Contact chair: programs [at] planopta.org
- Training and other materials [password protected area — use ID and password on back of PTA card]
Here is the regularly updated Practical Parenting classes schedule.
Here are program ideas from different schools.
These programs are hosted by the Plano ISD Council of PTAs. All programs start around 11:00am on the dates listed. They’re held at the Plano ISD Administration Building on 2700 W. 15th Street (slightly east of Independence) in the Board Room on the 1st Floor.
May 20, 2008
Officer and Chairman Training
Past Programs
September 25, 2007
“True Colors”
Orange, gold, green, or blue? How do these colors relate to you and your life, habits, values, and feelings? Please join us as Texas PTA will present “True Colors” with our guest speaker Sharon Goldblatt. This “True Colors” program is an easy way to identify your personality traits and provides a better understanding of yourself and others, while having a lot of fun! This program can be applied to all aspects of your personal and professional life, allowing you to improve your communication skills and live and work with others in a more harmonious, productive environment. This is one program that you do not want to miss!
October 23, 2007
“Destination College”
What happens when you add Awareness, Access, Academic Achievement, and Aspiration together? You get COLLEGE READINESS! Our October program “Destination College” presented by Marcy Wilson, Destination College Coordinator, will help you and your child prepare to succeed in higher education and get informed about opportunities for improved college readiness. This is one program that everyone needs to be thinking about because it is never too early to plan for your child’s future.
November 27, 2007
“A District update from Dr. Doug Otto”
December 14, 2007
“Plano ISD Administration Luncheon”
January 14, 2008
We will be Ambassadors to a “Town Hall Meeting”
February 26, 2008
PTA Life Member Banquet
March 25, 2008
Ever wonder why some immigrant students don’t address the teacher by name? How come parents are not more in touch with their child’s teacher? Why do they seldom volunteer? Why is there seemingly no effort to learn English and advance in education? All these questions have a perfectly logical cultural answer. We’ll explore differences in school cultures and views on education, and we’ll define culture in a broad and easy- to-deconstruct format that allows for validation of the immigrant’s cultural baggage and acculturation of the family.
So please join us with our guest speaker Georgina Tezer, Language Services with the Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD when she will talk about “Cultural Contrasts in a Multicultural School Environment.” This program will be worth your time as we get ready to form our new PTA Boards and Committee Chairman for the 2008-2009 school year.
April 22, 2008
No program (elections)
Program Ideas
Texas PTA Programs
Texas PTA offers the following programs:
- The ABC’s of Bullying
- Food & Fitness Matter; Raising Healthy, Active kids
- i-Safe Parents
- Party 101; Consequences to Underage Drinking
- QPR; for Suicide Prevention
- Road Rules; What Every Parent Should Know
- Six Clicks; Do You Know Where Your Child Surfed Today?
- True Colors
Learn more about these programs on the Texas PTA Web site (membership login required).
Parenting and Child-Development Presentations Available for Your School or Group
Jewish Family Service child-development and parent-guidance specialists speak in schools and to other organizations on the topics listed below. For more information, or to schedule a speaker for your group, please contact Shelly Middleman, PhD, LMFT at 972.437.9950 or SMiddleman@JFSdallas.org. Note these are not focused on religion.
- Dating and Teen Sexual Violence
- Bullying: “Bad” Boys & Girls Gone Wild
- Step by Step – Parenting in a Blended Family 8 Tradition: The Importance of Your Family’s Rituals
- Angry Kids, Calm Parents
- Emotional Intelligence, Developing Your Whole Child
- Successful Single Parenting
- Teens and Risk-Taking: What Parents Need to Know
- Let Your Child Fail – Safely
- Choosing Your Parenting Approach
- Parenting the Disabled Child
- The Intelligent Divorce
- Over-Programmed Children
- Healthy Friendships, Hurtful Friendships
- Sex, Drugs, Alcohol: Time for “The” Conversation Now!
- Weaving Webs of Womanhood
Lung Cancer Survivor Speaks to Teens
Jerry Berkowitz, an award winner for the American Cancer Society’s 2007 Community Awareness Award, is is a throat cancer survivor who lost his larynx, voice box and vocal cords because of smoking. He started smoking at age 13 and now warns children and young adults against the health effects of smoking.
“No one ever told us when I was a kid that cigarettes would affect our health. Everyone smoked. I don’t think anything would have stopped me from smoking,” says Berkowitz.
Because of his experience with cancer, Jerry is trying to help students understand the truth and consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke. He hopes these students won’t have to suffer from the fatal effects of cancer and smoking-related diseases.
“Nothing I have ever done in my life compares to the rewarding feeling I get from speaking to students. I am making a difference,” says Berkowitz.
He speaks to student groups about three times a week and can be reached at 817-377-4333 or speak4333@aol.com.
Mark Kistler’s Imagination Station Elementary School Assembly Program
Get your students prepared to blast off into the land of imagination with pencil power! For three decades, Mark Kistler has been teaching kids at over 7,000 elementary schools how to draw in 3-D with this world-famous assembly program. An unforgettable hands-on assembly that encourages students, teachers, and parents to participate. Mark has taught millions of children around the world how to draw…he can teach your students, too!
Mark deeply believes that learning how to draw in three dimensions builds a child’s critical thinking skills while nourishing self-esteem. His positive messages on self-esteem, goal setting, dream conquering, environmental awareness, and the power of reading have sparked millions of children around the world to discover their awesome individual potentials. More information available at Kistler’s Web site.
Phil Baker Music
For nearly 20 years, Phil Baker has used music to educate, entertain, and enrich the lives of young people. He has played guitar, sung, directed and produced shows, and keynoted events throughout the United States and places as far away as Australia and Costa Rica. See Phil Baker’s Web site for more information.