Open PTA Positions

Descriptions for open positions are listed at the bottom of the page. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering for a position, please reach out to Becky Pieknik at volunteers@bbepta.com

Bike Rodeo

Copy Room Coordinator

Environmental Awareness & Beautification

Everybody Counts 

Fall Fest Chair

Fall Fest Food

Fall Fest Games & Inflatables

Fall Fest Pavilion Games

Fall Fest Prizes

Fifth Grade Nutcracker

Fundraising & Partnerships

Hospitality

Kindergarten Representative

Lifetime Awards

Reflections

Santa's Workshop

Santa in the Park

Descriptions of Open PTA Positions

Bike Rodeo- Coordinates with school admin, vendors, local PD, and organizes volunteers for BBE's annual Bike Rodeo promoting bike safety.

Copy Room Coordinator- Coordinates volunteers to assist teachers with their cutting, copying, etc. needs.; schedules volunteers, coordinates training sessions, and communicates with office staff regarding copy room needs.

Environmental Awareness & Beautification- Create and promote environmental awareness initiatives that unite parents, students, teachers, and campus administrators in an effort to protect children and their environment.  Beautification: Keeps up with the school flowerbeds and landscaping; organizes work parties for "school Beautification projects,' which could be cleanup, maintenance, or improvement.

Everybody Counts- Facilitates the Everybody Counts program school-wide during one week near the beginning of the school year.  Helps everyone know the person behind the disability and creates a climate in which we all feel at ease with one another’s differences; coordinates dates for the program, with approval from the principal and PTA president; arranges volunteers for every grade level and class; assembles all of the materials; and trains volunteers. Volunteers do not need previous experience in special education since this is not a “technical” program; however, volunteers must enjoy interacting with children.

Fall Fest Chair- The Fall Fest Chair coordinates the PTA fall festival and determines the types of events to hold. The chair shall submit articles for the Buzz Blast before the event to promote the festival and a second article after the festival to report on the event. Oversees chairs for the various committees: Auction, Volunteer Coordinator, Games, Food, Setup, Sponsors, Ticket Sales, Decorations, and Class Baskets; and helps during the night of Fall Fest 

Fall Fest Food- Obtains food permits, determines the menu, secures vendors and pricing, purchases food from vendors and wholesale, creates signage, orders paper supplies, sets up the day of Fall Fest, trains volunteers.

Fall Festival Games & Inflatables-

Fall Fest Pavilion Games-

Fall Fest Prizes- Builds a list of items to purchase and sends it to the Treasurer, organizes prizes and sets them up the day of Fall Fest, runs the prize booth for the duration of Fall Fest with the help of assigned volunteers.

Fifth Grade Nutcracker-

Fundraising & Partnerships- works with BoxTops and Kroger Rewards, works with businesses to acquire sponsorships, helps navigate corporate matching donations.

Hospitality-

Kindergarten Representative- Responsible for planning Winter and Friendship parties with given budget for their grade level.  Submits material orders to bookkeeper, organizes materials ahead of time, coordinates with grade level team lead and room parents for parties and volunteer needs.  Responsible for posting PTA and school information in the grade level Classroom Communities.

Lifetime Awards- **Must be a Texas PTA Life Member** Coordinates the meetings with the other members to discuss nominees; sends out ballots and tallies the votes; purchases the pins and certificates; coordinates the presenters at the final PTA general meeting. 

Reflections- Reflections is an annual contest sponsored by the national PTA where students are challenged and encouraged to produce an original artistic entry via literature, musical composition, photography, visual arts, dance choreography, and film production to interpret the year’s theme. BBE students are encouraged to participate. Responsibilities include Organizing and publicizing the Reflections contest, gathering entries, securing an independent panel of judges to select the winning entries, announcing the winners in the Buzz, and arranging for the 1st place winners to attend the next levels of the competition.  

Santa's Workshop- A December fundraiser where students shop independently for holiday gifts for family and friends.  The chairperson's responsibilities involve coordinating volunteers to assist in running the "shop" each day, shopping for items and setting prices, as well as set up and break down of the shop.

Santa in the Park-  Plans the annual Santa event hosted by PTA at the Bear Branch Gazebo park in mid-December.  Coordinates with Creekwood music department, purchases and sets up cookies, hot chocolate, or other food items to hand out, schedules a Santa.