Your Connections
Undergraduates - Are you getting the most out of your chapter experience? Get tips about involvement here .

Graduate Students - The Grad Student Committee keeps creating opportunities for you, grad students! Connect with the members and their ideas via Facebook , Grad Site, and Convo activities!

Professionals - We know that you're busy, probably doing the job of several professionals, so don't miss any chance for letting us help you. Get recommended resources for your teaching, connect with other professionals through one of our communities, or start your own group with colleagues.

Administrators - Do you participate in a PLC to  grow professionally and keep current? Do you tweet ? As you launch into the academic year, consider sharing the Teacher of Honor award with your staff members. It may show them that you value their contributions to the field, and it allows them to gain recognition for what they already have accomplished.  
  
University Faculty - If you need tips on presenting a workshop or publishing an article, we can get you started on the right foot with these helps . How else can you make the most of your KDP connection? Begin here.

Retirees and Almost Retirees - Wow, do we appreciate you! You have volunteered at Convo or on committees or given insights and ideas to HQ and members. Please visit Life in KDP after Retirement  and keep us informed.

Member Spotlight
We love hearing about your work with students and in the field, so keep sharing your success . Are you a longtime member of KDP? Tell us your story!

The Educational Foundation - Supporting Members
Running out of holes on that belt you keep tightening on your budget? Apply for a Classroom Teacher Grant offered annually by The Educational Foundation. In honor of KDP's Centennial, a generous donor has funded 100 of these grants for PreK-12 private, public, parochial and home school teachers. Apply by September 9 here.

If you are in a place where you would like to give back to help your KDP colleagues through grants or scholarships, please visit the Giving Page for options that work for you.

Your Generosity Helps Alabama Schools Recover
Following April's unprecedented tornado destruction, the Foundation answered members' requests to help with community and school recovery efforts. Thanks to the generosity of members and Chapters, the Educational Foundation maintains a special Emergency Response Fund to provide assistance when natural disasters strike.

Plainview School in Rainsville and Cullman School in Cullman (AL) both received financial assistance to provide students with basic necessities. Ron Bell, Plainview Principal, shared, "we continue to learn through this situation, that our fellow neighbors and those across the U.S. are gracious to lend thoughts, help, and support, and when we grow weary, that gives the added boost - to know that others understand and care."