The SimpleJoy | SaralAnand programme needs one thing above all else: adults who show up for children.
Your PTA is already a community of adults who show up for children.
You already have the network. We have the programme. Let's build this together.
Every school in the world has a PTA — or something like it. A community of parents who have already decided that they are willing to give time and energy to the children in their school community. That decision — to show up beyond what is required — is exactly the decision the Entrepreneurial Foster Parent programme asks for.
The PTA is also the community most likely to include the parents who need support. The single mother on the school volunteer committee who is managing everything alone. The family new to the country who does not yet know what resources exist. The parent who loves their child completely and has no idea how to do what this programme asks.
The PTA is where the Entrepreneurial Foster Parents come from. It is where the families who need them can be reached. And it is the channel through which the programme becomes part of the fabric of the school community rather than an add-on that a few families know about.
The PTA is the single best recruiting channel for Entrepreneurial Foster Parents.
Every school community has families who need the Entrepreneurial Foster Parent. The PTA is best placed to reach them — without stigma, without labels, simply as a community resource available to every family.
HOW TO REACH THEM:
This is not a programme for struggling families. It is a programme for every family that wants their child to have more than they currently have. The single parent is not the only family who benefits from a second adult asking their child a genuine question every week.
PTAs can bring the SimpleJoy | SaralAnand programme directly into the school community — not through the school administration, but through the parent network.
THREE WAYS TO RUN IT:
The 90-minute SimpleJoy | SaralAnand workshop — How to Turn Your Kitchen Table Into an Entrepreneurial Family — delivered by a trained PTA facilitator. Run it once a month at the school. Open to all parents. Free or $10 per family. Workshop materials provided free to PTAs.
A fifteen-minute Friday gathering — parents and children together, before or after school — where families share what they noticed that week. One adult facilitates. Takes no preparation. Builds community. Materials and facilitation guide available at simplejoyfamily.com/pta.
The PTA coordinates the local Entrepreneurial Foster Parent network — recruiting volunteers from the parent community, matching them with children in the school who need them, and hosting monthly check-ins. Full coordination guide available. Programme team provides training.
PTAs that have access to fundraising capacity can sponsor the programme in their school community and beyond.
WHAT SPONSORSHIP FUNDS:
All PTA sponsorship is tax-deductible. Impact report provided annually.
Family outreach · Monthly workshop · Friday Noticing Circle
The kitchen table conversation starts here. The earlier you begin, the easier it is. This is the programme for right now.
Focus on empty-nester parents and grandparents of current students. They know the school, they care about the community, and they have the time.
Run the Friday Noticing Circle at pickup time. Five minutes. Parents, children, one question. Build it into the routine.
Entrepreneurial Foster Parent recruitment · Monthly workshop
Your child is forming their relationship with ideas right now. Whether they learn to offer ideas or stop offering them is being decided in these years. This programme is what keeps the instinct alive.
High school parents who are experienced with the middle school years. Local business owners. University students in education, psychology, or business programmes.
Partner with the school counselor to identify children who would benefit most from an Entrepreneurial Foster Parent. The counselor refers. The PTA coordinates. The programme provides.
PTA sponsor · Entrepreneurial Foster Parent recruitment· Bridge to the young adult programme
Your child is about to leave. What are you giving them to take with them? The entrepreneurial mindset is built here, or not built at all, before they walk out of the door.
Parents of college students and young professionals. Alumni parents. Corporate community members.
Run the programme for junior and senior students as a complement to college counseling — not as a business programme, as a life readiness programme. Partner with Book 3: The Entrepreneur You Already Are.
Community sponsor · Entrepreneurial Foster Parent (for younger children in the community) · Bridge back to their students' schools
Your student is now in Book 3 territory — The Entrepreneur You Already Are. What can you do to support that? And what can you do, with your network and your resources, to make sure the next generation of college students arrives with the foundation?
College students themselves are ideal Entrepreneurial Foster Parents for 8–12 year olds. The parent association can build the bridge between the university service-learning programme and the SimpleJoy | SaralAnand community. One PTA initiative,two programmes served.
Fund ten Entrepreneurial Foster Parent placements in the community around the university. The placements go to children in the most underserved local schools. The college students deliver them as part of their service-learning requirement. The parent association funds it.
Everything your PTA needs to begin. Download free. Use immediately.
PTA Introduction Slide Deck (5 slides) — present at your next meeting
Family Outreach Email Template — send to your full parent list
Volunteer Recruitment Script — for approaching potential Foster Parents
Friday Noticing Circle Facilitation Guide — run it this Friday
Monthly Workshop Facilitation Guide — run the 90-minute workshop
Sponsorship One-Pager — for approaching local businesses
We respond to every PTA registration within 48 hours.
The Starter Pack downloads immediately on registration.
Your PTA is already a community of adults who show up for children.
You already have what it takes. We have the programme.