Kappa Delta Pi
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| Abbreviation | ΚΔΠ |
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| Motto | Knowledge. Duty. Power. |
| Established | March 8, 1911 |
| Founder | William Bagley (educator), Truman Lee Kelley, Thomas E. Musselman |
| Founded at | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Type | Non-Profit Organization |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | To foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, IN |
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Membership (2016)
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40,000 |
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President
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Dr. Peggy Moch (2016-2018) |
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Executive Director
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Faye Snodgress, CAE |
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Key people
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John Dewey, Howard Gardner, Michael Apple, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein |
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Main organ
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Teachers For a Better Future |
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Staff (2016)
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21 |
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Volunteers (2016)
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5,500 |
| Slogan | So to Teach, So to Serve, So to Live. |
| Website | www |
Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering the field of education. Its motto is "Knowledge, Duty, Power," and its mission is to sustain an honored community of diverse educators by promoting excellence and advancing scholarship, leadership, and service.
Membership is open only to the top 20 percent of those entering the education field. In addition, undergraduates must have a 3.0 GPA, and graduate students a 3.25 GPA. Membership for active professionals varies.
Among those involved as Professional Members are superintendents and principals; early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers; Professional School Counselors; university faculty and deans; graduate and doctoral students; nontraditional educators; retired educators; State Teachers of the Year; researchers; and other education specialists.
Individuals must maintain active membership each year through payment of dues to continue to receive benefits. Though direct involvement with a chapter is optional, members also may join community-based networking groups via KDP Global to extend their support system and mentoring community.
The member creed is "So to Teach that our words inspire a will to learn; So to Serve that each day may enhance the growth of exploring minds; So to Live that we may guide young and old to know the truth and love the right. To the fulfillment of these objectives, we pledge our efforts and our faith."
Kappa Delta Pi was founded in 1911 at the University of Illinois in order to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. In 1912, a petition to merge Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) was declined by the latter because PDK could not agree to the terms that women be allowed in an "honor fraternity". In 1920, William Chandler Bagley installed a Kappa Delta Pi chapter at Teachers College, Columbia University. Four years later (1924) American pragmatist philosopher and educationalist John Dewey was inducted as the first member of the Society's Laureate Chapter (see below). The Society's flagship publication, The Educational Forum, was first published in 1936.
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