Alpha Beta Phi Chapter

of Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society

Teaching is a profession that demands commitment plus a specific body of knowledge, skills and dispositions.  Teachers must advance equity and social justice through personal action and service.  The purpose of this Education honor society is to promote educational research and excellent teaching and to honor outstanding scholastic achievement, leadership, and exemplary teaching dispositions.

Honor society members will provide support to the Department of Education at recruitment and professional events, generate interest in research projects, attend regional conferences/workshops and engage in service activities.

Honor society members are nominated by Education faculty after they have completed 45 credit hours of course work and a minimum of four Education courses (may include Gen 284).  Members must meet three of the following four criteria: 

• Demonstrated leadership ability;
• 3.8 Grade Point Average overall;
• 3.8 Grade Point Average in Education course work;
• A score of 330 on the CBASE examination.

Members are nominated once a semester and initiations are held once each fall and spring semester.  Members must pay their own initiation fee (currently $70).