PTA STRUCTURE  

MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA

 

Mountain View Elementary PTA is our local unit. The local unit is the most important division of the PTA. All other divisions exist to serve the local unit PTA. The local unit PTA is organized and chartered by Georgia PTA in accordance with authority granted to Georgia PTA by National PTA bylaws. The procedures and requirements for the organization of a local unit are set forth in the Georgia PTA Bylaws, and it is a self-governing body. The local unit PTA plans its programs and activities to meet the needs of children and youth in its own school and community. The national and state PTA offer guidelines and program aids to help local units plan their programs and projects. The local unit promotes those initiatives and programs that apply to its community and modifies them to meet their own needs.

 

The tremendous success of the Mountain View PTA is due to the outstanding support and participation of our membership. Whether you choose to volunteer time in your child's classroom, help at the fall festival, or serve as chair of a PTA committee, your child and others will benefit from your involvement and engagement with our school community.

We welcome you to join in the journey! 

 

East Cobb County Council (ECCC) PTA

 

Find your ECCC PTA member benefits and discounts HERE.

 

Mountain View Elementary PTA is a member of the East Cobb County Council (ECCC). A council of PTAs is a group of three or more local unit PTAs in a town, village, city, county or other designated area, organized by authorization of the Georgia PTA. Its purpose is to promote conferences, leadership training, and coordination of efforts of the local PTAs in its membership. A council is governed by its bylaws and elected officers.  

 

9th District PTA 

Find your 9th District PTA member benefits and discounts HERE.

 

Mountain View Elementary PTA is a member of the 9th District. Districts are geographical divisions of the state designated by the Georgia PTA to carry on state work effectively. The district PTA helps to integrate council and local unit work with state and national plans and activity.  

 

Georgia PTA 

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Georgia Purpose:

  • To Promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community;

  • To Raise the standards of home life;

  • To Advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth;

  • To Promote the Collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;

  • To Engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; and

  • To Advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.

Georgia PTA Values:

  • Collaboration: We work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to accomplish our agreed-upon goals.

  • Commitment: We are dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong parent, family, and community involvement.

  • Accountability: We acknowledge our obligations. We deliver on our promises.

  • Respect: We value our colleagues and ourselves. We expect the same high quality of effort and thought from ourselves as we do from others.

  • Inclusivity: We invite the stranger and welcome the newcomer. We value and seek input from as wide a spectrum of viewpoints and experiences as possible.

  • Integrity: We act consistently with our beliefs. When we err, we acknowledge the mistake and seek to make amends.

To learn more about the history and advocacy of PTA, watch the video: PTA Advocacy: A Legacy in Leadership. 

 

National PTA

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The PTA is the oldest and largest child advocacy association in America. Today’s PTA is comprised of more than 4 million parents, teachers, grandparents, caregivers, foster parents and other caring adults who share a commitment to improving the education, health, and safety of all children. We speak with one voice for every child.

 

Today, the issues that affect our children extend beyond their individual schools. The PTA’s nationwide network provides parents with the forum and tools to collectively influence the decisions that affect children not only at their schools, but also throughout their districts, within their states, and across the nation. This mission is unique to the PTA.

 

Many of the benefits our children receive today, such as universal kindergarten, the National School Lunch Program, and a juvenile justice system, were accomplished as a result of the PTA mission.

 

The PTA Advantage:

  • Dozens of national programs, experts, and turnkey resources

  • Regular updates and advice in the form of e-newsletters, PTA.org, Our Children magazine, and a robust Back-to-School kit of resources

  • Leadership development through webinars and e-learning courses

  • Millions of dollars in grants to help build PTA capacity and skills

  • Prestigious national awards

  • Cost savings from national retailers and other PTA partners

  • Invitations to PTA conventions as well as our conferences for emerging minority leaders, male mentors, and advocates

  • Support services and staff to help establish and manage your PTA