The Honor

The word may means:

• Expressing possibility as in 'that may be true'
• Expressing permission as in 'you may do that'
• Expressing hope as in 'may you do well'

Possibility - Permission - Hope

How are you going to round out the Spring and enter Summer? Maybe a mix of all three. We hope you are inspired this May, to do great things with and for your students! As you may have noticed, April was chalk full of events! We're very much looking forward to sharing some photos from our programming with you.

This month's newsletter features...

1. KDP Induction Ceremony: Recap
2. Teacher Career Fair: Recap
3. Praxis Prep Workshop: Recap
4. Walk for Autism: Recap
5. Teacher Resources
6. Career Corner
   
7. +MORE!

Yours in Education,

Emma, Jacqueline, Karly, Katie, Caroline, & Sarah

Xi Gamma Chapter Executive Board, Seton Hall University

Κ Δ Π International Honor Society in Education

On Sunday, April 29th, over 60 new initiates and as many family members of Kappa Delta Pi gathered in Jubilee Hall to celebrate educational honors and achievements. Thank you especially to Xi Gamma Chapter Executive Board Emma, Jacqueline, Karly, Katie, Caroline, & Sarah as well as Dean Gillette, Assistant to the Dean Mayra, and Xi Gamma Advisors Dr. Arocho and Dr. Mc Fadden for their organization and support during this special day! Well done to all.

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On Saturday, April 14, 2018, at Elmwood Park, East Orange, NJ from 8am – 1pm, several KDP volunteers came together, raised awareness about Autism and served our local community by setting up, handing out T-shirts to the participants and cleaning up at the end. In addition to the walk, there were activity tables for children (including face painting) and resource tables for attendees/participants. Thank you all who attended! A special THANK YOU to KDP SHU Chapter Treasurer Caroline A. Gartley for organizing this successful event!

KDP has $44,000 available to members through our scholarship program, and awards are designed to support recipients in their chosen profession. No matter where they're at in their career—transitioning from college to the classroom, undergrad to grad school, or working toward a degree—KDP is here to help.

Students should apply for opportunities at their current level of study for financial assistance next year. Funding can help with tuition, curriculum and instruction books, technology, research, items to establish a classroom, and more.

A few of the opportunities are:

Donna Gail Shaw Scholarship for Chapter Service – $1,000 (1)
Available to one undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral student, or practicing K–12 educator in her or his first 3 years of teaching.
Harold D. Drummond Scholarship – $750 (2)
Available to two undergraduate or graduate students in Elementary Education.
Jerry Robbins Scholarship – $1,000 (1)
Available to one undergraduate student in Instrumental Music Education (band and/or orchestra).
MBNA Scholarship – $750 (1)
Available to one undergraduate or graduate student in Special Education.
Sandra Jo Hornick Scholarship (National) – $1,000 (3)
Available to three undergraduate students in Education.

Find all of our 2018 scholarship opportunities by visiting our website at http://www.kdp.org/resources/scholarshipsandgrants/scholarships.php.

All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

Did You Know?

CEHS posts daily updates on open job positions and student/alumni opportunities on their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shu.cehs/

TEACHER JOBS are on NAVIGATOR!
SHU PORTAL --> Click on The Career Center Tab --> Click on the Navigator Icon or here

Career Links

• Networking For A Career Change -- Seven Contacts To Prioritize

• 6 reasons you’re not getting hired and how to fix them

• 3 Habits of Highly Effective Networkers

• The Virtual Construct and Lifelong Learners

• How Perfectionists Can Get Out of Their Own Way

• 9 Email Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job Offer

• Never, Ever Go To A Job Interview Without These 10 Things

• How Writing a Cover Letter Is as Easy as Doing Mad Libs

• Why Everyone You Work With Matters When It Comes to References

• How to Find a Mentor for Career Success

• Tips for preparing a top-notch teaching demo
  

• What You Should Realistically Do When You Make a Mistake on Your Application

• Why being too modest in a job interview could tank your chance of getting hired

• I Used This Simple Chart To Prioritize My Crazy Busy Work Life

• The core traits of career success

• Ready, Set, Switch! The Only 3 Things That Matter In The Interview

• These Common Reference Myths Are Hurting Your Job Search

• Five Victim Mentalities to Drop During a Job Hunt

• New Grads: Here’s How To Discuss Your Classwork In Job Interviews

• 5 Secrets To Finding The Perfect Mentor

Don't miss your opportunity to learn and network with local area educators!

