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Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)
Student Services
INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION
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for change
PDK’s Mission Statement
To promote high-quality education, in particular
publicly supported education, as essential to the
development & maintenance of a democratic way
of life. This mission is accomplished through
leadership, research, & service in education.
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PDK’s Beliefs… some highlights
• PDK believes in upholding the ethical ideals of
leadership, research, & service.
• PDK believes that leadership should be nurtured &
developed.
• PDK believes that a dynamic organization
incorporates the needs of its members, is responsive
to the environment & trends, & changes as needed.
• PDK believes that diversity strengthens its
association.
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Benefits of Membership
in Int’l PDK
PDK provides its members with:
• Opportunities for professional growth (including
professional development training sessions &
teacher-to-teacher e-mentoring)
• Settings for networking & collegiality
• Ways to serve education & their communities,
including public school forums
• Fellowships & funding opportunities (including
travel scholarships, Graduate Fellowships in
Educational Leadership, Outstanding Doctoral
Dissertation Awards)
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Benefits of Membership
in Int’l PDK
Membership also provides access to services such as:
• Online Curriculum Management Center
• The Phi Delta Kappan Journal & PDK Connection
Newsletter
• The PDK Online Archives
• The PDK Annual Summit on Public Education: 2009
-Quality Educator Recruitment & Retention!
• International Travel Tours
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Benefits of Membership
in Pepperdine’s Chapter of PDK
• Practical, Professional Development Programming
made available (via videoconferencing) to all
graduate campuses & available for download for
later viewing
• Opportunities for service in the LA area as part of
the Pepperdine community & the international PDK
community: including Pepperdine’s STEP
FORWARD DAY & PDK’s Chalkwalk Fundraiser
• Students with 3.80 cum GPA can wear gold honor
cord to commencement ceremony
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To Join…
• GSEP students are eligible for either “Career Changer
Associate” or “Professional” Membership in PDK
• Career Changer Associates: graduate students acquiring
their teaching credential for the first time in their careers.
$35 + 7.50 chapter dues + 2.50 processing fee=$45.00
• Professional – must hold at least a BA & be credentialed
as an educator or employed in an education-related field.
$70 + 15.00 chapter dues + 5.00 processing fee=$90.00
• Complete the Membership Application; submit with check
made payable to “PDK” to APRIL UHLIG
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Governance
• A minimum of 4 officers are required for a chapter to
be considered active. Officers must be professional
standing:
– President: lead your chapter in exciting activities
that will develop the skills of your members, raise
their profile, and make a difference to education
– Treasurer: steward of chapter funds
– Membership representative
– Foundation representative
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Contact Information
• Contact Person: April Uhlig
Besenia Rodriguez
• Via e-mail:
[email protected]
• Via phone:
310.568.5770
• Via web:
GSEP’s PDK chapter website will go
live by March 1
gsep.pepperdine.edu/education/student-groups
www.pdkintl.org
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