Great for people who have strong people skills and have been an active member of the Rockdale PTA, with a good understanding of its mission, purpose, and operations. Prior PTA Board experience is helpful, but not required.

Official duties include: 

Running all monthly Board and Association meetings, including agendas 

Meeting regularly with Principal and staff

Attending monthly Highlands Council meetings 

Signing checks, contracts, other legal documents

Representing Rockdale PTA at official functions, events 

Ex-officio member of most Standing Committees and other committees

Delegate to annual California State PTA Convention

Recent Presidents: Victoria Ruan, JJ Jorgenson, Dana Higuera-Reyes, Nicole White

Great for people who want to be involved in a big way but don’t want to run the show (yet, maybe). The VP does a little bit of everything and helps where help is needed. Prior PTA Board experience is a bonus, but not required.

Official duties include: 

Standing in for & assisting the President as necessary

Serving as Membership Chairperson

Signing checks

Recent VPs: Mariann Shea, Marisa Cosby, Gregory Smith

Great for dependable people who are interested in helping the PTA and want to listen and learn. The Secretary attends Board and PTA meetings, taking notes and preparing official minutes for the meetings. It is a good position for a first-time Board member.

Official duties include:

Drafting official minutes for board and association meetings

Co-signing documents with president: authorizations for payment, approved bylaws

Recent Secretaries: Mallory Casey, Bonnie Fisher, Caitlin Weisberg, Dana Higuera-Reyes, Nicole White

Great for responsible people who yearn for the days of balanced checkbooks. The Treasurer ensures that the PTA finances are in order and the bills get paid. Prior PTA Board experience is a bonus, but not required. 

Official duties include:

Paying all PTA bills and reimbursements as authorized by board or association

Preparing monthly income and expense reports and an annual financial report

Ensuring that taxes and reports required by PTA bylaws, insurance or federal and state governments are completed and submitted by the due dates

Chairing the budget committee and assisting in the preparation and presentation of the annual budget 

Recent Treasurers: Denys Hemen, Veronica Diaz, Molly Jacobs, Sarah North

Great for people who believe in celebrating the school community and preserving institutional knowledge. The historian keeps track of the year’s programs / events and records volunteer hours for the association. It is a good position for a first-time Board member.

Official duties include:

Preparing annual report of volunteer hours, for submission to California PTA at the end of the school year

Documenting and photographing PTA programs and events throughout the school year.

Recent Historians: DeAnna Molina-Vu, Eugene Cavaltera, Molly Jacobs, Mona Abaya, Gregory Smith

The Arts Chairperson shall inform and educate the PTA membership, school community, and community at large about the importance of an integrated arts curriculum in the education of the whole child. They promote and encourage participation in the National PTA Reflections program, in conjunction with its chairman/coordinator and they may seek partnerships with professional arts organizations in the community to better coordinate arts education, programs and cultural enrichment services for all students.

The Communications Chair helps schedule and plan content for regular email communication with the PTA membership based on the full calendar of school events and holidays. The Communications team needs volunteers with graphic design skills, an interest in marketing, or time to manage email marketing software.

Helps the organization ensure that all of our efforts are meeting the needs of all of our students and that programs are inclusive of our entire community. May host or seek learning opportunities, coordinate with PTA leaders and survey community members to understand their needs and invite their feedback and participation.

Oversees our fundraising efforts to meet our annual budget, coordinating with chairpersons for specific events like Restaurant FUNraisers, Spare Change, Read-a-thon, Walk-a-thon, etc.

This committee is working year round on projects as they come, including grants, site improvements and fundraising for greening and cooling for our students and campus community.

As local officers of the largest grassroots child advocacy organization in the state, PTA legislative advocacy chairs are responsible for demonstrating leadership on children’s issues at the local level by educating PTA members, community members and elected officials about PTA’s issues of concern and legislative priorities and goals.

Recruits and assigns members to short term volunteer opportunities and coordinates in kind donations, as needed.

Recruits and coordinates members and resources for PTA sponsored community events like the Welcome Picnic, Teacher/Staff Appreciation Events, Ice Cream/Hot Dog Socials, Movie Nights and other in person or online events.

Note: this position is not currently a board position.