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PTA leader urges parent engagement, cites teacher overwhelm and offers family-school partnership standards
Summary
Julie Clough, president‑elect of Utah PTA, told the Utah State Board of Education that many teachers feel overwhelmed after the break and urged parents and school groups to adopt national family‑school partnership standards to support teachers and students.
Julie Clough, president‑elect of Utah PTA, told the Utah State Board of Education during the public comment period that many teachers return from breaks feeling “overwhelmed and underappreciated,” and she urged parents and parent organizations to use national standards for family‑school partnerships to support educators.
Clough said she recently heard colleagues describe having done “nothing over the break” and said that time to reconnect with family and self-care matters because the legislative and school session can be “overwhelming.” She told the board she had asked PTA units to learn and adopt the national standards for school‑family partnerships and to set measurable goals tied to those standards.
“If you are positively engaged with your school and working with your school community, you are going to see positive results,” Clough said, and she said she provided a goal sheet to board members and attendees.
Clough emphasized that the standards can be used by a variety of parent organizations — PTA, PTO, booster clubs or informal parent groups — and framed the adoption of those standards as a practical step to help teachers and students meet educational goals.
The comments were made during agenda item 4.1, public comment. Clough did not propose board action; she recommended that parent organizations adopt the standards and share goals with their schools.
