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In this episode, I speak with Christina Hidek, an expert in parent engagement, about the vital role of parent communities in schools. We explore the numerous benefits of empowered parent groups and how schools can build strong, collaborative relationships with parents. Episode HighlightsThe wide-ranging benefits of engaged parent communities for schools, students, and parents.Uncovering hidden parent talents and skills to enrich the school community.Moving beyond traditional parent involvement like bake sales to more strategic partnerships.Real-world examples of how parents have helped schools solve critical challenges.Strategies for overcoming barriers and adversarial relationships between schools and parents.The importance of open communication and mutual goal-setting.How to effectively support and empower parent groups.The school leader's role in fostering positive parent-teacher relationships. Key TakeawaysEngaged parent communities are invaluable assets to schools.Schools should actively seek to understand and utilise the diverse skills and talents within their parent community.Open communication and collaboration are essential for building strong parent-school partnerships.School leaders play a crucial role in fostering a positive and productive relationship with parent communities. Links MentionedChristina's Facebook Community: Superstar PTO Leaders Group Episode PartnerThe International Curriculum Association: Learn moreThank you for tuning in, and if you found this episode useful, please share. You can find me on LinkedIn and Bluesky.Shane Leaning, an organisational coach based in Shanghai, supports international schools globally. Passionate about empowering educators, he is currently co-authoring 'Change Starts Here.' Shane has extensive experience in the UK and Asia and is a recognised voice in international education leadership. Learn more at shaneleaning.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

School partnerships between parents, teachers, and administration are so important. Listen in as Christina Hidek tells her story about leading the PTO in her district, and how it turned her passion of helping others into the work she does today. Quotables *All quotes are from the interviewee* "Happy teachers make for happy kids which makes happy parents." "It's a funny little thing when your passion lines up with what you can do to help others." "If it doesn't work one time, that's not an excuse to not try again." About Christina Hidek Christina Hidek is a recovering attorney turned Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 7 years ago to boost family engagement in schools and empower parents to improve their child's educational experience and school community through PTA/PTO involvement. She's been an active PTO leader for the past 14 years and hosts the vibrant 8000 plus member Super Star PTO Leaders Facebook Group. When she's not volunteering, you can find her in her garden, listening to the latest Katherine Center audiobook or walking the family dogs. Connect with Christina Hidek Website: https://ptoanswers.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ptoanswers PTO Super Star Leaders Facebook Group: https://ptoanswers.com/community Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ptoanswers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ptoanswers Freebie: PTO Family Engagement Opportunity Assessment: https://ptoanswers.com/principal/ Join the...

Finding the resources and funding for learning tools and enriching events is a consistent challenge for many districts. The PTO is often a largely underutilized resource, but most people cringe at the thought of having to attend one more committee meeting, especially in the evenings. Yet a well-run PTO can help take some of the load off of school staff and leverage resources in the community.That's why I was excited to talk to Christina Hidek from PTO Answers about how school staff and PTOs can work together. Christina Hidek is a recovering attorney turned Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 7 years ago to boost family engagement in schools and empower parents to improve their child's educational experience and school community through PTA/PTO involvement. She's been an active PTO leader for the past 14 years and hosts the vibrant 7900 plus member Super Star PTO Leaders Facebook Group. When she's not volunteering, you can find her in her garden, listening to the latest Katherine Center audiobook or walking the family dogs.In this conversation, we discuss:✅How to get people to show up to the first PTO meeting (hint: It's not by asking, “Hey, want to join the PTO?”)✅Ways people can get involved if they can't come to PTO meetings.✅Examples of low-maintenance, high-profit fundraisers.✅Deciding what events and initiatives are a priority for your district.✅Creative ways to get resources, funding, and donations. Here's where you can go to connect with Christina: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ptoanswers On Pinterest here: https://www.pinterest.com/ptoanswers On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ptoanswersTake a look at her website here: https://ptoanswers.com/Sign up for the PTO/Teachers Collaboration Guide here: https://ptoanswers.com/teachers/Join the PTO Super Star Leaders Facebook Group: https://ptoanswers.com/community  We're thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL's comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers' timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments

