Volunteer Management & Development

Lee Ann J. Kendrick,Regional Advocacy Specialist

Strategies for Successful Volunteer Management• Volunteer Placement• Training Volunteers• Evaluate• Recognize & Appreciate

Volunteer Placement

• Parent Interest Survey• Deciding on categories• Provide real examples• Using the surveys!

Exercise

Training Volunteers

National PTA Training Resources

Training Volunteers

First PTA meeting of the year!

Training Volunteers

• Informational Language• Acronyms

Exercise

Evaluating Volunteers

• Informal feedback• Formal ProcessThe evaluation process should allow PTA leadership to gauge the success of:

Events/Activities Success of volunteers Inform the team of concerns/issues

Recognize and Appreciate Volunteers

Volunteer appreciation is tied to volunteer retention!

• Individual impact• Flexibility in Today’s PTA• Recognition is personal• Formal recognition

• Events

Recognize and Appreciate Volunteers

Never forget the power of a simple

Thank You!

Questions

For more information contact:Lee Ann Kendrick, Regional Advocacy Specialist

(571)329-9365lkendrick@pta.org

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