Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Palm Harbor, Florida - Over 1,200 members of the Florida PTA will gather for the annual Leadership / Convention, Friday, July 11th through Sunday, July 13th at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor.  President, Eileen Segal, will conduct the annual business meeting of the Florida PTA.  PTA members, from across the state, will attend the annual leadership training, a tradition for over 77 years.   Florida PTA received its charter from National PTA on April 14, 1923.

 

Convention delegates will have the opportunity to participate in over 100 different workshops.  In the business meetings, delegates will consider resolutions Supporting Florida's Homeless Students, Summer Learning Loss and Response to Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence in Schools.  They will vote on proposed amendments to Florida PTA Bylaws, and elect officers for the 2014-2016 term.

 

Speakers include Dr. John Fitzgerald Gates, and Saturday, during the Florida PTA and DOE Parent Involvement Awards Luncheon, Florida's Commissioner of Education, Pam Stewart, will address the attendees.

 

Florida PTA's Leadership/Convention provides an important opportunity for PTA members from across the state to network, exchange ideas, enhance their skills and become empowered leaders.

  

 

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Florida PTA comprises hundreds of thousands of families, students, teachers, administrators and business and community leaders devoted to improving the lives of children/youth in our state. PTA is the oldest and largest child advocacy association in the state of Florida, as well as the nation. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children. More information is available by contacting Florida PTA (407/855-7604 or executivedirector@floridapta.org).