What is PTA?
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a self-governing unit that plans its programs and activities to
meet the needs of children and youth in the community. Each PTA has its own characteristics, but its
underlying purpose of promoting the welfare of children and youth unites all PTA’s and gives continuity
and nationwide significance to their work.
Purpose of the PTA
PTA Mission Statement
The mission of the California State PTA is to represent our members and to empower and support them
with skills in advocacy, leadership, and communication to positively impact the lives of all children.
Adopted by the California State PTA Board of Managers, March 1999. Reaffirmed, March 2004.
California State PTA Core Values
The California State PTA is a professional, non-profit volunteer organization committed to the well-being of
all children. We believe every adult has a responsibility to ensure that all children develop to their full
potential. We believe parents are children’s first teachers and that parent involvement is essential
throughout a child’s educational experience. We believe that family is the basic unit of society responsible
for the support and nurturing of all children, and we recognize that “the family” may be defined in many
ways. We believe our responsibility includes advocating for the safety and welfare of all children and the
opportunity for a quality public education for each child.
Source California State PTA
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a self-governing unit that plans its programs and activities to
meet the needs of children and youth in the community. Each PTA has its own characteristics, but its
underlying purpose of promoting the welfare of children and youth unites all PTA’s and gives continuity
and nationwide significance to their work.
Purpose of the PTA
- 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 unified efforts as will secure for all
children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
PTA Mission Statement
The mission of the California State PTA is to represent our members and to empower and support them
with skills in advocacy, leadership, and communication to positively impact the lives of all children.
Adopted by the California State PTA Board of Managers, March 1999. Reaffirmed, March 2004.
California State PTA Core Values
The California State PTA is a professional, non-profit volunteer organization committed to the well-being of
all children. We believe every adult has a responsibility to ensure that all children develop to their full
potential. We believe parents are children’s first teachers and that parent involvement is essential
throughout a child’s educational experience. We believe that family is the basic unit of society responsible
for the support and nurturing of all children, and we recognize that “the family” may be defined in many
ways. We believe our responsibility includes advocating for the safety and welfare of all children and the
opportunity for a quality public education for each child.
Source California State PTA
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| Last update February 1, 2010 |
For additional information about the national or
state PTA, please visit their websites at the
below links.
state PTA, please visit their websites at the
below links.
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