Membership
Membership is open only to the top 20 percent of those entering the education field. In addition, undergraduates must have a 3.0 GPA, and graduate students a 3.25 GPA. Membership for active professionals varies.
Among those involved as Professional Members are superintendents and principals; early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers; university faculty and deans; graduate and doctoral students; nontraditional educators; retired educators; State Teachers of the Year; researchers; and other education specialists.
Individuals must maintain active membership each year through payment of dues to continue to receive benefits. Though direct involvement with a chapter is optional, members also may join community-based networking groups called Chalk Talk Cafés to extend their support system and mentoring community.
The member creed is "So to Teach that our words inspire a will to learn; So to Serve that each day may enhance the growth of exploring minds; So to Live that we may guide young and old to know the truth and love the right. To the fulfillment of these objectives, we pledge our efforts and our faith."
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