• Linda KearschnerNeighbor

  • Clearwater, FL

Linda Kearschner is a long time child advocate and a Parent Teacher Association (PTA®) volunteer and officer at the state, county and local levels. Ms. Kearschner has served in several leadership positions with the Parent Teacher Association including Florida PTA Resolutions Committee Chairman, Pinellas County Council PTA/PTSA Vice President of Communication, and the Pinellas County Council PTA/PTSA Vice President of Advocacy and as a local unit PTA President. Her committee involvements also include Florida PTA Legislative Committee, Florida PTA Leadership Convention Committee and Pinellas County Council PTA Core Common State Standards Initiative Grant Committee.

Ms. Kearschner also represents the Pinellas County Council Parent Teacher Association (PCCPTA) on several partner organization committees including the Independent Citizens Referendum Oversight Committee and the newly formed Voice of Parents for Pinellas Students (P4PS).   In addition,Ms. Kearschner also supports and volunteers with several PCCPTA partner organizations including the Pinellas Education Foundation, Live Free, Ready for Life Pinellas and Suncoast Voices for Children.  Ms. Kearschner also serves as a volunteer parent representative on the Florida Department of Education’s Race to the Top Student Growth Implementation Committee. 

Professionally, Ms. Kearschner is the owner of Intelligentsia Research, an independent, contract research firm organized to support the recruiting efforts of retained executive search firms, consulting organizations, and end user companies around the world. 

"Like many other parents, I joined the PTA knowing I wanted to be involved in my child’s school, but not really understanding what the organization was about.  I quickly learned PTA is not just about volunteering in classrooms or about fundraising, it is really about parent engagement and child advocacy."  

PTA is an organization with a 115 year legacy of providing support, information and resources to families focused on the education and well-being of children.  From universal kindergarten to a juvenile justice system – PTA advocates have been at the heart of our nation’s greatest advances for youth.  Today, we speak up for family engagement language in laws; safe, healthy, and technologically advanced schools; and equal opportunity for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

 

<strong>More About PTA</strong>

As the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation, <strong>Parent Teacher Association </strong>(PTA) reminds our country of its obligations to children and provides parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students.

PTA does not act alone. Working in cooperation with many national education, health, safety, and child advocacy groups and federal agencies, National PTA collaborates on projects that benefit children and that bring valuable resources to its members.

Interested in joining PTA? Visit our website at www.pccpta.org to find out how you can join one of our local unit PTAs or if not associated with a particular school you are welcome to join our Pinellas Community Advocates PTA. 

 

<strong>PTA Vision:</strong><br><br>Making every child&#39;s potential a reality. <br><br>------------------------------------------------------------<br><strong>PTA Mission:</strong> 

To be a powerful voice for all children; 

To be a relevant source for families and communities, and 

To be a strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child. 

------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>PTA Values: What PTA stands for</strong><br><br>

Collaboration: We work in partnership with a wide array of individuals and organizations to accomplish our agreed-upon goals. 

Commitment: We are dedicated to promoting children’s health, well-being, and educational success through strong parent, family, and community involvement. 

Accountability: We acknowledge our obligations. We deliver on our promises. 

Respect: We value our colleagues and ourselves. We expect the same high quality of effort and thought from ourselves as we do from others. 

Inclusivity: We invite the stranger and welcome the newcomer. We value and seek input from as wide a spectrum of viewpoints and experiences as possible. 

Integrity: We act consistently with our beliefs. When we err, we acknowledge the mistake and seek to make amends. 

------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>PTA Purpose: </strong><br><br>

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship. 

To raise the standards of home life. 

To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. 

To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. 

To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education. 

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