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| 2005— Present Expanding Resources |
| 2005 |
| • | The KDP Educational Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary. |
| • | The ABC’s of Classroom Management is published with the support of Teachers-Teachers.com. |
| • | KDP is admitted to the Trust of Insuring Educators and begins offering new insurance programs to members, including student teaching liability insurance. |
| • | KDP’s Headquarters building is renovated. |
| • | KDP is named to the American Society of Association Executives’ Advance America Honor Roll for its NCLB Town Hall Forums. |
| • | Experiencing Dewey: Insights for Today’s Classroom is published. |
| • | Ideas to Go, a monthly electronic communication with tips from NSTOYs is launched. |
| • | KDP installs 25 new collegiate chapters. |
| • | Michael P. Wolfe announces his retirement after 15 years as Executive Director. |
| • | A comprehensive membership survey is conducted. |
| 2006 |
| • | Partnership is formed with Routledge, a division of Taylor & Francis, to print, digitize, and market The Educational Forum. |
| • | More than 30,000 books are donated to schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina. |
| • | Graduate Student Committee is established. |
| • | Virtual training of KDP chapter leaders is introduced. |
| • | e-Chapter is created, offering interactive Webinars. |
| • | Emeritus Gold membership category is created. |
| 2007 |
| • | Faye Snodgress, CAE, assumes role of KDP Executive Director. |
| • | So to Teach: Inspiring Stories that Touch the Heart is published. |
| • | Reading Is Fun (RIF) program is renamed Literacy Alive! and broadened in scope to focus on both reading and literacy. |
| • | KDP Store fulfillment operations are moved from Headquarters to PROforma Crescent in Tennessee. |
| • | Educational Foundation offers a record 65 scholarships and 64 classroom grants. |
| • | Society begins offering two-year memberships. |
| • | New electronic professional resource, Resource Roundup, is delivered monthly to members. |
| • | New topical professional resource, ProPointers, is delivered quarterly to practicing teachers. |
| 2008 |
| • | Memorandum of Understanding is signed with Taipei Municipal University of Education. |
| • | Web portal is implemented. |
| • | Web site is redesigned to focus on needs of member segments. |
| • | KDP establishes a Facebook presence |
| • | The ABC’s of Wellness book is published. |
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2006 From left, Korrine Fugate, Gary Woodruff, and Dan Figueredo collect books at the Bloomfield (IN) College Library as part of KDP’s collection of 30,000 books for relief from Hurricane Katrina. |
