Board Positions

President

Attend State and/or 6th District trainings for Presidents. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Work with Board, set calendar and meeting places, goals, and programs for the year. Preside over Board Meetings, four General Meetings and the Annual Luncheon. Meet with SJU Superintendent monthly to discuss issues and plans. Attend 6th District Board meetings (usually once a month). Encourage leadership training! Write year end report in procedure book.

1stVP: Membership

Attend State or 6th District training for Membership. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. If you wish, introduce membership theme (use State theme or one for Council). Keep tally of Council unit membership numbers and report at meetings. Place articles in Cryer to give suggestions and due dates and promote membership in general. Write year end report in procedure book.

2nd VP: Communications

Attend State or 6th District training. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Discuss goals with Directory, Cryer, Web Site chairs and assist when needed to ensure deadlines are met. Work with President and Board to consider how various forms of communication can be improved (i.e. between Council and Units or within Units). Write year end report in procedure book.

Directory – chair

Collect unit board lists to send on to 6th District. Do layout for the Council

directory, take to print shop, and distribute at first Council meeting in September.

Write year end report in procedure book.

Cryer Newsletter – chair

Attend State or 6th District training. Solicit articles, produce, and distribute

(by e-mail) five issues of the Council Cryer newsletter during the school year.

Flyer updates may occasionally also be needed. Write year end report in procedure

book.

Web Site – chair

Attend State or 6th District training to gain general PTA knowledge. Act as

webmaster for the Council’s website. Working with the Council board, up-loading

articles, forms, and other updates as necessary. Assist units as needed. Write year

end report in procedure book.

3rd VP: Yahoo Group

In September it will take about three hours of time to add new PTA unit board members to the mailing list and then another two hours to set up the calendar items and reminders.

Ongoing – Check email to add or delete members upon request. Assist units as needed. Write year end report in procedure book.

4th VP: Education/Parent Education

Attend State or 6th District training for Parent Education, Education or general PTA information. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Work with the president to plan e-mails, newsletter articles and programs to give information and assist the unit boards in planning their Education/Parent Education offerings to their members. Write year end report in procedure book.

Health & Safety – chair

Attend State or 6th District training. Attend SJUSD Health & Safety Committee

meetings as Council representative and report back to Council. Work with units to

improve health and safety issues at their schools. Address Emergency Preparedness

issues. Assist units as needed. Write year end report in procedure book.

Legislation – chair

Attend State or 6th District training. Receive legislative information from National,

State, and Sixth District PTAs and report to Council. Encourage unit and council

activities to support legislative activities in support of children, families, and

schools. Write year end report in procedure book.

5th VP: Convention

Attend State or 6th District training for Convention and/or general PTA information. Encourage state convention attendance via newsletter articles, council meeting reports and other activities. Assist when members have questions regarding convention. Write year end report in procedure book.

Secretary

Attend State or 6th District training for Secretaries. Attend all Council Board and General meetings and produce meeting minutes. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Train and assist unit Secretaries as necessary. Contact newly elected board members after annual elections. Help with Council correspondence as necessary. Write year end report in procedure book.

Treasurer

Attend State and/or 6th District training for Treasurers. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Promptly bank all money received, send membership and insurance money on to 6th District Treasurer, prepare and present statement of accounts at the Board and General Council meetings. Deliver Treasurer’s books and bank statements to the Council Auditor semi-annually. Produce year end reports in June/July. Assist unit Treasurers as necessary. Write year end report in procedure book.

Financial Secretary

Attend State or 6th District training for Treasurers/Financial Secretaries. Phone unit counterparts or Treasurers to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Remind units of report and monetary due dates. Collect and send on unit reports. Assist Council Treasurer as bylaws allow. Write year end report in procedure book.

Auditor

Attend State or 6th District training for Auditors. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Audit Council Treasurer’s books semi annually and submit reports to the Board and General meetings as required in the bylaws. Assist units as needed. Write year end report in procedure book.

Historian

Attend State or 6th District training for Historians. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Submit Cryer articles to suggest various methods of collecting hours and telling membership why reporting hours is so important. Collect hours semi annually and send unit Historian reports and Council Historian report on to 6th District. Write year end report in procedure book.

