Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders

Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders Sandra L. Zelno, Consultant to the Pennsylvania PTA.  Chapter 6. Teachers – The PTA’s Middle Name The long-awaited summer months are finally here.  Not only do we have time for more family interaction with summer hiatus from most schools, but the slower speed of the season gives us opportunity to begin planning PTA activities for the next school year.  Every leader ponders such basic questions as, “How do I reach out

Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders Sandra L. Zelno, Consultant to the Pennsylvania PTA.  Chapter 7. Pick a Card, Any Card—But Make Sure It is the Right Card Step right up, folks. Pick a card, any card.  Yes, the purpose of card tricks is to create an illusion of a seemingly impossible act.  Card tricks are done with sleight of hand and some false shuffles to impress and entertain audiences.  They are an illusion, but PTA

Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders Sandra L. Zelno, Consultant to the Pennsylvania PTA.  Chapter 8. Separate but Equal: Another Challenge for the PTA The roots of the National PTA were in Washington D. C. in 1897.  Every winter, however, my memories take me to our nation’s capital and reflect upon a later date—January of 1996.  I was serving as a member of the National PTA Legislative Committee that met in Washington, D. C. and

Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders Sandra L. Zelno, Consultant to the Pennsylvania PTA.  Chapter 9. Honoring the Legacy of our Founders: Committing to Today’s Children The passing of time may cause us to forget the incredible leaders who came before us.  But only if we allow that to happen.  This series of articles on the founding of the National PTA showed us that passionate women were able to make seismic shifts in the landscape of children’s

Reflecting on the PTA Legacy: A Challenge for 21st Century Leaders Sandra L. Zelno, Consultant to the Pennsylvania PTA.  Chapter 10. Honoring the Legacy of our Founders: Leading with Grit and Grace The first nine chapters of this series of articles have been primarily devoted to the amazing leaders who strived for a better world for children and created the National PTA we know today. Armed with passion, confidence, and resilience, they were willing to accept long term commitments and