The Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers, also known as the Virginia PTA, is a membership organization. The primary reason for developing membership in the PTA is to:

• build an informed team of individuals to work on behalf of all children and youth,
• make the public aware of the resource that the PTA can be to parents, educators, and members of the community who work, in large and small ways,
• to secure a nurturing, healthy environment for children, and build strength in our numbers so that policy makers in all areas, at all levels will hear a strong, unified voice on behalf of children.

As a member of a local unit in the Virginia PTA, you are also a member of the National PTA.