Upcoming Events
CAPTA Leadership Monthly Meeting
November 24, 2020 7pm
Zoom Event
Topics include: nominating committees, mid-year audits, document uploading and membership.
Annual Insurance Webinar
November 30, 2020 6-8pm
Zoom Event
This is a great informational training about our insurance coverage. They will also be going over the new workers compensation form submittal process.
Palomar Council Reflections Art Show and Reception
December 1, 2020 7-9pm
Zoom Event
Palomar Council General Meeting
January 5, 2021 7pm
Zoom Meeting - Login Emailed to Units
Training
Watch Ninth District's great training webinars
Click to view
Watch the CAPTA Summer Leadership Virtual Academy Training Sessions
Click to view
PTAEZ is now 'MyPTEZ'
Now offering weekly training webinars on
Thursdays at 12pm. Click to Register
Announcements
Worker's Comp form will be collected
electronically by AIM this year
More info coming soon!
National PTA has great tools for
running your PTA virtually
Click for details
Please complete the JEDI Survey
This year Palomar Council started the JEDI committee (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) in response to recent events. One of our goals is to help parents navigate discussions about race with their children, fellow parents, and teachers.
Please fill out this short anonymous survey about your experiences with racial equity in PUSD! Please also share it with the parents and teachers at your school!
Click to access the survey - only complete it one time please
Help families in need for the holidays
Click to visit Adopt-a-Family's new website.
Don't let your Parliamentarians miss out!
Make sure they (along with everyone else on your Board) are in your Unit's MyPTEZ roster.
Free counseling available to PUSD families
The Caring Connections Counseling services provides free social/emotional, academic and behavioral support for
PUSD families.
English | Spanish
Parliamentarians! Have Questions?
If you or your board members have any parliamentary questions, issues or concerns, please email Bruce Bergman, Palomar Council Parliamentarian for assistance. Questions about bylaws, meeting procedures, Robert's Rules of Order, changes/amendments to standing rules or bylaws, nominating committees, elections, or whatever you have in mind are welcome. Note: the 12th Edition of Robert's Rules of Order was published in September, so all units should be following the new rules and guidelines.
Contracts
Did you know that two board members' signatures and board/association approval are needed on all PTA contracts for our insurance to be valid? This includes online fundraisers. Make sure to sign:
"<your name>, for <your unit name>.
Did you know this about Totem?
How to register offline/manual members in Totem.
How to export member emails to communicate with members.
Doing a virtual movie night?
Make sure to get a license!
Click here for more info on PTA Movie Licensing 101
Having a raffle this year?
Click to apply with the State of CA before October
Leadership Tip
Some of our PTA units have been approached and asked by school parents to advocate strongly for immediate on-campus (in-person) instruction at their school. As you know, Poway Unified School District has been wrestling with this question for some time, and has vacillated from one position to another several times during the summer. It is a difficult dilemma, with many different viewpoints and considerations. There is no one perfect answer for all families. Consequently, we should be mindful that there are differing opinions throughout the district from parents, students, administrators and others. Not all families are comfortable with returning to the school site for in-person instruction, just as not all families are comfortable with virtual learning.
California State PTA's mission is to positively impact the lives of all children and families. ALL children, and not just the ones that prefer in-person instruction or virtual instruction. We should not recommend or advocate for one type of instruction over another. Any decision to reopen schools should involve parents, families, students, educators, school employees, public health experts, health practitioners and community leaders in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of stages of reopening.
If you are asked to advocate for either virtual or on-campus instruction, we suggest that you offer to facilitate a PTA town hall type discussion with the school leaders (principals, counselors, teachers), or district leaders, to allow parents on all sides of the question to voice their concerns.
You may also find the National PTA's position statement on reopening useful. It can be found here.
