Starting a new TPSA chapter at your local High School is an exciting and daring adventure for your LPS program that prepares your students for success.
Who can be a member?
- Any student enrolled in a Texas School in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grades.
- Any faculty member employed at a Texas School.
- Any person serving on the Board of Directors, Executive Council, Regional Representatives, or Organization Staff. Any person who does not meet the above qualifications is prohibited from serving in an advisor capacity at any TPSA activity.
Where do I start?
- Start a Student Organization at your school and communicate what TPSA is and how it benefits students to your school administration.
- Follow the Chapter Checklist to register and establish your organization with TPSA.
- For questions, reach out to your regional representative.
New Chapter Checklist
- Create a New Chapter
- You will recieve an email with instructions on accessing myTPSA.
- Login to myTPSA to manage your chapter membership.
- Go to your roster and start building your first quote, don't forget to add yourself to the quote!
- Any member (advisor/student) added/updated will receive an email link to complete participation agreements/releases online. If email is unavailable, an agreement can be located through myTPSA on the member's profile. (Members under 18 years will need their legal guardian to complete the form on their behalf.)
- Convert your quote to an invoice and then remit payment. Once a quote is converted to an invoice, it is locked, and new members will be added to a new quote.
- Remit payment by paying by Check or Card at https://tpsa.info/pay. Make sure to include a copy of your invoice with your payment. School districts that opt to include payment for multiple chapters without an included invoice will experience a delay in the processing of their payment.
Returning Chapters
- Login to myTPSA
- Archive/Graduate your students that will not be members this year
- Go to your roster and start building your first quote, don't forget to add yourself to the quote!
- Any member (advisor/student) added/updated will receive an email link to complete participation agreements/releases online. If email is unavailable, an agreement can be located through myTPSA on the member's profile. (Members under 18 years will need their legal guardian to complete the form on their behalf.)
- Convert your quote to an invoice and then remit payment. Once a quote is converted to an invoice, it is locked, and new members will be added to a new quote.
- Remit payment by paying by Check or Card at https://tpsa.info/pay. Make sure to include a copy of your invoice with your payment. School districts that opt to include payment for multiple chapters without an included invoice will experience a delay in the processing of their payment.