Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education was founded March 8, 1911, at the University of Illinois. Organized to recognize excellence in education, Kappa Delta Pi elects those to membership who exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards, and promise in teaching and allied professions.

Kappa Delta Pi is an honor society of, about, and for educators. Selection is based on:

• high academic achievement,
• a commitment to education as a career
• a professional attitude that assures steady growth in the profession.

Kappa Delta Pi has approximately 55,000 active members. Each member's name is recorded permanently at Society Headquarters, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, with the name of the initiating chapter.

Please visit the Kappa Delta Pi web site at http://www.kdp.org/. 

Initiation Requirements

Undergraduates

• phase I completion
• minimum 3.00 GPA

Graduates

• participant in one of Marian’s MAT programs
• minimum 3.25 GPA
• recipient of teaching license upon graduation

First initiation

The Marian University School of Education initiated its first Kappa Delta Pi chapter, Alpha Alpha Tau, on Sunday, April 28, 2002 in the Ruth Lilly Center. Forty one members were initiated at that ceremony.

 

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