Workshop Presentations
- 101 I’m Just a Bill – Where Resolutions, Legislation, and Advocacy Meet
- 102 How to Run an Effective Meeting
- 103 Let’s Get Engaged! Transformative Family Engagement, Your PTA, and School
- 104 National PTA Healthy Minds
- 105 Programs Q & A Workshop
- 106 President to Presidents Chat
- 107 Firefox presents “The Tech Talk”: How to Have (Slightly) Less Awkward Conversations with Kids About the Internet
- 201 Collaborate on Advocating for your
- 202 Hidden Bias in Your PTA: How to Recognize and Fix It
- 203 Hot Topics in Education
- 204 501(c)(3) Fundamentals
- 205 All Aboard the “M” Train
- 206 National PTA’s PTA Connected
- 207 Maximizing Your PTA Engagement with Technology
- 301 The Cycle of Advocacy
- 302 Creating a Comprehensive School Counseling Program
- 303 A Legacy of Empowerment: How Lessons of PTA’s Past Can Guide the PTAs of Today and Tomorrow
- 304 Full Steam Ahead! Membership Success Stories from Across All Regions
- 305 Connecting Communities and Schools through Literacy
- 306 Interpreting and Understanding Your Unit and Council Bylaws
- 307 Intro to Canva
- 308 Engaging and Promoting Your SEPTA
Convention Wrap Up
The 126th Annual NYS PTA Convention is on the record books! With high attendance, amazing collaboration, and wonderful learning experiences, we are truly grateful to all who came! Plus, we wish to welcome our NEW NYS PTA officers!
- President Helen Hoffman
- 1st VP Amany Messieha Dgheim
- Vice President Joan Wabnik
- Secretary Melissa Cancro
You can also read President Hoffman’s moving speech HERE.
We also wish Past President Dana Platin great thanks for her successful two years leading the helm at NYS PTA. You can read Past President Platin’s speech HERE.
And in case you missed it, you can purchase President Hoffman’s President Pin and President Bracelet!
Additional Documents
It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the 126th New York State PTA Convention in Albany, New York, November 4-6, 2022. Please join us at the charming and centrally located Crown Plaza-The Desmond Hotel, where you, our valued members, will be a part of the annual business of our association. Whether you are a first timer or seasoned delegate, you will learn, grow, and celebrate all that we have accomplished, and will accomplish, with your participation. Convention will energize you, inspire you and elevate your advocacy to new heights to improve the education, health, and well-being of all children.
Convention provides PTA members the opportunity to:
• Meet, share experiences, and best practices with likeminded members
• Develop relationships with other delegates to advocate for children locally and statewide
• Elect new state officers
• Vote to adopt new resolutions, and retire, retain, or update existing resolutions that have been long held by our association as the framework of our advocacy efforts
• Hear from dynamic keynote speakers
• Participate in motivating and informative workshops that will give you additional tools and resources for your PTA, increase your understanding of complex education issues, broaden your view, build your confidence as a leader, and inspire you to advocate on behalf of all children in your school and community
• Visit the exhibitor showcase, with giveaways galore, and shop at our PTA Store
• Enjoy an amazing experience at an exciting, fun, newly renovated venue; your participation puts the “A” in PTA advocacy!
The theme of our 2022 Convention, “A Beacon of Light for all Children” reflects our steadfast commitment to our mission and recognizes that a uniquely talented, well-informed membership, dedicated to working collaboratively with our educational partners, ignites ideas, effects positive change, and inspires others!
We hope you will join us at Crowne Plaza-The Desmond Hotel in Albany, November 4-6. Together we will brighten the beacon of light and hope and amplify our collective voices on behalf of all children.