RESOURCES FOR PTA OFFICERS & LEADERS
PTA Meetings
Conducting a PTA Meeting Guide
This document is a Members Only File. You will need your Member's Only username and password located on the back of your PTA membership card to view it.
This guide will assist new and returning PTA presidents in running a productive PTA meeting that follows Parliamentary Law. All presiding officers should study and put forth every effort in accordance with their adopted bylaws and parliamentary procedures. This Meeting Guide includes information on:
- Parliamentary Law
- The Bylaws
- Order of Business and Meeting Agendas
- Basic Parliamentary Terms
- Motions
- Debating or Discussing Questions (motions)
Parlimentary Procedure
This document is a Members Only File. You will need your Member's Only username and password located on the back of your PTA membership card to view it.
This quick reference sheet on Parliamentary Procedure includes:
- Specific examples of what to say during different parts of a meeting
- When you may interrupt the speaker during a meeting
- When you need to second a motion
- When a motion is debatable
- When a motion can be ammended
- When a motion can be reconsidered