Membership
Membership Overview
Mission Statement: Phi Delta Kappa is an international association for professional educators. The organization's mission is to promote quality education as essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life by providing innovative programs, relevant research, visionary leadership, and dedicated service.
Our guiding principles:
- We believe in publicly supported education.
- We believe that quality education for all is essential to the development and maintenance of a democratic way of life.
- We believe in upholding the ethical ideals of research, service, and leadership.
- We believe that leadership should be nurtured and developed.
- We believe that a dynamic organization incorporates the needs of its members, is responsive to the environment and trends, and changes as needed.
- We believe that diversity strengthens our association.
The UBC Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa
A few of the many great reasons to join:
- PDK International is one of the world's leading associations for professional educators with approximately 65 000 members worldwide
- Network with educators, peers and others with an interest in education
- Share ideas, promote and foster personal development and growth in issues relating to education
- Membership includes a free one year subscription to various International PDK publications
- Member Discounts on annual conference registration, professional development workshops, and International PDK publications
- Full Access to publication archives
- Dinner Meetings at the Arbutus Club - educational, informative and good times.
Membership Options
- Members are from all areas and levels of the profession from preschool through to higher education
- Undergraduate students, community leaders, parents, and institutions are also eligible for membership
Types of membership available
- Professional Membership
- International Electronic Membership
- Undergraduate Student Membership
- Associate Membership
- Institutional Membership
Membership Fees*: For current Membership Fees, please contact our Membership Chair, Reno Ciolfi, by email at reno.ciolfi@sd41.bc.ca