About Pastors for Texas Children
Our Mission
PTC helps build relationships between faith communities and education, particularly with neighborhood public schools. PTC teaches our faith leaders how to serve these schools through tutoring, appreciation events, and other acts of service valued by school leaders. Additionally, PTC equips our faith leaders with the skills needed for effective public school advocacy at both local and state levels, fostering collaboration between public schools and congregations to support public schools.
What We Do
Connecting our Schools and Churches
PTC helps build relationships between faith communities and education, particularly with neighborhood public schools. PTC teaches our faith leaders how to serve these schools through tutoring, appreciation events, and other acts of service valued by school leaders. Additionally, PTC equips our faith leaders with the skills needed for effective public school advocacy at both local and state levels, fostering collaboration between public schools and congregations to support public schools.
Building Relationships with Legislators
Whether the legislature is in session or not, it's always a good time to connect with local and state officials. PTC builds strong relationships throughout the legislative session by conducting numerous meetings that involve faith communities and education leaders, introducing them to these officials. PTC can assist in sending emails, making phone calls, or conducting in-person visits to advocate for why public education, particularly neighborhood public schools, matters to us all. Together, we can support public schools and strengthen the ties between public schools and congregations.
Communication and Education
PTC’s communications highlight what is happening in the news regarding public education, particularly in our neighborhood public schools. Our PTC supporters are kept informed about events in local communities across Texas, both the good and the not so good. At the beginning of the school year, we send daily prayers for our schools and express appreciation to our teachers by offering prayer and thanks during appreciation weeks. PTC also submits opinion pieces to newspapers, advocating for public schools and encouraging faith communities and education leaders to do the same. Check our blog to read some of these pieces.