Run your PTA calmly and in the open, from the first meeting to a clean handover
A complete system for volunteer chairs, secretaries and treasurers of parent-teacher associations, PTOs and parents' councils: agree the purpose with the school, plan the year, keep volunteers, run events, raise money kindly and keep the books right.
- A 16-sheet PTA Workbook: year plan, events with net per event, volunteer rota and register, class reps, treasurer's cash book, cash counts, bank reconciliation, budget, spending requests and comms calendar, with three dashboards
- Brand-ready Word templates: a working agreement with the school, a constitution starter, newsletter layouts and 53 parent messages, and an AGM pack with the treasurer's year-end report
- Five fillable forms, including a two-signature cash count sheet, an event plan and risk checklist and a spending request form, plus an event float and net income calculator
- A 5-page print pack for the wall and the cash tin, a worked example year, 28 AI prompts, a dated rules-by-country sheet and a 9,900-word e-book
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How do you run a PTA well?
Agree the PTA's purpose with the head teacher in writing, keep a short constitution with two signatures and two cash counters, plan the year around the school calendar, ask volunteers personally for small jobs, fundraise without suggested amounts, reconcile the bank monthly and hand over in writing at the AGM. Bodhih Training's Parent-Teacher Association Kit has the templates.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Run a PTA: A Step-by-Step Guide for Volunteer Committees.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
Everything lands on the committee's table
Complaints about teachers, roof repairs, chat-group rows: without an agreed purpose, meetings run for hours and decide nothing, and the head teacher stops coming.
The same five people do everything
General appeals for volunteers produce silence. The regulars burn out, and nobody stands for treasurer at the AGM.
The money is hard to explain
Receipts in a shoebox, costs paid from takings, a bank balance that never quite matches. Then a parent asks on social media where the money went.
Events carry risks nobody planned for
Unlabelled food, photos posted without consent, a child separated from a parent, a raffle or bar run without checking the rules.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Picture the first committee meeting of the year. You open the PTA Workbook, the Settings sheet already shows your school's terms and your net target, and the Year Plan has the school's dates in first. The meeting ends in an hour, with every decision minuted and a reference on it.
As you print the cash count sheet and drop five copies into the cash tin, notice how simple the winter fair count becomes: two people, one table, both sign, sealed and banked on Monday. When the bank reconciliation shows zero at the end of the month, you will wonder why it ever took two evenings.
Imagine a new parent at the school gate saying yes to an hour on the cake stall, because the ask was specific and easy to refuse. Imagine the class chat group staying friendly because the rules were pinned on day one.
And picture the AGM: accounts examined, a shadow ready for every role, the handover written down. Whether you start with the workbook tonight or the working agreement tomorrow, you are building a PTA the next committee can pick up and run.
20 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Parent-Teacher Association Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: the PTA map
Your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, the whole job on one page with the file to open at each step, your first week and the 30/60/90 day plan.
PTA Workbook
16 sheets: settings, year plan, events with net per event, volunteer rota and register, class reps, treasurer's cash book, cash counts and banking, bank reconciliation, budget vs actual, spending requests, communications calendar and three dashboards with charts. SAMPLE rows from a fictional primary school PTA.
Event float and net income calculator
Plan stalls, prices and break-even sales; build the cash float in any currency; see the net on a rainy, quiet, planned or busy day; then compare actuals with the plan. SAMPLE winter fair with six stalls.
Volunteer sign-up form and class rep checklist
Page 1: a friendly volunteer sign-up for parents, carers and grandparents (time-light roles, availability, languages, skills, consent). Pages 2 and 3: the class rep handbook checklist (role, first month, chat-group rules, routes for what you hear, privacy).
Event plan and risk checklist
Plan one event on two pages: purpose, school agreement, date and venue, roles, money and float, food and allergens, safeguarding and photography, licences, risks with actions, and the debrief.
Cash count sheet (two signatures)
Count cash by denomination with two unrelated counters, separate the float, compare with the expected figure, record the difference and both signatures, and track the banking.
