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American Education Week
Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that's because you're a teacher. 
-- Aaron Bacall
American Education Week, sponsored in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, is an opportunity for MSTA/CTAs to build new alliances with the community. The next celebration will be Nov. 11-17. The goal is to emphasize the important role educators play in helping today’s students succeed.
You and your CTA can use American Education Week to:
- Acquaint the public with successful programs, activities and teaching techniques in your school.
- Increase public understanding of the needs and problems of American education.
- Secure community support for measures that will improve public schools.
- Help students recognize the importance of American education.
- Improve staff morale and enthusiasm.
- Increase parental involvement.
These are lofty goals for a week’s worth of activities, but think of American Education Week as a place to start.
To get everyone involved, form a planning committee with school administrators, parent groups and student councils. If your CTA has a public relations committee, American Education Week would be a visible and positive project for that group to tackle.
MSTA provides many tools to help CTAs make American Education Week an effective community observance. You¹ll find many of these aids, including a news release and sample proclamation in the links on the left side of this page.