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Membership Benefits Friendship, support and association with professional peers Honor and recognition of professional achievement Professional and personal growth and development opportunities Informative publications and peer-reviewed publication opportunities Leadership development opportunities and training Extensive members-only website Scholarship and travel opportunities Group insurance programs Membership, which is honorary and based on peer recognition, provides a wealth of opportunities for leadership development and networking through workshops, training sessions, conferences and conventions. But, perhaps the greatest opportunity provides is the opportunity to make a difference. Around the world, members combine their energies and talents to enrich their lives and the lives of others through thousands of heartwarming, community-based altruistic projects. ​ In the past two years alone, members have given nearly 12 million dollars in monetary and other gifts, nearly 2 million dollars in scholarships and have provided more than 2 million hours of volunteer service to their communities. Opportunities for professional and personal networking abound in . From state/provincial/national conventions and regional conferences every even-numbered year to International conventions every odd-numbered year, talented women educators gather to share ideas, fellowship, recognition and support. conferences and conventions feature informative and inspirational seminars by some of the most effective and renowned speakers today. More than 29,000 women educators around the world have discovered the many opportunities provided by membership in — opportunities for recognition of their commitment to educational excellence, for personal and professional growth and for collectively channeling their energies toward the good of their schools, communities, the teaching profession and the world. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has more than 1,200 chapters located in towns and cities in every state in the U.S., and around the world in Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Quick Links AΔK Websites Directory Violet Shop Documents/Forms KAPPAN/Eblasts Chapter Meetings International Convention Liability Insurance Calendars/Due Dates Scholarships/Grants Continue to Resource Site Continue to Resource Site AΔK Announcements Chapter Altruistic Report Posted On Thursday, February 13, 2020 Chapter Altruistic Report Due by March 15, 2020 the report covers activities from March 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020. VOLUNTEER HOURS donated by chapter and/or chapter members in the name of should be included on the report. Also include GIFTS contributed to altruistic projects by chapter and/or chapter members in the name of . Assistance for sisters in need may be included. As well please include SCHOLARSHIPS presented or contributions made to scholarships. Chapter Altruistic Report Form The submission of this form will earn your chapter a pearl towards the Pearls of Achievement Program . ... Read More Disaster Relief Posted On Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Disaster Relief Keeping up with the weather and disasters is difficult at times. Please keep in touch and let us know if you have something to be shared or reported regarding our family. Let us pull together and embrace our sisters with support, love and care who are in need at this time. What can we do? The Foundation has a line item in its budget for disaster relief. Donations can be sent to the Foundation and you can indicate on the subject/memo line “disaster relief” or more specifically to a S/P/N (ex: Australian fires). Online donations may also be made through the website. When it is designated to a specific S/P/N, those monies will be sent to the S/P/N treasurer and that S/P/N Disaster Relief Committee will decide how to distribute the funds to assist our members affected. A donation with only “disaster relief” will go into the fund and be distributed as needed depending on the number of inquiries. Your donation is tax deductible and you will receive a donation statement for tax purposes in January. Thank you so much for your continued support! Foundation PO BOX 870567 Kansas City MO 64187-0567 ONLY Foundation donations will be accepted at the above address. Disaster Relief Guidelines A note about membership badges lost in natural disasters: If chapters have extra badges in their badge banks, please send them to with a personal note to a sister who may have lost hers in a disaster, and we will see that they are appropriately distributed. ... Read More Beware! Banking Fraud is on the Rise! Posted On Friday, November 15, 2019 Beware! Banking Fraud is on the Rise! There are many ways scammers can get information online. How can you protect yourself and ? (Per federal regulations, nonprofit information filed with the Internal Revenue Service is a matter of public record) International and the Foundation have trusted and used United Missouri Bank (UMB) for decades. Check, ACH, and wire fraud continue to rise, and being alert to these fraudsters’ methods is important. We asked Senior Advisor Anne Bowman for advice: In terms of best practices, I would emphasize a few things. Your groups should not initiate any form of payment without verbally confirming the request is valid with an authorized person. A quick phone call (making sure you have their correct phone number, and not just a number on the correspondence) can go a long way to avoiding malicious attempts on an account. Always require dual contro...