Did you know that YOU could nominate your FACULTY and STUDENTS for scholarships??

About the Texas PTA Scholarship

For more than a century, Texas PTA’s primary goal has been to support Texas students and faculty members in reaching their full potential through continuing education. More than $500,000 has been awarded to graduating high school seniors and faculty members since the scholarship program began.

Each year, Texas PTA awards $1000 to eligible high school seniors and up to $500 scholarships to eligible faculty members at any school level that has a PTA/PTSA on their campus. These scholarships are made possible by the commitment of our half a million members and volunteers who understand that creating an environment of active, engaged families can make the difference in education.

In keeping with our work in building strong family-school partnerships, Texas PTA's scholarship process focuses on the impact an applicant's family, teachers, and PTA have had on their goals to continue their education or training. 

Local & Council PTA Leaders Resources

Thank you for helping to spread the word about Texas PTA’s scholarship opportunities on your campus. Our ability to reach as many PTA campuses as possible rests in the cooperation of all our Local and Council PTAs across the state. By simply circulating or posting flyers, you could impact someone's future – perhaps of a graduating senior with ambitions set on higher education or a teacher looking to expand their knowledge for professional development.

This digital toolkit is to help our leaders promote scholarships:

• Two customizable flyers – one for Faculty Scholarships and one for High School Senior Scholarships (two file types each: Microsoft Word and PNG graphic file)
• *In each flyer, add your school name, PTA name, and the contacts needed by applicants.
• One Facebook graphic
• One Twitter graphic

Google Drive - TxPTA Scholarship Toolkit

FACULTY

Are you a current faculty member planning to continue your education? Add these dates and deadlines to your calendar so you won’t miss the application window! 

• Application Opens: September 15
• Application Closes: November 15
• PTA Membership Deadline: December 1
• (All applicants must be PTA members. Details found in the guidelines)
• Recipients Announced: April 1

The first step for faculty scholarship applications is to review the guidelines linked below. The answers to almost all questions about this scholarship opportunity can be found in the guidelines. They list applicant and document requirements, dates and deadlines, and details about disbursement.

Scholarships - nominate your favorite teacher and/or staff member!

The Grant Platform will take you to a login page where you can create an account to apply for these Texas PTA scholarships!

Please see the Faculty Scholarship Guidelines

Share the Love in 2025

Each year, Texas PTA sends out a call to PTAs to share the love and nominate those educators who truly back the future of every child in their communities. Nominations will open in February!

About

Do you know educators who back the future of every child? Do you know an amazing teacher, principal, or superintendent who gives a little bit extra to make sure all students are successful? 'Share the Love' and nominate those outstanding educators from your community.  

The Road to Educator of the Year

• Step One: The community submits nominations for their favorite educator.
• Step Two: Each nominee receives an email containing a link to submit their responses to the prompts below.
• Step Three: PTA Leaders review the nominations and responses and select the Texas PTA Educators of the Year.
• Winners are recognized in front of their peers and hundreds of PTA Leaders at LAUNCH and again by their school district.

Nominator and Nominee Information

• Contact information (name, address, phone, and email)
• Email addresses are required for all nominees
• School district and PTA name (nominators only)
• School district, campus, and grade-level information (nominees only)

Nominee Profile

All responses must be a minimum of 50 words and cannot exceed 150 words.

• The mission of PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. Describe how this educator helps achieve this mission through their support of PTA programs, parent education, family engagement or advocacy efforts.
• Explain how this educator has created a unique, creative and positive learning environment that has impacted student learning in the (classroom/campus/district).
• Directly involving parents and families in a student’s school life has the greatest impact on their success. How does this educator partner with families to be active participants in the education of their children and engage them at both home and school?

Nominate a Teacher

Nominations for the 2025 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards are open for all Texas public school professionals. The deadline is Oct. 7. Anyone can nominate their favorite Texas educator.

Teachers, counselors, principals, early childhood centers, school boards, and districts can win cash prizes for outstanding service to students.

All state-certified, public school educators currently teaching in Texas are eligible for the awards. H-E-B has awarded more than $14 million since 2002.

STUDENTS

Click Scholarships link to see what scholarships are available for your students! 

The Grant Platform will take you to a login page where you can create an account to apply for these Texas PTA scholarships!

MEMBERSHIP AWARDS

All monthly membership awards are automatically calculated based on the Local PTA’s membership totals at each deadline.

• Track your PTA's progress (including Path to Good Standing) through the Local PTA Roster. 
• Members who join on joinpta.org are automatically added to the PTA's membership count and can be viewed in the free myPTEZ account.
• Digitally uploaded or mailed membership rosters and dues must be received by Texas PTA by the listed deadline.

Click the links below to learn about the requirements for earning Council awards.

Special Category Membership & DEI Award Notification Forms

Click on the links below to complete a notification form for each special category award your PTA has earned. All forms will open on 9/15/24 and close on 3/31/25 so make sure to submit before the deadline!