In this episode, we dive into the world of Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) with guest Christina Hidek, founder of PTO Answers. Christina shares her extensive experience as a PTO leader and professional organizer, offering valuable insights on how to strengthen the collaboration between schools and parent groups.Listeners will learn:The differences between PTAs and PTOsStrategies for increasing parent engagementHow principals can effectively support these organizations. The episode covers various topics including sustainable fundraising, adapting parent involvement from elementary to high school, and leveraging PTOs for improved school communication.This episode provides practical advice and innovative ideas to enhance the PTA/PTO experience and create a more vibrant school community.PTO Family Engagement Opportunity Assessment Freebie Click HERE Family Engagement Made Simple Click HEREConnect with Barb on Linkedin HERE.Check out Barb's instagram @BarbFlowersCoaching HERE for more tips and strategies!Sign up HERE for a FREE Consultation Tired of second-guessing your decisions as a principal? Download a free course! Access it here.Click HERE to get a Free Guide for Setting Boundaries

In this episode of the School Rules Podcast, Dr. Burkett interviews Christina Hidek with PTO Answers and discusses the concept of Systems Thinking in schools.

Christina Hidek - PTO: Getting Parent Participation, Growing Parent Leaders, and Working with School Administration. This is episode 718 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Christina Hidek is a recovering attorney turned Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 7 years ago to boost family engagement in schools and empower parents to improve their child's educational experience and school community through PTA/PTO involvement.  She's been an active PTO leader for the past 14 years and hosts the vibrant 7900 plus member Super Star PTO Leaders Facebook Group. When she's not volunteering, you can find her in her garden, listening to the latest Katherine Center audiobook or walking the family dogs. Our focus will be getting more parent participation, growing parent leaders, and working with the school administration. Awesome talk! So much to learn and think about. Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! You are AWESOME! Connect & Learn More: https://ptoanswers.com https://www.facebook.com/ptoanswers https://www.youtube.com/c/ptoanswers https://www.pinterest.com/ptoanswers christina@ptoanswers.com Length - 57:33

The Ohio connections are strong in our third episode, where Allison and Mallory are joined by Cleveland, Ohio, resident Christina Hidek, Alpha Theta-Kentucky. Christina is a self-proclaimed serial volunteer who has built a network of thousands in her work as an organizing guru and decluttering coach. She is now inspiring parent leaders in schools with her newest venture, PTO Ventures. Find her online at streamlinedlivingoh.com and ptoanswers.com. Follow her Facebook page www.facebook.com/ptoanswers. 

Christina Hidek is a recovering attorney, and current Professional Organizer and certified PTO volunteer nerd. She founded PTO Answers 5 years ago to help empower parents to improve their child's educational experience and school community through PTA/PTO involvement.  She's been an active PTO leader for the past 12 years and hosts the vibrant 7500+ member PTA/PTO Super Star Leaders Facebook Group. When she's not volunteering, you can find her in her garden, cheering on her boys at their hockey games, or walking the family dogs. Show Highlights Encourage your PTOs to be on a first name basis with the superintendent. Tactics to create a culture that identifies problems with solutions when voicing feedback.  Social media “Needs to be jazzier” to effectively generate attention towards the great stuff happening in your school. PTA / PTO are circuit breakers for teacher retention and selling your school to the community.  Approaches when forming a new relationship or transforming a negative relationship with the PTA/PTO.   Effective ways school leaders increase parent involvement. “I'm going to look for you on Tuesday” is a powerful phrase you need to master to create connection.  “The game has changed most drastically for public school leaders and for public school districts because they need to really be selling their school. It's not just that you're going to worry about educating the kids, coming up with a curriculum and all that kind of stuff. No, you have to go and sell your school to get the community kids to come to your school.” -Christina Hidek Christina Hidek's Resources & Contact Info: Linkedin PTO Answers Facebook You don't have to go it alone as a PTA/PTO leader! Pinterest Youtube Freebie: 5 Uncomfortable Truths PTAs/PTOs Wish Principals Understood (and how to level up from the missed opportunities):Principal Uncomfortable Truths Read my latest book! Learn why the ABCs of powerful professional development™ work – Grow your skills by integrating more Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge into your life and leadership.   Read Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader today! Join the “Back to School Boot Camp” The one thing you need to start next year off with energy momentum is a solid 90-day plan.   In the “Back to School Bootcamp” I will teach you how to create your 90-day plan in just 5-days.   Join the challenge today! Apply to the Mastermind The mastermind is changing the landscape of professional development for school leaders.    100% of our members agree that the mastermind is the #1 way they grow their leadership skills.   Apply to the mastermind today!   SHOW SPONSORS: HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Transform how you lead to become a resilient and empowered change agent with Harvard's online Certificate in School Management and Leadership. Grow your professional network with a global cohort of fellow school leaders as you collaborate in case studies bridging the fields of education and business. Apply today at http://hgse.me/leader.   TEACHFX School leaders know that productive student talk drives student learning, but the average teacher talks 75% of class time! TeachFX is changing that with a “Fitbit for teachers” that automatically measures student engagement and gives teachers feedback about what they could do differently.  Learn more about the TeachFX app and get a special 20% discount for your school or district by visiting teachfx.com/blbs.   ORGANIZED BINDER Organized Binder is the missing piece in many classrooms. Many teachers are great with the main content of the lesson. Organized Binder helps with powerful introductions, savvy transitions, and memorable lesson closings. Your students will grow their executive functioning skills (and as a bonus), your teachers will become more organized too. Help your students and staff level up with Organized Binder.   Copyright © 2022 Twelve Practices LLC     125: Christina Hidek Show Notes  

