PTSO Positions Explained
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Board Officers
- Maintain communication between the PTSO and SSDI administration, staff, and parents.
- Conduct all PTSO Board Meetings including preparation and distribution of meeting agenda.
- Oversee and coordinate day-to-day operations of PTSO.
- Serves as an ex-officio member of all committees.
- Assist the Treasurer with the preparation of an annual budget.
- Assist the president as needed.
- Perform duties of the President when absent.
- Provide monthly budget analysis.
- Ensure accounting of all funds.
- Responsible for timely deposits and disbursements of PTSO funds.
- Work closely with the president and outside CPA to meet all non-profit financial guidelines.
- Present up-to-date financial status during monthly board meetings.
*Financial background preferred.
- Record meeting minutes.
- Send meeting minutes for review and approval.
- Distribute meeting minutes and the *monthly newsletter to PTSO members.
- Write and distribute thank you notes, letters of appreciation, cards, etc. as needed.
*The Newsletter Editor prepares the newsletter; positions can be combined.
Board Members
- Coordinate a 6-day holiday shopping event for students.
- Purchase items for sale; pre-wrap as needed.
- Coordinate staffing with the Volunteer Coordinator.
- Coordinate information sharing with the Communications Coordinator.
- Maintain program budget; provide final accounting and reporting.
- Setup and decorate Candy Cane Lane.
- Tear down Candy Cane Lane.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
*It is recommended that this position assemble a committee.
*This position may be split between two chairs.
- Maintains PTSO Facebook.
- Work closely with the Volunteer Coordinator.
*This role may be split between board members depending on need and board member specialty.
*If necessary, this role may also be combined with the Volunteer Coordinator position.
*This role may also be combined with the Website Administrator position if necessary.
- Provide department support.
- Coordinate Family Fun Night with PE.
- Coordinate departments and grade-level support as needed, including special requests for social media posts.
- Prepare bookkeeping and financial processing for support-related events.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
- Coordinate PTSO Fall Fundraiser.
- Coordinate PTSO Spring Fundraiser.
- Coordinate prize distribution.
- Maintain program budget; provide final accounting and reporting.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
*This position may be split between two chairs.
*The PTSO does not host or coordinate department or grade-level fundraisers.
- Official host of the PTSO.
- Coordinate food and/or special gifts for teacher events (Back to School Breakfast, Testing Luncheon, and Teacher Appreciation Week, etc.).
- Make and distribute birthday bags for students.
- Maintain program budget; provide final accounting and reporting.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
*This position may be split between two chairs.
- Tidy Lost & Found cubbies so students can see and locate misplaced items.
- Look for names in lost items and return them to students’ classrooms.
- Share images of lost items on social media.
- Share images of lost items with iTV team.
- At the end of the school year, donate items remaining in Lost & Found to a local charity.
- Maintain membership records and accurate membership count.
- Manage membership drive party.
- This position works closely with the Communications Coordinator.
- Maintain program budget; provide accounting and reporting.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
- Coordinate information to share with board members, program chairs, and program coordinators.
- Format newsletter in the software of newsletter editor’s choice.
- Prepare monthly newsletter for approval by the PTSO president and school principal and distribution by the PTSO secretary or person responsible for communicating directly with PTSO membership.
*This position may be combined with the secretary’s duties or distributed to another board member, given their background and interest.
- Manage t-shirt design, design selection, ordering, and inventory.
- Oversee/delegate t-shirt/sweatshirt sales fulfillment throughout the year.
- Work with the principal to establish Spirit Day calendar before the start of the school year.
- Coordinate monthly spirit events (may include fundraising activities), contests, and giveaways.
- Maintain program budget; provide final accounting and reporting.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
- Request local grant money to purchase classroom snacks and water.
- Shop as needed.
- Maintains program budget; provides final accounting and reporting.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
- Create, schedule, and post information as needed on PTSO’s social media
- Coordinate volunteer support for school activity.
- Ensure volunteers have Approved Background Checks on file with the principal’s office.
- Use SignUpGenius.com to communicate and coordinate needed volunteers and/or needed donations.
- Work closely with the Communications Coordinator.
- Present program status during monthly board meetings.
- Contribute to the monthly newsletter.
*This position may be combined with the Communications Coordinator role.
- Maintain WordPress website
- Add Posts, Pages, Events, and links as needed
- Maintain WooCommerce online store