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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, here is a suggestion for any PTA folks out there who feel trapped between wanting to do something nice for the teachers and feeling like people resent being told to do things:

Instead of assigning specific activities, make it your job to REMIND families that it's teacher appreciation week. SOLICIT ideas from teachers on what would make them feel appreciated and supported, and then INFORM families of these suggestions. Use some PTA funds to do a group gift, and then post pictures of teachers on social media (with their permission) throughout the week to give a shout out to them individually.

Families with bandwidth will do stuff on the suggestion list or things they think of themselves. The ones who don't have bandwidth can still donate money for the group gifts and can write supportive messages on those social media posts. Some people will do nothing and honestly it's fine because please remember some families don't have capacity to do anything. Teachers will receive individual gifts, a group gift, and be recognized by name, plus they will feel appreciated because you bothered to ask them what they actually wanted. All your bases are covered but without just telling families "do this thing that might take time or resources you don't have" or giving teachers things they don't actually want, or turning it into a competition for people.

You can't really win with this, someone will always complain. But the thing I always reminded myself on the PTA was that my biggest role was facilitating. Whether it was informing people or collecting opinions and ideas and then communicating them to the right people, my job wasn't to actually run anything or tell anyone what to do, but to facilitate others.[/quote]

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