MISSION STATEMENT
Alpha Delta Kappa is an
international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to
educational excellence, altruism and world understanding.
PURPOSES
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To give recognition to outstanding women educators.
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To build a fraternal fellowship among women in the field of
education which will add to their effectiveness in the promotion of
excellence in education.
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To promote high standards of education and thereby strengthen the status and advancement of the education profession.
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To promote educational and charitable projects and activities,
to sponsor scholarships, to further and maintain worthy standards in the
field of education and to cooperate with worthy community programs
relating to education and charities.
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To contribute to world understanding, goodwill, and peace
through an international fellowship of women educators united in the
ideals of education.
More than 30,000 women educators
around the world have discovered the many opportunities provided by
membership in Alpha Delta Kappa — opportunities for recognition of their
commitment to educational excellence, for personal and professional
growth and for collectively channeling their energies toward the good of
their schools, communities, the teaching profession and the world.
Headquartered in Kansas City,
Missouri, Alpha Delta Kappa has more than 1,200 chapters located in
towns and cities in every state in the U.S., and around the world in
Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Membership, which is honorary and
based on peer recognition, provides a wealth of opportunities for
leadership development and networking through workshops, training
sessions, conferences and conventions. But, perhaps the greatest
opportunity Alpha Delta Kappa provides is the opportunity to make a
difference. Around the world, Alpha Delta Kappa members combine their
energies and talents to enrich their lives and the lives of others
through thousands of heartwarming, community-based altruistic projects.