1. MSTA
Leadership
Symposium

2. Recruiting and Building Your MSTA Membership
Presented by: Susan Jones, Henry Anton, and Linda Rogers
Nixa Public Schools

3. Purpose of Session: to share what we have done in Nixa Public Schools (which is a district  with 11 buildings, 6,000+ students, and over 600 staff members) to recruit and build our annual MSTA membership.  From reaching new hires at the beginning of the school year, to helping our local building representative stay organized, we will share how we have worked diligently to increase our MSTA membership.  Establishing rapport and building relationships with administration and individuals in Human Resources and Payroll is key to gathering necessary information to reach all potential members.  We will share what procedures and forms we use to grow our membership and keep our MSTA organization running smoothly.

4. Contact Your New Employees
Membership Chairman:
Starting in April, check your Board Docs for new hires
Create and send this list to your MSTA President
President:
Welcome! First contact with new employees is a welcome letter
We use their school address

5. Example of Welcome Letter to New Employees

6. -- New Hires Orientation – MSTA/CTA President
Middle of July contact Human Resources
Ask to present to New Hires at orientation
Select a few MSTA representatives to assist with presentation to New Hires
Prepare your MSTA materials for New Hires

7. New Teacher Orientation
Key to Success:
President, membership chair, and building reps meet with new employees at their orientation meeting
Introduce MSTA
Nixa teachers choose MSTA overwhelmingly
Pass out membership forms, new teacher booklet, etc.
Building Rep will contact them
Collect filled out forms

8. Faculty and Staff Transfers
Keys to Success:
Create a spreadsheet for your building reps to use to identify those MSTA members who have transferred to their building
Building Reps introduce themselves to those transfers
Membership Chair:
End of July contact Human Resource office, Technology Department or individual campuses for a list of teachers transferring to other buildings
First Name
Last Name
Current
New
Henry
Anton
High S.
Jr. High
Susan
Jones
High Pointe
Espy
Linda
Rogers
Mathews
Century

9. New Employee Building Roster
Membership Chairman:
At the end of July, contact Human Resource office, Technology Department or individual campuses for a list of the building placement for all new employees
First
Last
Building
Position
Henry
Anton
High S.
Art
Susan
Jones
High Pointe
1st
Linda
Rogers
Mathews
Nurse

10. Beginning of Year Plan a breakfast for Building Reps and Officers
Invite your Field Representative
Pass out packets (see list below) for Building Reps
Include a “thank you” gift from MSTA Promo Store
(MSTA Coffee Mug, MSTA Tumbler)
Packets to include:
Letter with important dates
List of transfers
List of new employees by building
List of MSTA members who left district
Update membership letter for Easy Renewal or Yearly Paying Members
Beginning of Year

11. Example: Letter to Building Reps

12. Example: Letters for Easy Renewal and those renewing yearly

13. Be Present! Make the Presence of Your MSTA/CTA Organization Known!
District-Level Presence: Have a table with MSTA Reps and MSTA information available at your District Kickoff
Building-Level Presence: Building Reps create MSTA bulletin board in teacher’s workroom

14. Building Level Building Reps:
Get on your building’s agenda to speak at the 1st day meetings
Introduce yourself and encourage all to join MSTA
Inform MSTA members that they will need to fill out their MSTA information letters and turn in by specific date
Keys to Success:
Get updated building roster from the building office managers
Make contact with all transfer and new employees
Touch base with those staff who never have joined

15. Collect Updated Building Materials
Building Reps return their MSTA building roster with updates marked, all Easy Renewal forms, payment information (check or credit card), and all new applications to the membership chairman
Make sure name changes, address changes, membership type, etc. have been completed

16. Final Steps
Membership chair updates all information and sends Payroll Department the list of members and amounts due
Membership chair send all information to MSTA
Don’t forget to recheck for new hires throughout the year and have your building reps make contact with them
MSTA/CTA President sends welcome to all MSTA members
Don’t forget your MSTA members that are retiring. Send off for their Certificate of Appreciation and have your building reps present

17. Remember,
your Building-Level Reps are the key to reaching all potential members and making your MSTA strong!