Resources are categorized by subject:
PTA Development
Education
PTA Development Resources
501(c)3 Status & Elections
501(c)3 organizations are strictly forbidden from engaging in any political activity in support of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. Protect your tax-exempt status by learning what you can and cannot do during election season.
Learn how to write a resolution and spark widespread change, from a real-life case example by the Neuqua Valley High School PTSA.
Apply for national or state recognition to recognize and honor the meaningful contributions of your volunteers!
PTA Back-To-School Central
Lead effectively, plan successful programs, and increase community participation and membership in your local unit. Online resources at Back-to-School Central include, but are not limited to:
Computer Classes
Each of the four public library districts across District 204 offers free computer classes. Visit the website of your local library for information on class schedules and registration.
PTA E-Learning
Realize your PTA leadership potential and expand your skills! Log in using the username and password on your National PTA membership card.
Online courses include:
Planning & Goal Setting PTA Basics
Conflict Management Grant Writing
Preventing Theft in Your PTA Parliamentary Procedure
Running a Successful PTA Program Effective Advocacy for Your Child
Writing & Proposing PTA Resolutions Planning Your PTA Year
PTA Idea Bank
Use your PTA username and password to access the National PTA Great Idea Bank. Search or contribute your successful ideas!
PTA Incorporation
Incorporation is a means to safeguard you and your local unit members from potential liability. In the event your incorporated local unit is sued, barring willful or wanton conduct, only your PTA as an entity, would be subject to lawsuits and/or damages. Liability would be limited to the assets of your nonprofit corporation. Your personal assets and/or the personal assets of your fellow officers and members would not be at risk. This is not true for unincorporated associations.
Illinois PTA and IPPC encourages all local units to incorporate and maintain their corporation's good standing by filing annual reports with the Secretary of State. Forms and payments are due prior to the first day of your corporation's anniversary month. Failure to file could lead to involuntary dissolution.
Check and maintain your incorporation status:
PTA Membership & Involvement
Get ideas, engage your community, and be recognized for raising participation!
Education
Academic Achievement: Helping Children Thrive
When caregivers are involved, children and youth excel. Stay involved! IPPC encourages all local units to support school improvement goals through unique programs, services, and communications.
Environmental Concerns
Environmental stewardship can be fiscally-responsible. Collaboration is key. Students, parents, teachers, custodians and administrators -- all play an important role to affect change. Get ideas and seek recognition for your environmental efforts!
Post-Secondary Education
The earlier you start planning and saving, the better prepared you and your child will be for life after graduation from high school! Learn about financial planning, assistance programs, and career counseling services.
Social - Emotional Learning
Research clearly indicates social and emotional development is an essential foundation of cognitive development and directly related to students' academic achievement. Social and emotional learning is a process by which children learn to recognize and manage their emotions, demonstrate concern for others, establish positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and handle life's challenges constructively. Legislators, educators and caregivers must take deliberate steps to promote social - emotional learning.
- Strong Kids Curricula
Learn more about evidence-based programs designed to teach social and emotional skills, promote resilience, strengthen assets, and increase coping skills of children and youth.
Health
Children's Health and Academic Success
Parents and educators can create school environments which are more conducive to children's health and learning.
Media's Impact on Child & Adolescent Health
Greater media exposure leads to lower academic achievement and long-term, negative health effects in children and adolescents. Parents can place limits on exposure and facilitate age-appropriate choices while educators and policymakers encourage media literacy.
"Protect the Ones You Love" Initiative
Parents play a life-saving role in protecting children from injuries. This CDC initiative hopes to raise parent awareness about the five leading causes of unintentional injury in children, ages 0-19yr, and how they can be prevented. Access free resources to prevent burns, falls, drownings, poisonings and road traffic injuries.
Welfare
Helping Hand Application
Become a Helping Hand Household to deter crime and help children in your neighborhood stay safe! Return completed application to your elementary school office, or to the Naperville Police Department, c/o Marcia Schild, 1350 Aurora Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540. This program is open to all District 204 residents.
Internet Safety
Learn how to keep your children and teens safe online! Find tips and tools to filter content, monitor usage and protect your computer and identify! Use these comprehensive, educational web-based resources at your convenience 24/7 to safeguard children and youth on the Internet.
- www.getnetwise.org
Now funded by The Internet Education Foundation, government, and industry leaders, this site was originally developed in 1999 by Microsoft, in cooperation with the Naperville Police Department and Illinois Attorney General's Office.
- www.staysafeonline.org
The National Cyber Security Alliance is a collaborative effort among industry and Homeland Security experts to provide free resources to secure cyber space.
- www.pta.org/topic_internet_safety.asp
National PTA provides parents with resources to protect children from harmful use of electronic media, including newer technology.
Juvenile Protection & Safety