New York State PTA
One Wembley Court
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: 1-518-452-8808
Toll Free: 1-877-5NYSPTA
or 1-877-569-7782
Fax: 1-518-452-8105
Email: pta.office@nyspta.org
Advocate in Action Award
Date Due:
As soon as requirements are completed.
Purpose:
The Advocate in Action Award was created in 2007 to acknowledge the involvement of PTA members in their child’s education as well as in their PTA. Members can self-nominate or can be presented with the award by their PTA.
Eligibility:
Each applicant must be a PTA member who has participated
in at least 7 of the 20 activities listed on the application.
Activities range from attending PTA meetings regularly, to service as
an officer or chair, to writing articles or letters to legislators, to
speaking at a meeting of the Board of Education, to attending a
parent-teacher conference. The unit president is not required to
validate any of the statements of the applicant, except to confirm
that the applicant is a member of the PTA unit. The unit president (or
designee) then forwards the application with instruction to NYS PTA as
to desired method of receipt of the certificate.
Application:
Completed
Advocate in Action
applications should be
submitted to the unit president or Region Director who signs it and
sends it to the NYS PTA state office on behalf of each applicant, along
with a cover sheet describing how the award certificates should be
returned. This submittal form is available below. All applications
must be submitted by the unit president or Region Director and must be
accompanied by a completed submission form. Applications from
individual members cannot be accepted. The application may be
duplicated as necessary for additional applicants.
Award:
Personalized certificates are prepared for each applicant.
These certificates, suitable for framing, contain the signature of the
NYS PTA president as well as providing a place for the unit
president’s signature. The certificates can be emailed to the PTA
president’s specified email address at no charge, or hard copies of
the certificates can be mailed to one address for the nominal charge
of $1 per certificate.
Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year. Please
allow 4-6 weeks for receipt of certificates.
Submit to:
NYS PTA, One Wembley Court, Albany, NY 12205-3830 Attn: A I
A Application
Advocate in Action Award Brochure
Advocate in Action Letter and Submittal Form
For more information please select a link below:
Advocate in Action Award
Distinguished Service Award (DSA)
Golden Oak and Diamond Awards for Special Recognition
Honorary Life Membership (HLM)
Jenkins Memorial Scholarship for Teacher Education
Leadership Award in Honor of Jane Skrzypek
NYS Teacher of the Year Application 2011
NYS Teacher of the Year Award Announcement 2010
Phoebe Apperson Hearst - National PTA Excellence in Education Partnership
Teacher Fellowship for Graduate Study - In Memory of Richard Gazzola
Youth Humanitarian Award - In Memory of Stanley Marcus
