Volunteer Recruitment Archive

A strong volunteer base makes for a healthy long-term parent group. You'll find ideas in the articles below to help you get greater parent and community involvement in your PTO. Get more ideas and information on the PTO Volunteer Recruitment & Recognition page. (For articles about getting more moms and dads engaged at school, go to the Parent Involvement archive.)

16 Volunteer Recruitment Strategies for PTOs and PTAs
Get and keep more volunteers for your parent group with these approaches.
9 Ways To Make Volunteering Easier
Simple but effective ways to help more parents get involved with your group.
Why Parents Don’t Volunteer (and What You Can Do About It)
No-nonsense advice on why people stay away from your parent group—and how you can get them to be part of it.
Help Wanted: PTO and PTA Officers
When you’re trying to recruit new parent group officers, be direct—and have a sense of humor.
Rethink Your School Volunteer Recruitment
When your appeals for help aren’t getting results, it’s time to try something—or someone—new.
33 Easy Jobs for School Volunteers
Offering volunteers a range of tasks that can be done fairly simply (and many at their convenience) increases your chances of getting them on board.
8 Hilarious Reactions When You Ask Parents To Volunteer
How many of these reactions have you gotten?
Grandparents Are Great!
Take advantage of a valuable resource by including elders in your events.
Volunteer Recruitment Ideas To Kick Off the School Year
Tips from school parent group leaders (and resources from PTO Today) to start your recruitment efforts right.
Why Don't People Volunteer?
Why Parents Volunteer
Want New Recruits For Your PTO or PTA Board? Open Up.
Things Volunteers Hate
Go Easy on Volunteer Recruitment in Summer Months
Summer calls for a laid-back approach to recruiting volunteers.
Top 7 White Lies You Have Told To Recruit Volunteers
Looking for some new recruits? Maybe you just need a new line.
How To Respond to Common Excuses
Try our No-Excuses Response Guide when "I'd love to, but..." is the answer you get from potential volunteers.
How To Fix Volunteer Recruitment Roadblocks
The most common challenges to engaging new parents are actually fairly easy to fix.
9 Steps for Better School Volunteer Recruitment
Building your volunteer base starts with creating relationships. Follow these steps to success.
Developing New PTO and PTA Leaders
It takes ongoing effort to cultivate the parents who will run the group after you retire.
Proposal would mandate parent volunteering
In a Charleston, S.C. community, a proposal is before the school board that would require parents to put in eight hours of volunteering each school year.

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