Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Your PTA May be Able to Win an Award: Honor Unit, Standards of Excellence, Outstanding Local Unit of the Year!

The following awards will be presented at the upcoming WSPTA Convention on April 25-27:
  • The Standards of Excellence is a tool to encourage the use of the best practices of PTA management. If your unit has not participated in awards, the Standards of Excellence is a great place to start. Local unit application form; due March 1. Council application form; due March 1.
  • The Honor Unit award recognizes PTA units and councils that have gone significantly beyond the attainment of excellence and have demonstrated exceptional qualities that merit replication by others. Local unit application form; due March 1. Council application form; due March 1.
  • The Outstanding Local Unit of the Year (elementary & secondary) awards identify and honor those PTA units that, when compared to all others in their unique environment and within their own special circumstances, are the most representative examples of local units that exemplify the purposes and mission of PTA. Outstanding Local Unit award form; due March 1. Two awards are given each year – one to an elementary PTA and one to a secondary PTA.