Parliamentarian

Attend Parliamentarian training at either state or 6th District workshops. Phone unit counterparts to introduce yourself and offer assistance. Assist the President at meetings by keeping track of agenda timing, motions, notes, and order. Assist unit Parliamentarians as necessary. Make sure council and unit bylaws are up-to-date. Convene the first meeting of the Council Nominating Committee promptly after committee is elected. Write year end report in procedure book.

Luncheon – chair

Working with the Council President and committee within the allowed budget, the Luncheon Chair will secure site, choose menu, send out invitations, layout and print program, plan decorations, and handle other details as necessary for the annual luncheon in May. Write year end report in procedure book.

PLEASE NOTE:

Worksheets with timelines and suggested activities written by California State PTA are available for ALL of the above offices and chairs. Go to the Council’s website at www.SJUCouncilPTA.org and click on “PTA Job Descriptions” under “Links”.

Training and support are also available for officers and chairs through State, District and Council PTAs.

Join our Yahoo Group, by sending an email to SJUCouncilPTA09-10-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.  Include your San Jose Unified school name and your PTA board position in the subject line.

Our San Jose Unified Unit PTAs work with parents, teachers, and administrators to enrich school programs and offer support in a variety of ways. The Council PTA is here to help each unit be as successful and significant as they can possibly be! One way we’d like to help is through membership to the PTA. If you need help with your membership drive, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will work hard to get you the help you need.

On this site you will find a short bio of each board member. We wanted you to have a little background about the person you are dealing with for your specific need. They are a terrific group!

On behalf of the San Jose Unified Council PTA Executive board, we look forward to a fantastic year. Please join us at each Council PTA meeting where you can get information to help you make your PTA strong as well as get any needed support.

Please feel free to contact me, or any member of the PTA board, if you have questions or comments concerning PTA.

Here’s to everyone being an Essential Piece!

Lynne Wach

President – Lynne Wach

1st VP of Membership – Ronda Wilson

2nd VP, Cryer/Directory – Christine Gray

3rd VP, Yahoo Group – Sandra Ruiz

4th VP, Parent Education – OPEN

5th VP,Convention – Peggy Hertzberg

Secretary – Brandy Varni

Treasurer – Denise Johnson

Financial Secretary – Julie Chovanec

Auditor – Jill Grellman

Historian – Julie Herndon

Parliamentarian – Andrea Wheeler

President,Lynne Wach, email me

My name is Lynne Wach and I will, once again, be serving as the San Jose Unified Council PTA President. I have been involved in PTA for the past 9 years. I spent most of my PTA years on the board of the Los Alamitos PTA. I have made so many wonderful connections by participating in PTA on both the unit and Council level. I am looking forward to helping each unit have the same kind of experience. Our membership theme will continue on as “Be an Essential Piece”. I also want to continue to strive to not just successful, but to be significant. I hope you will join me as we aspire to do this for all children through PTA.

Our San Jose Unified Unit PTAs work with parents, teachers, and administrators to enrich school programs and offer support in a variety of ways. The Council PTA is here to help each unit be as successful and significant as they can possibly be! One way we’d like to help is through membership to the PTA. If you need help with your membership drive, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will work hard to get you the help you need.

On this site you will find a short bio of each board member. We wanted you to have a little background about the person you are dealing with for your specific need. They are a terrific group!

On behalf of the San Jose Unified Council PTA Executive board, we look forward to a fantastic year. Please join us at each Council PTA meeting where you can get information to help you make your PTA strong as well as get any needed support.

Please feel free to contact me, or any member of the PTA board, if you have questions or comments concerning PTA.

Here’s to everyone being an Essential Piece!

Lynne Wach

1st VP Membership, Ronda Wilson, email me

My name is Ronda Wilson and I have a 3rd grader and 5th grader at Reed Elementary this year. I have been involved with the PTA since my 5th grader was in Kindergarten. I began my “career” as the Stapling Chair for our weekly newsletter. I quickly moved through the ranks as Treasurer and am now in my 2nd year as PTA President. Along the way I took over Silent Auction and am currently working on setting up a PTA website. I am trying to elevate the image of PTA and increase membership by putting out a Volunteer Handbook and PTA Brochure that is specific to Reed.