Spending request form
How school staff ask the PTA for money: what it is for, who benefits, cost and quotes, the head teacher's support, and the committee decision with its minute reference and report back.
End-of-year review and handover
A two-page committee review of the year: numbers that matter, events kept or dropped, volunteers and succession, money and the examination, and a handover list for every role.
PTA and school working agreement and constitution starter
A brand-ready working agreement with the head teacher (what the PTA does and the school decides, link teacher, policies, money requests), a constitution starter with 12 clauses to discuss with your adviser, 9 role descriptions, a conflict of interest declaration and an officer handover note.
Newsletter templates and parent message library
Three brand-ready newsletter layouts and 53 messages in 10 groups: welcomes, volunteer calls, event reminders, thank-yous, fundraising asks without pressure, class rep messages, translation notes, complaint and conflict replies, AGM notices and treasurer messages.
AGM pack and treasurer's year-end report
Brand-ready AGM notice, nomination form, agenda, simple election method, chair's report and minutes templates, a receipts and payments year-end report, a letter to the independent examiner with a statement to adapt, and a thank-you letter to outgoing officers.
Worked example pack: one primary PTA's year
The main forms and sheets filled in for a fictional primary school PTA: settings, a book drive, a winter fair event plan, rota, cash count, cash book, net per event, spending requests, bank reconciliation, a thank-you newsletter and the end-of-year review.
AI prompt pack for PTA volunteers
28 tool-agnostic prompts in 7 groups (year plan, volunteers, events, fundraising, money, communication, concerns and the AGM), each with what to paste in and what to check, plus the safe-use rules.
PTA or school? Decision card and mistakes to avoid
Page 1: if X, do Y for 13 everyday situations and who owns them. Page 2: twelve common mistakes with cash, safeguarding, fundraising, chat groups, data and handover, and what to do instead.
Numbers that matter: PTA KPI card
Fourteen numbers a PTA runs on: plain-words definition, exact formula, where it lives in the workbook and what to do if it moves.
PTA rules by country (correct at October 2026)
Dated notes on registration, raffles, alcohol, food, safeguarding checks, data protection and donations for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, UAE and others, with where to check.
PTA school-year calendar
41 reminders across a 52-week PTA year: planning, the working agreement, volunteers, events, monthly bank reconciliations, spending decisions, the AGM and handover.
PTA task board (CSV)
44 tasks for the PTA year with list, owner role, week, label, the kit file to open and notes, ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira.
PTA print pack
Five A4 pages for the wall, the stall and the cash tin: volunteer briefing card, cash-handling card, safeguarding who-to-call card for the school to fill in, welcome poster with your brand strip, and class rep card.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 20 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 60 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Best for
- Volunteer officers of PTAs, PTOs, parents' councils and friends-of-school groups
What a PTA Is For, and Agreeing It With the School
Agree the PTA's narrow purpose with the head teacher in a one-page working agreement: what the PTA does, what the school decides, and who to call.
Rules, Roles and a Committee You Can Hand Over
Constitution, quorum, officers, the two-signature rule, conflicts of interest and role descriptions you can hand over, with structures compared by country in general.
A Year Plan That Follows the School Calendar
Build the year in three layers: school dates first, the PTA's rhythm second, events third, with the budget and a net target shaped by the school's wish list.
Volunteers: Asking Well and Keeping People
The volunteer ladder, time-light and from-home roles, personal asks, working parents, fathers and grandparents, and the school's rules on volunteer checks.
Events That Welcome Everyone
The event plan and risk checklist: school agreement, roles, money, food and allergens, photography, the lost child procedure, licences and the debrief.
Fundraising That Nobody Feels Pressured By
Inclusive fundraising with no suggested amounts or lists of givers, many small income sources, and tracking net and the cost-to-raise ratio.
The Treasurer's Books and Spending Decisions
Two counters, banking in full, a referenced cash book, monthly bank reconciliation, the year-end account, and spending requests decided with the school and minuted.
Communication, Class Reps, Inclusion and Data
A communications rhythm, plain words and translations, class reps and chat-group rules, inclusion, data protection for parent lists, and AI with human review.