Has anybody else been binge-watching "Get Organized with The Home Edit" on Netflix? Between that and my new kitchen renovation, I've been in an organization frenzy. So it only felt fitting to have Christina Hidek on the podcast today, an attorney turned professional organizer who is passionate about structure, organization and creating custom systems that help people de-clutter their lives. Now I know you might be thinking.... professional organizer?! What does that have to do with money? Well, in this episode, we're discussing all the ways that clutter affects your finances as well as some quick tips to help you save money by getting more organized! Enjoying the podcast? Make sure to subscribe & leave a review!Follow Allison on Instagram! @inspiredbudgetLinks MentionedCheck out Christina's Blog | Facebook | YouTubeGrab Christina's Organizing Guide HEREResourcesWant to learn how to budget? Click here to take this FREE budget class FREE Budgeting & Debt Payoff Cheat SheetGet the full show notes here on the blog!

We're back with another episode of the Edumagic podcast. Christina Hidek discusses why partnering with families in the classroom is so important, as seen from the parent's perspective. The strategies she offers are especially helpful for new teachers.Show notes can be found here: https://www.sfecich.com/post/the-power-of-working-with-families-in-your-classroomIf you are loving this episode, please tag me @SFecich on social media and share! Check out the books EduMagic: A Guide for Preservice Teachers, EduMagic Shine On: A Guide for New Teachers, and get your semester ready with the EduMagic Future Teacher Digital planner. Want to get started with your digital portfolio? Check out this self-paced, digital, mini-course digital portfolio from scratch in one week or less. Find these and more resources for future teachers at www.sfecich.com. Remember you have the #EduMagic in YOU!

On today's podcast episode, Christina Hidek shares key tips to help organize your life and finances. Christina is an attorney turned Organizing Guru + Decluttering coach (aka Professional Organizer) in Cleveland, Ohio who helps people with their clutter problems using reality-based strategies. When she's not sorting through paper piles or dropping off client's donations she can be found volunteering at the PTA concession stand at her children's school, weeding her garden or cheering on her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Kentucky. WHAT CHRISTINA DISCUSSED: 1. How she became a professional organizer 2. The impact of clutter on one's life and finances Key steps to take to get organized in life and with money without feeling overwhelmed 3. Some big mistakes she sees people making when it comes to getting their lives organized 4. Her most challenging organizational projects AND MUCH MORE HOW TO KEEP UP WITH CHRISTINA Via her website: streamlinedlivingoh.com/clutter On Pinterest: streamlinedlvg On Facebook: facebook.com/StreamlinedLiving On YouTube: youtube.com/c/Streamlinedlivingohcle ❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: clevergirlfinance.com/books ❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/ ❤ Read the Clever Girl Finance Blog: clevergirlfinance.com/blog ❤ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

