658: Lessons Learned Co-Chairing the PTA

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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I have spent the last year co-chairing the Parent Association at Vinnie’s school. I have learned so much from this experience. I’ve stretched myself in new ways and humbled myself more than once. I’ve made incredible new friends and led in ways I never saw coming. You may recall many occasions in which I encouraged moms to “Get off the PTA! Stop volunteering so much!” So, yes, I feel like a bit of a hypocrite sharing my commitment to our school’s Parent Association. But hear me out… While I stand by the fact that moms over give and it’s a big problem, I am so grateful for this opportunity to show up and lead in new ways. I believe it has qualified me to lead in other new ways down the road. This role has allowed me to see myself as capable and qualified to do new things in my community that I never previously considered and that feels like a huge win and huge gift. I’m not at all suggesting that you all go out and become Volunteer of the Year at your kids school. But, if you do choose to step into leadership in your community in a similar way, I think my lessons might help you. To anyone from Vinnie’s school who might tune into this one, thank you for the opportunity to lead in this way and for affording me constant grace. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this community. It has been an honor to serve in this way. Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 658. Show notes for this episode, including any links
0:06.2	mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 658.
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0:21.8	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
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0:45.6	All right.
0:46.1	Let's dive into today's episode.
0:52.7	Hello, shameless moms.
0:57.9	Happy Monday. Here we are. If you're listening in live time, it's the middle of June. And it's our last week of school for our family. I know some of you are right there with me.
1:03.9	I know some of you might have a little more time left. And I know a bunch of you are like,
1:07.6	yeah, it's midsummer for us. We've got out of school like three months ago. So I am in that feeling of like, oh my yeah, it's midsummer for us. We got out of school like three months ago.
1:17.5	So I am in that feeling of like, oh my gosh, it's almost summer. And also, oh my goodness, I was at Vinny's flag football game the other day talking with some moms about like the rigamarole
1:23.4	of summer camp and how every week is a whole new system and structure and different everything,
1:29.5	right? Like different protocols and drop-offs and lunch situations and pickup times and locations
1:35.5	so much to manage. So I'm trying to be really enthusiastic about the life my child is going to
1:42.0	lead this summer because he's doing a lot of fun things.
1:45.0	And I also am like, okay, you're going to be tired, though.
1:49.6	It's just a lot.
1:50.7	It's just a lot.
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