Safeguarding, Complaints and Parent Conflict
Safeguarding belongs to the school's designated safeguarding lead; the who-to-call card; complaints about the PTA and the school; conflict inside the committee.
The AGM, Elections and a Clean Handover
Succession planned all year, the AGM run simply with the quorum checked, accounts examined, and a written handover with signatories and passwords changed.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-PTA-Map: your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, the whole job on one page, your first week and the 30/60/90 day plan
Workbooks
- PTA Workbook (16 sheets): settings, year plan, events with net per event, volunteer rota and register, class reps, cash book, cash counts and banking, bank reconciliation, budget vs actual, spending requests, comms calendar and three dashboards with charts
- Event Float and Net Income Calculator: stall prices and break-even sales, a float builder in any currency, rainy-day to busy-day scenarios and actual vs plan
Fillable forms
- Volunteer sign-up form and class rep checklist (3 pages)
- Event plan and risk checklist (2 pages)
- Cash count sheet with two signatures
- Spending request form
- End-of-year review and handover (2 pages)
Word templates
- PTA and school working agreement and constitution starter: 12 clauses to discuss, 9 role descriptions, conflict of interest declaration, officer handover note
- Newsletter templates and parent message library: 3 newsletter layouts and 53 messages in 10 groups
- AGM pack and treasurer's year-end report: notice, nomination form, agenda, election method, minutes, receipts and payments account, letter to the examiner, thank-you letter
- Worked example pack: one fictional primary PTA's year with a book drive and a winter fair, every main form filled in
- AI prompt pack for PTA volunteers: 28 prompts with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- PTA or school? Decision card and mistakes to avoid (2 pages)
- Numbers that matter: PTA KPI card with 14 numbers and exact formulas
- PTA rules by country, correct at October 2026: registration, raffles, alcohol, food, safeguarding checks, data protection and donations
Print pack
- PTA print pack (5 A4 pages): volunteer briefing card, cash-handling card, safeguarding who-to-call card for the school to fill in, welcome poster with your brand strip, class rep card
Calendar and import
- PTA school-year calendar (ICS, 41 reminders across a 52-week year)
- PTA task board (CSV, 44 tasks for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira)
E-book
- The Parent-Teacher Association Kit e-book: 10 chapters and an appendix with a 60-minute committee meeting agenda
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to agree a written working relationship with your head teacher in one meeting
- You will be able to check your constitution, quorum and bank mandate, and hand every role over in writing
- You will be able to plan a year around the school calendar with a budget and a net target the school helped shape
- You will be able to ask volunteers personally for time-light jobs and see who is active across every class
- You will be able to plan an event with its risks, food, photography and licences checked, and brief every volunteer
- You will be able to count, bank and record cash with two people and reconcile the bank to zero every month
- You will be able to decide school spending requests openly, minute them and tell families what their money did
- You will be able to run a valid AGM with examined accounts and a successor for every role
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
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Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 7
A PTA treasurer does not need accounting training. She needs five habits, and the committee needs to protect them. 1. Two people count cash, together, the same day. Two unrelated people, at one table, before anyone takes the cash home. Both sign the count sheet. This protects the counters as much as the money. 2. Bank takings in full; pay costs from the bank. Never pay an expense out of the cash tin. If the takings are banked whole and every cost is paid from the bank against a receipt, the count, the bank and the cash book always agree. 3. Every line in the cash book has a reference. A receipt number, a count sheet reference or a bank reference. No reference, no entry; no receipt, no reimbursement.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasurer's records | A blank income and expense template | Cash book with running balance, cash counts with two-counter and late-banking checks, monthly bank reconciliation, budget vs actual |
| Working with the school | Not covered | A one-page working agreement, decision card and spending request route agreed with the head teacher |
| Volunteers | A sign-up sheet | Volunteer ladder, time-light roles, rota linked to events, active volunteers per class, class rep checklist |
| Events | A list of fundraising ideas | Event plan and risk checklist, float and net calculator, briefing and cash cards for the day |
| Fundraising tone | Suggested amounts and class competitions | No amounts, no lists of givers, many small sources, net and cost-to-raise tracked |