Christina Hidek is an organizational expert, and today she's going to talk us through some basics in spring cleaning. We all tend to coop ourselves up all winter, and come the sunny season, we just want to throw open our windows, let in the fresh air, and give ourselves a fresh start. Christina has some valuable tips and tricks for us to get started, as the task can seem at times to be entirely overwhelming. Feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/qqH5WMOSKIFBeClA2 Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 00:50 This week's guest - Christina Hidek, Organizational Expert 02:00 Icebreaker - What is something about you that someone would be surprised to know? 03:20 What makes you happy? 04:25 Have you always been tidy? 09:25 Why is tidiness important? 10:00 Spring cleaning as a global phenomenon. 13:35 Where does someone begin with spring cleaning? 20:45 What are messy people getting wrong? 25:40 How long does it take to become a tidy person? 33:30 Trello and organizational systems. 36:30 Lightning Round Questions 37:00 -Most important space to declutter. 37:45 -Least important space to declutter. 39:05 -One item you know you should throw away but can't. 40:45 -Most common complaint or excuse from people you help. 42:30 -Marie Kondo says to organize by category vs. space. What are your thoughts? 44:45 How to get in touch with Christina Hidek 45:25 Happiness Fact (1) 47:50 Inspirational Quote (2) 48:30 Weekly Challenge is going away! NEW SEGMENT: Something I'm curious about - Economics. 51:00 Closing Thoughts Sources: An article from Psychology Today in 2016 linked a bunch of studies showing the positive link between cleanliness and mental and physical health. A study at Indiana University showed that people with clean houses tend to be healthier than those with sloppy houses. The scientific journal “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin” used linguistic analysis software to show that women who used words like “cluttered” or filled with “unfinished projects” were more likely to be depressed and fatigued than women who called their homes “restful” or “restorative.” There’s more in the article. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201607/the-powerful-psychology-behind-cleanliness) “Coming home to a tidy, pulled together space will help everything in your life feel the same way.” -Bobby Berk of Netflix’s “Queer Eye. For more What Makes You Happy?, read our blog, www.ClevelandCreativeOutlet.com/wmyh What Makes You Happy? is a project by Cleveland Creative Outlet, a video production company. You can learn more and see their work at www.ClevelandCreativeOutlet.com. You can reach out to them on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ClevelandCreativeOutlet Guest: Christina Hidek [Em. christina@streamlinedlivingoh.com, URL www.streamlinedlivingoh.com, Facebook Group] Hosted By: Dovid E.Z. Stern [Ph. (216) 526-6641, Em. dovid@clevelandcreativeoutlet.com, URL www.clevelandcreativeoutlet.com] Feedback: https://goo.gl/forms/qqH5WMOSKIFBeClA2   [L to R] Dovid E. Z. Stern and Christina Hidek, an organizational expert.

With several years of volunteer/leadership experience on the school level, Christina has quite a bit of insight when it comes to the different factors that play into deciding which companies school’s are most likely to fundraise with. Initially, the first thing that must be up to par is the product. If the product that the company is […] The post Insights From The School Volunteer’s Perspective with Christina Hidek appeared first on School Fundraising Ideas Podcast.

Being in charge of a group or organization can be a challenge. Especially when everybody has their own ideas on how things should work. When that happens, the group’s priorities can become skewed causing disorganization, which can then cause burnout and the feeling of being overwhelmed. Even if it comes from a place of good […] The post Some Tips For Not Becoming Overwhelmed with Christina Hidek appeared first on School Fundraising Ideas Podcast.

Do the words Bi-Laws, Standing Rules, or Governing Documents make you cheer for joy or break out in hives? How about Summary Sheets, Documents, Evaluation Forms or Stored Info.? Does that get you jazzed or are you reaching for the Epi-Pen? A regular guest on School Zone Podcast, Christina Hidek leads the PTA/PTO Super Star […] The post The Importance of Structure with Christina Hidek appeared first on School Fundraising Ideas Podcast.

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