and Student Involvement.

The evening will also include 17th District’s May General Meeting and Keynote Speaker Jo Loss, California State PTA President. Also attending will be Carol-Ann Koch-Weser, State PTA Vice President of Membership, and Brenda Steffen, State PTA Finance Commission Vice-Chair and Resolutions Committee Chair.

Spotlight on PTA will be held at Ralston Middle School in Belmont (view map). Registration begins at 5:45 PM, and a free dinner will be served at 6 PM along with the program and general meeting. Workshops will begin at 6:45 and conclude by 8:45.

Please RSVP to Keiko Smith and Sara Otus-Green by Wednesday, May 12, indicating which workshop you would like to attend. For more info, you can download the Spotlight on PTA flyer [PDF]. (Or, download the Microsoft Word version.)

So it’s the beginning of a new school year and a new term. Are you perhaps starting to wonder if you’re fully prepared for that new PTA position that you’ve volunteered for? Or maybe you think that you could benefit from a refresher course?

In that case, plan to attend the annual Training Event put on by the South San Francisco PTA Council on Monday, September 14th! Dinner will be provided by the South San Francisco Council, and leaders from South San Francisco and 17th District will present trainings for all of the major PTA positions, including:

• President/Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer/Financial Secretary
• Auditor
• Historian
• PTA 101 & Membership
• Parliamentarian/Bylaws

The training workshop will take place on Monday, September 14, at 6:30 PM, at Ponderosa Elementary School in South San Francisco (view map). Please download the flyer [PDF] for more info. RSVPs are requested by September 9th to Valerie Hatfield (information is printed on the flyer).

Are you wondering what the duties and responsibilities of the position you have been elected to serve as PTA/PTSA Board or Committee Member are? 17th District PTA is hosting our annual “Spotlight on PTA” training workshop/event on Saturday, May 16, 2009 and all PTA/PTSA board and committee members are invited!

Two workshop sessions will be provided, offering training for President, Vice President, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Auditor, Secretary, Historian, Parliamentarian, Webmaster, Reflections Chair, and Membership Chair positions, along with training in building Parent Involvement, Student Involvement, Legislation and Advocacy, and Fundraising presented by California State and 17th District PTA officers.

Speaking of State PTA officers, come and meet Carol Kocivar, incoming President-Elect; Diane Foote, incoming Treasurer; Colleen You, incoming Vice President of Health, and Carol-Ann Koch-Weser, incoming Vice President of Membership from State PTA as they and 17th District will answer all of your questions, as well as share a guest presentation during the general meeting!

Yes, there will also be a general meeting taking place in order for us to conduct the (very brief) business of the district organization, plus our 2009-11 Board of Directors will be installed!

Spotlight on PTA is completely free for all local PTA members to attend and a continental breakfast and brunch will be provided. The event will take place at The Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy Gymnasium at 2025 Kehoe Ave. in San Mateo (view map).
Please note that the agenda has changed a bit this year. The agenda will be as follows:
8:30 AM Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast
8:50 AM Roundtable Session 1
10:00 AM Brunch, General Meeting, Guest Speakers, Officer Installation
11:30 AM Roundtable Session 2
12:45 PM End of Event

If you would like to register, you can download the event flyer [PDF] and submit it to the address on the flyer, or you can fill out our new online registration form below. If you have any questions, please contact Sara Otus-Green, Event Chairman. We hope to see you there!
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California State PTA, in cooperation with 6th, 17th, 20th, and Peralta Districts, will be presenting a Regional Leadership Officers Training for unit and council officers on Saturday, September 27th. Numerous training sessions will be available, as well as a provided continental breakfast and lunch. The training will be held at Allen at Steinbeck K-8 school in San Jose (view map).

The low cost for this event is $10, and 17th District PTA will reimburse each attendee from our district for the cost of this event.

If you are interested in attending, you can download the registration form, and contact Kathryn Cross or Pam Selli, who will be going to the event. We hope to see many 17th District folks there, and we could see about arranging a carpool.

Don’t miss this great opportunity, and please pass this along to your fellow board members in your unit or council!