Fact Sheet
Alpha Delta Kappa
International Honorary Organization for Women Educators
Dedicated to . . .improving and promoting education and the
teaching profession, taking personal action to make a difference in
the community and increasing world understanding.
Membership
With more than 25,000 members and more than 1,000 chapters,
Alpha Delta Kappa is an international honorary organization
for women educators. Members are from every state in the
United States and Puerto Rico as well as Australia, Canada,
Jamaica and Mexico.
To be eligible for membership, women must be employed full-
time in the education profession; certified in teaching,
administration or some specialized field of education; and
receive recommendation from a member and approval by the
chapter.
To be eligible for membership, a woman who is retired must have
been in the education profession in teaching, administration, or
some specialized field of education; must have been certified in
teaching, administration or some specialized field of education;
and receive recommendation from a member and approval by the
chapter. She must continue to demonstrate a genuine interest and
active involvement in the current educational process.
History
Alpha Delta Kappa was founded in 1947 by four visionary
women educators—Agnes Shipman Robertson, Marie Neal,
Marion Southall and Hattie Poppino—who saw the need for an
organization to promote close professional and personal ties
among women educators.
Service to Others
Around the world, Alpha Delta Kappa members combine their
time and energy to enrich the lives of others through thousands
of community-based projects. Because of their efforts, adults
may have a second chance to learn to read and women and
children in need may have a more comfortable shelter.
Members also “make a difference” on an international scale
through major annual donations to selected charities. Since
1981, Alpha Delta Kappa has donated nearly $3 million to St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital and nearly $350,000 to the
Alzheimer’s Association.
During 2021 - 2022, members gave of their time in 1,048,519
volunteer hours, $6,342,965 in monetary gifts,
$1,002,954 of in-kind gifts, $899,699 in scholarships, for a grand
total of $8,245,618.
International Headquarters
(816) 363-5525/(800) 247-2311
www.alphadeltakappa.org•FAX (816) 363-4010
Improving and Promoting the
Education Profession
Along with service to others, Alpha Delta Kappa members are
just as committed to improving and promoting the teaching
profession through:
• Providing professional and personal development for
members through workshops, conferences, conventions and
scholarships.
• Recognizing today's teachers through several awards
programs that spotlight innovative work.
• Encouraging and helping prepare future teachers by
providing numerous scholarships to bright young women
and men studying education.
• Promoting world understanding and education in other
countries by annually providing seven $10,000 scholarships
for young women from foreign countries to study at U.S.
universities and colleges.
• Promoting world understanding with biennial projects,
which have included building schools in Vietnam and Peru,
supporting a bookmobile and education program on the
Cheyenne River Lakota/Sioux Reservation in South Dakota
and expanding a school in in Haiti. A∆K's most recent
project C.H.E.A.R supports a children's home and
agriculture education in Tanzania.
Founded: 1947 Members: 25,000+
Chapter Locations: Chapters: 1,000+
In all 50 States of the U.S. and
Puerto Rico as well as Australia,
Canada, Jamaica and Mexico.
2024 Regional Conferences:
• Gulf: July 13-16, Crown Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia,
Atlanta, Georgia
• North Central: July 19-22, The Embassy Suites by Hilton
Des Moines Downtown, Des Moines, Iowa
• Southeast: June 22 - 25, Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston
Convention Center, Charleston, South Carolina
• Northwest/Southwest: June 28 - July 1, Bellevue Hyatt,
Bellevue, Washington
• South Central: July 7-10, Embassy Suites NW Arkansas Hotel
Spa & Convention Center, Rogers, Arkansas
• Northeast: July 25-28, Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania