Clubs and Honor Societies
Future Educators Association
FEA is more than just an organization for students interested in education as a profession. It's a support system, a resource hub, and a community. They provide beneficial workshops like Project Learning Tree and invite guest speakers to discuss up-to-date educational information, skills, and strategies necessary to become a successful educator. FEA is also associated and involved with the National Educators Association, a nationwide organization supporting education and its many facets. With FEA, you can be confident that you have the support and resources you need to succeed in your journey as an educator.
Pi Lambda Theta
is an honor society and professional association for educators. As an honor society, its purpose is to recognize persons with superior scholastic achievement and a high potential for professional leadership. As a professional association, its purpose is to stimulate independent-thinking educators who can ask critical questions to improve educational policies and practices. Pi Lambda Theta's mission is to honor outstanding educators and inspire their leadership on critical education issues. As a selective organization, PLT extends membership to students majoring in education who demonstrate academic excellence, as well as to professional educators who have earned a PLT-recognized award, such as certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the United States.
At Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ, members of PLT have a minimum GPA of 3.5 and are either seniors or graduate students obtaining a degree in education.
Kappa Delta Pi
is an international honor society dedicated to building a community of educators committed to scholarship and excellence in education. Members value and have pledged to cultivate and recognize scholarly work and excellent practice in their locales. Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ’s chapter seeks to make a difference in our immediate neighborhood as members contribute their time and talents to programs they develop together. Through planning and directing educational and fundraising events, members experience professional growth and explore what it means to be a leader.
For more information about these organizations, email the School of Education.