Who do you call for help with PTSA questions?
This email is checked daily: dsaresource@gmail.com.
We also need your help! If you can volunteer to work for any of these committees, please fill out the volunteer interest form if you are interested.
This email is checked daily: dsaresource@gmail.com.
We also need your help! If you can volunteer to work for any of these committees, please fill out the volunteer interest form if you are interested.
Current job descriptions of the PTSA committee chairs:
Finance Committee Chair
Advocacy Chair
Annual Campaign Chair – Seeking someone who would be interested in learning this position for next year (2022-2023)
Spirit Wear – Seeking someone who would be interested in learning this position. Last year’s chair is still helping.
School Improvement Team (SIT) representative – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Membership
Beautification – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Dine Outs
Web Site Manager
Staff Appreciation (online only at this time)
Spanish Translation – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Reflections – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Box Tops – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Book Fair – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Student Representatives – Seeking a volunteer.
Finance Committee Chair
- Review monthly financial statements to be in compliance with state PTA requirements
- Chair annual financial audit of this PTSA
Advocacy Chair
- Identify and coordinate primary advocacy activities for the PTSA
- Assist subcommittees in their coordination and programming activities, including restorative practices implementation, ongoing efforts around school renovations, and efforts to develop affinity groups such as Parents of African American Children (PAAC), EC families, and Latinx families, among other possible areas of effort.
Annual Campaign Chair – Seeking someone who would be interested in learning this position for next year (2022-2023)
- Craft yearly campaign letter for mailing in early fall
- Prepare mailer (print letters and stuff envelopes)
- Coordinate follow-ups (robo-calls, web page update, etc.)
- Send thank you letters
Spirit Wear – Seeking someone who would be interested in learning this position. Last year’s chair is still helping.
- Launch Fall and Winter CustomInk spirit wear campaigns
- Coordinate advertising (posters, nightly calls, web page update, etc.)
- Coordinate pick-ups (online only at this time)
- Coordinate sales of spirit wear items at Fall Open Houses, Club Fair, and other major events (online only at this time)
School Improvement Team (SIT) representative – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
- The PTSA selects 2-3 parent reps to this group each year; they meet monthly.
- The mission of the Durham School of the Arts School Improvement team (DSASIT) is to disaggregate the data given and recommend ways to improve instructional outcomes for all of our students, improve staff development and school climate. Additional goals of DSASIT are to monitor stakeholder satisfaction and advocate for DSA and its unique programs.
Membership
- Recruit and report yearly PTSA memberships
- Collect membership forms and funds at open house and in main office (Online only at this time.)
- Coordinate with treasurer to receive PayPal memberships
- Submit members to online database
Beautification – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
- Plan, schedule, recruit and lead 2-6 workdays/year to include campus clean-up, weeding, planting, and mulching
- Coordinate with school leadership for tasks, ideas, and scheduling
- Report to PTSA and manage modest budget as needed
Dine Outs
- Coordinate fundraisers with local restaurants
- Reach out to local restaurants to schedule fundraising nights
- Coordinate advertising (posters, ConnectEd calls, social media, web page update, etc.)
Web Site Manager
- Refresh and maintain information for the PTSA web site
Staff Appreciation (online only at this time)
- Provide snacks for monthly Wednesday staff meetings
- Coordinate two staff meals in August and June
- Coordinate Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week activities in May
Spanish Translation – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
- Help translate email, social media, and print communication.
Reflections – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
- Help coordinate DSA's participation in national PTA arts program by advertising to students and faculty, soliciting submissions for this year's theme, and working with judges to select recipients to represent DSA.
Box Tops – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
- Help promote participation in online fundraising program
- Maintain ongoing totals of electronic box tops collected to report to treasurer.
- Collect and submit donated Box Tops on regular basis (while this option continues)
Book Fair – Seeking a volunteer to chair this committee.
Student Representatives – Seeking a volunteer.