Liaison Positions

The following PTA Council Liaison positions are appointed or selected ex-officia members of the executive board.

Junior Achievement http://www.juniorachievement.net

Kids Voting http://www.kidsvotingwake.org/

NC PTA District 3 Director http://www.ncpta.org/

United Arts Council http://www.unitedarts.org/

Wake County Human Services http://www.wakegov.com/

Wake Education Partnership http://www.wakeedpartnership.org/

PTA Affiliates
•	National PTA http://www.pta.org/
•	North Carolina PTA http://www.ncpta.org/

Partners
•	Assets Build Character in Holly Springs http://www.abchollysprings.org/

Resources
Be a Part of Creating a New PTA:
Steps and guidelines learn more>>

PTA Forum
Learn more about the Council's Electronic Forum

NCLB:  Raising Achievements & Closing Gaps Task Force Report
This task force that included members from PTA, WCPSS and community stakeholders, convened last spring to examine current efforts in the community and in our schools aimed at ensuring equitable and challenging educational opportunities and outcomes for all of our WCPSS students.

Raising Achievement & Closing Gaps Report (Downloads >>)
• Full Report - Raising Achievements & Closing Gaps (47kb DOC)
• Appendix A - Budget Development (35kb DOC)
• Appendix B - Steering & Planning Committee Members (21kb DOC)
• Appendix C - Stakeholders List (30kb DOC)
• Appendix D - Action Plans (92kb DOC)

No Child Left Behind Resources for PTAs
Understanding the implications for parents under the "No Child Left Behind" is challenging and will require greater outreach from PTAs to engage families to raise achievement and close gaps. Here are some resources to share with others:

•	Parent Leadership Associaties: "No child left behind: What's in it for parents" by Anne Henderson published by Parent Leadership Associates is available for $15: http://www.plassociates.org/publications.html#nclb
•	North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction (DPI): Here's a snippet from their webpage:

"ABCs of Public Education Connects with No Child Left Behind
Improving student achievement is the goal of the ABCs of Public Education, launched in 1995 in North Carolina, and the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, signed into federal law in January 2002. Several key parts of the new Act are well-aligned with North Carolina's ABCs. For some other states that do not have accountability programs in place, the challenges are greater."

For more visit their website: www.ncpublicschools.org/nclb/

Sample Year-Round Bylaws

Sample Year-Round Budgets

Brochure with Track-Out Programs

•	No Child Left Behind (Gov) From http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/ comes this website message: "Sign up for weekly updates of "The Achiever" ... here's a sample and a way to sign up to receive these. http://www.nclb.gov/Newsletter/20030215.html"

Meeting Minutes
Read Meeting Minutes

Wake County PTA Council Handbook & Directory
Handbook (now available!)

Wake County Public Schools Information & Publications
http://www.wcpss.net/

Wake Education Partnership BRIEFING
Go Online: http://www.wakeedpartnership.org