| Country rules | US-only or none | A dated sheet for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, UAE and others, with where to check |
Made for you if…
- Chairs, presidents, secretaries and treasurers of PTAs, PTOs, P&C associations, parent support groups and friends-of-school groups
- Parents who have just been elected, or talked into a role, and inherited a shoebox instead of a system
- Treasurers who want a cash book, count sheets and a bank reconciliation that a volunteer can keep in an hour a week
- Class rep coordinators and volunteer coordinators who want more people helping for less time each
- Head teachers and link teachers who want a clear, written working relationship with their parents' association
- Committees in any country: India, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the GCC, Africa and beyond
Probably not for you if…
- Large public festivals with outside traders and road closures (they need a full event-safety plan with your local authority)
- Formal charity boards, grant programmes or donor fundraising at scale (see The Nonprofit Board Governance Pack and The Fundraising Campaign and Event Kit)
- Anyone looking for legal, tax or safeguarding advice: the kit works inside your school's policies and points to the official sources
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Leave the shoebox behind
Open the Start-here map and give it one hour tonight: as you type your school's dates into the year plan, you will see the whole year take shape. Whether you begin with the workbook or with the working agreement, the next committee will thank you for it.
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The Parent-Teacher Association Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkHow do I start running a PTA if I have never done it before?
Start with the Start-here map and do the first hour: fill in the workbook's Settings, type the school's dates into the Year Plan, brand the templates and book a meeting with the head teacher to agree the working agreement. The e-book takes you through the rest of the year chapter by chapter.
Can I use this with my committee, volunteers and class reps?
Yes. Under the personal licence you can use and share the files within your own PTA or association: with your committee, volunteers, class reps and the school staff you work with. For a federation, a group of schools or multi-site use, ask about company and multi-site licences at solutions@bodhih.com.
Does it work in my country?
The method works anywhere: a working agreement, a constitution, two cash counters, a year plan and a clean handover are universal. The dated rules sheet covers the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, the UAE and others in general terms, but registration, raffle, alcohol, food, safeguarding and tax rules differ by country and state and change, so check them locally.
Is this legal, tax or safeguarding advice?
No. The kit is educational. The constitution starter and agreements are discussion sheets, not legal documents, and safeguarding always belongs to the school's designated safeguarding lead. Check your school's policies, your registrar or regulator, your local authority and a qualified adviser.
What does a PTA treasurer actually need to do?
Keep a cash book with a reference for every line, make sure two people count all cash and both sign, bank takings in full, pay costs from the bank with two authorisers, reconcile the bank monthly, and prepare a simple year-end account for an independent examiner. The workbook and the AGM pack cover each step.
How do we get more parents to volunteer?
Ask people personally for a specific job of 60 to 90 minutes, offer roles that can be done from home or in the evening, invite fathers, grandparents and families who speak other languages directly, and thank people by name within a week. Chapter 4 and message library group 2 have the method and the words.
How can we fundraise without making families feel pressured?
Remove suggested amounts and lists of who gave, give every event a free way in, spread income across many small sources such as second-hand sales, matched giving and wish lists, and tell families what their money did. Chapter 6 and message library group 5 show how.
What should the PTA do if a volunteer is worried about a child?
Tell the school's designated safeguarding lead the same day, without investigating or promising secrecy. The print pack includes a who-to-call card for the school to fill in with its own names and contacts, and Chapter 9 explains the steps.
How can I measure my own starting point as a committee member?
If you want to measure the skills behind the role, AssessAll has assessments that fit it: Stakeholder Management & Influence, Meetings That Decide Things, and Inclusive Decision-Making and Everyday Bias. They are separate products, not part of the kit.
How do I turn my goals for the PTA year into a plan I keep?
Write one or two goals for the year with the committee, then use the WOOP method (wish, outcome, obstacle, plan) explained on Jobulary to turn each into an if-then plan. Read it at jobulary.com/blog/woop-method-for-professional-goals.
How much does The Parent-Teacher Association Kit cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
