2022 Tennessee Parent Teacher Association Convention

 The 2022 Tennessee PTA Convention was held in Chattanooga on April 23 and 24. It was my first convention as president of TNPTA. And it was so much!

The planning for the convention took everything out of me. All of the preparation work! I learned that July is the board meeting to set up location and theme and prospectus. And Convention work needs to be done over the holiday break.

Another thing I learned - preconvention board meetings leaves your board and president super tired before convention even begins!

The convention was held at an elementary school - East Brainerd! The first time I ever attended an entire state convention at a school and it turned out really good. Very proud of what we accomplished in networking, informing, and celebrating. We had an awesome awards dinner with great entertainment from Loftis Middle, an awesome speech from Wayne Brown, good food from Ooltewah High, and plaques to celebrate our best!  That dinner made everything worthwhile!

Student Awards Ceremony was great!  Larry and I did a great job and we had a great emcee in Scottie.

Now for some random pictures.

As president, you have to be worth your salt as a leader and that means putting in the physical labor as an example as a leader, even if you are still in physical therapy from knee surgery - here I am moving chairs for the meeting space.

Student awards ceremony was awesome. The smiles from students and families just connects so well to what we do as Tennessee PTA.  And I of course look very suave with a sports jacket on as an accessory to my business meeting clothes.

Because my installation convention was a virtual event, we finally had an officer reception for the installed officers. I was very humbled by this.

The meeting set up was a little different as far as AV and location (gymnasium) but it worked out well for the small delegation that was sent to attend the convention. And as always, a great treasurer makes a president look good! Thank you, Charles!

One of the many pictures from our awards dinner!  What an awesome night in the land of Tennessee PTA! Probably one of the best nights in TNPTA history!

None of this convention would have been possible without the board - the convention planning led by Gail, the convention program book, the student awards book, the plaques, the entertainment, the workshops, the meetings, and so much more! Thank you, everyone!