My overall experience with PTA has been positive and encouraging. I enjoy working with all the students, teachers, administrator’s and wonderfully talented people who are so giving of themselves each day.

2nd VP Cryer/Directory, Christine Gray, email me

I’ve been active at schools and PTA for 26 years now, and it’s been a wonderful part of my life. My three children went through Carson, Steinbeck, SJHA and/or Gunderson and now even the college expenses are behind us. And I’m a grandma!

I have found my niche, and Council is where it’s at! Along with the Council and helping Sixth District PTA with the out-of-council units, I am still a volunteer at Carson, our wonderful neighborhood school. I also do part-time work at the school district office and sometimes at Terrell.

The Cryer newsletter is a work of pleasure, and I’d love to talk to any of you who work on your own school newsletters or would like to participate on the Cryer please contact me.

3rd VP Yahoo Group, Sandra Ruiz, email me

I have two children: my son is a freshman at Gunderson and my daughter is in 6th grade at John Muir. I have served in several positions at unit and council level – fundraising, auditor, secretary, membership, and historian. This year I have accepted a new challenge – membership for 6th District (all of Santa Clara County). Since my father is the 6th District president, I should say that I was coerced!

There is at least one perk from working on so many levels – I can usually find someone who knows the answer to whatever questions come up!

4th VP Parent Education, OPEN

5th VP Convention, Peggy Hertzberg, email me

My name is Peggy Hertzberg representing Allen at Steinbeck K‐8 School. I have three children. My oldest attends Castillero Middle School and I have two sons that attend Allen at Steinbeck K‐8 .

My role will be serving as PTA President for Allen at Steinbeck K‐8 for my second term. I am also serving as the 5th Vice President, Convention for San Jose Unified Council of PTAs for a second term. I had the opportunity to attend the PTA State Convention in Long Beach, California in 2008. Last year, I served on the Local Convention Committee as the Site Manager’s Aide for the PTA State Convention that was held in San Jose, California. I look forward to attending the convention that will be in Sacramento in 2010. I hope that you will be able to attend as well. PTA is a continuous learning process. To make progress is a willingness to accept the challenge of change, to learn and to grow in knowledge, skills and experience and participate in the business of the organization.

Secretary, Brandy Varni, email me

I am married with 2 boys (incoming freshman at Pioneer and incoming 3rd grader at Los Alamitos). I spent 6 years on the Los Alamitos PTA Executive Board. I will be serving as the Secretary for the Council PTA this upcoming school year. I look forward to meeting new people and contribute to this year’s board.

Treasurer, Denise Johnson

More information coming soon…

Financial Secretary, Julie Chovanec, email me

My name is Julie Chovanec and I will be serving as Financial Secretary for the 2009-10 school year. I have a daughter, 13 and son, 11 who both attend Castillero. While my kids were at Los Alamitos, I volunteered to work in the reading lab and in the classrooms. I also reconciled the Scrip money for a year and then accepted the position of Los Alamitos PTA auditor which I held for 2 school years.

I have extensive Finance and Accounting experience as well as Management experience. My last position was Director of Finance and Accounting for a biotech start-up. I look forward to working for the Council PTA. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Auditor, Jill Grellman, email me

My name is Jill Grellman and I will be serving as the Council Auditor this year. I have a daughter, who is a recent graduate of Pioneer High School and a son in 5th Grade at Allen @ Steinbeck. I have served as either treasurer or auditor at both elementary and middle schools since my daughter was in 2nd second grade. This is my second year as Council Auditor. I have also served as Council Treasurer. I work as an accountant and have really enjoyed helping in the financial areas of the PTA. My experience working with PTA has been very positive and I am looking forward to meeting new people and assisting with audits in the upcoming year.

Historian, Julie Herndon, email me

Note coming soon…

Parliamentarian, Andrea Wheeler, email me

I started my involvement in my kids’ schools as Scrip Chair at their preschool. At the Willow Glen Elementary I have been the President, VP of Communications, Parliamentarian, and currently am…Scrip Chair! I am the Vice President in the Willow Glen Middle School PTA and am helping coordinate the Silent Auction for the Willow Glen Educational Foundation. I was President of San Jose Unified PTA Council and am currently the Council Parliamentarian. I have represented SJUSD PTA Council on the San Jose Unified Budget Advisory and Health Committees.

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