Parent-Teacher Association

American  

[pair-uhnt-tee-cher, par-] / ˈpɛər əntˈti tʃər, ˈpær- /

noun

1. an organization of teachers and the parents of their students, as within a public school, to promote mutual understanding and to increase the effectiveness of the educational program. PTA, P.T.A.

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parent teacher association British  

noun

1.  PTA.  a social group of the parents of children at a school and their teachers formed in order to foster better understanding between them and to organize activities on behalf of the school

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Example Sentences

The "absolutely fantastic" parent-teacher association has also raised £20,000 in the last year through sponsored challenges, film nights and discos at the school.

From BBC

Parents’ groups including the Florida Parent-Teacher Association had urged Mr. DeSantis to veto the bill after the state’s Legislature passed it last week.

From New York Times

The more than 500 parents who turned out for the virtual National Parent-Teacher Association Legislative Conference last week seemed much more capable and creative than this dismal portrait suggests.

From Washington Post

But on a cloudless day last March, these hardened ex-cons met their match: the Parent-Teacher Association of Nakanodai Elementary School.

From New York Times

Lyric Winik, the school’s parent-teacher association president, said that when the lockdown went into place in September, her phone was filled with texts from other parents trying to understand what was happening.

From Washington Post