National PTA E-Learning Courses
With PTA budgets tight and your schedule even tighter, traveling to workshops and seminars may be out of the question.
     Luckily, PTA e-learning is available to you all day, everyday. Available to PTA members at www.pta.org/e_learning.asp, PTA e-learning is a no-cost way for you to expand your PTA leadership skills from the comfort and convenience of your home, or anywhere you can connect with the internet.
     All you have to do is log in with the username and password found on the back of your current membership card and choose from the growing list of courses designed to help you improve your knowledge of best practices in PTA unit management. Each course takes 30-60 minutes t complete and can be repeated to help you hone your skills. Click below to access the individual courses.

Leadership Fundamentals:
Conflict Management — This course is taught using a simulated real-life situation, and providing immediate feedback and expert advice.

Ethical Leadership — Learn how to accomplish your goals with fairness and integrity.

Grant Writing — Learn the basics of grant application.

Parliamentary Procedure — Learn how rules of conduct positively affect PTA decision-making, while ensuring fair and orderly unit operations.

Planning and Goal Setting — Developed around a five-step process from time-management company Franklin Covey, this course contains printable tools and exercises to help you set and reach your goals.

Planning Your PTA Year — Learn to keep volunteers motivated by putting an achievable plan together for the year.

Preventing Theft in Your PTA — This course is a must for leadership.

PTA Basics — Discover PTA’s history, structure, programs, and the issues for which it advocates.

Writing and Proposing PTA Resolutions — Stories from “the field” combined with practical advice make the resolution development and proposal process easy.

Diversity:
Cultural Competency — Learn cultural awareness and how to build relationships across cultural groups.

Advocacy:
Effective Advocacy for Your Child — Organize around local issues and address them to benefit the needs of children and your community. (Course designed for emerging local leaders, but all are welcome to attend.)

Leadership Enhancement:
Creating and Delivering a Speech — Improve your public speaking skills

PTA Program Essentials:
Creating Successful Family-School Partnerships For Local PTA Leaders — This course helps local PTA Leaders learn what they can do in their units to build successful Family-School Partnerships.

Creating Successful Family-School Partnerships For State PTA Leadership — This course helps state PTA leaders learn what they can do to help local PTA units build successful Family-School Partnerships.

Reflections 101 — An overview and how-to for local units on running PTA’s popular Reflections program.

Running a Successful Program — Learn the steps for taking a program idea from concept to reality.