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Manage your Chapter Member Relations Community Outreach |
What Is Community Outreach? |
| Community Outreach is networking and collaborating with the broader education community both on and off campus. Community Outreach allows you and the chapter to build a stronger support system, network better with local education professionals, and promote Kappa Delta Pi. |
Examples of Community Outreach |
| Networking and collaborating in your community, both on and off campus, can be done in a variety of ways. Some examples of Community Outreach are: |
| • | Co-sponsoring programs and Chalk Talk Café groups with local KDP Professional or Alumni Chapters |
| • | Co-sponsoring programs with local PTO’s/PTA’s |
| • | Inviting faculty, staff, and administrators to the chapter initiation |
| • | Initiating local practicing teachers and administrators into your chapter |
| • | Hosting professional mixers for education professionals and chapter members |
| • | Participating in Literacy Alive! to further the cause of literacy in your community |
| • | Taking part in the Simon Mall Project |
| Is your chapter already collaborating with people or groups in the community? If so, click here to submit your example of Community Outreach so it can be shared online! |
| Benefits of Community Outreach |
| The following are benefits of Community Outreach: |
| • | Increasing the number of volunteers |
| ° | If your chapter is thinking about doing a large-scale project but doesn’t have enough chapter members to complete the project, tap into the connections you have made in the community. | |
| ° | Volunteers from the community could provide financial, physical, or promotional support for your events. |
| • | Mentoring |
| ° | Making connections in the community allows you to speak
with practicing educators and learn helpful tips about the education
field. |
| • | Networking |
| ° | Whether you are trying to find a job or just looking to make contacts in the area, collaborating with community organizations allows you to introduce yourself to community members and begin to form a network of practicing professionals. |