Watch for KDP Regional Workshops and Events scheduled this spring to find one near you!

1. The Cost Of Living

By Deborah Levy ($16.79, Penguin) Stitching a life back together after her divorce, Levy’s memoir is a tribute to the minutiae of living. From ruminating on becoming a shamen while fixing her faulty plumbing or reflecting on her mother's death every time she drinks from a Turkish coffee cup – a remembrance gift from her local newsagent – this book is a slim-but-poetic powerhouse.

2. The Fire This Time

Edited by Jesmyn Ward ($8.25, Bloomsbury) A response to James Baldwin’s 1963 breakthrough collection of essays on civil rights and racial injustice, The Fire This Time brings together some of contemporary writing’s most powerful voices to explore race in the US today and what comes next. From murals across cities that demand the fight for equal rights to Jesmyn Ward’s own search for her genetic and cultural heritage, it’s an anthology not to be missed.

3. Factfulness

By Hans Rosling ($16.79, Hodder & Stoughton) War, pollution, climate change, poverty, Everything Sucks has been cancelled… If you think the world is a troubled and dark place then you’d be right. You’d also only be looking at half the picture, though, according to Swedish academic Rosling (sadly, he died last year, making this a posthumous publication finished by his son and daughter-in-law). After all, girls and women are now better educated, life expectancy is rising – we just need to look at things differently. An unexpectedly uplifting read.

4. Painter to the King

By Amy Sackville ($17.49, Granta) A portrait of the painter Velázquez, who worked for King Philip IV of Spain for 38 years until his death, this is a transcendent piece of writing that somehow manages to capture Velázquez’ art while exploring humans’ enduring desire for power, for position and to outlive death itself. Described by The Essex Serpent author, Sarah Perry, as “the finest novel of its kind that I have ever read”, this is a book that will continue to resonate as more readers discover its wonders.

Since the award’s establishment in 1994, Kappa Delta Pi and the Association of Teacher Educators have named a very select few from around the United States as National Student Teachers of the Year. The award recognizes one student teacher/intern annually who has demonstrated the ability to plan and develop classroom management skills and instructional strategies that support all students; establish interpersonal relationships with students, parents, faculty, and staff; and reflect powerfully on their student teaching experience. We are honored to partner for this prestigious award in offering national recognition, at least one speaking engagement, and a $1,500 award to our 2018 recipient.

Criteria
Applicants must be an enrolled undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or graduate student with a minimum 3.0 GPA and be student teaching/interning full time at a curricular level for which he or she is eligible for certification. Membership in KDP or ATE is not required to apply.

Applicants must submit an application that includes a lesson plan and a 30-minute video comprised of an introduction, the lesson plan implemented in a classroom setting, and a reflection of the outcome. A nonrefundable $25 entry fee payable to Kappa Delta Pi must accompany each applicant’s packet of materials.

2018 Criteria and Application Form

Application packets must be mailed to Kappa Delta Pi, postmarked no later than June 15, 2018. Online applications are not accepted. The 2018 recipient will be announced on August 31, 2018.

For questions, please contact Samantha Tarlton at samantha@kdp.org or (800) 284-3167.

Seton Hall University education majors attended the Teacher Career Fair in Jersey City at Saint Peter's University to meet with the over 40 schools and districts looking to hire this summer. All employer and student feedback was positive. Thank you to those who attended! Questions about the event? Email: Sarah.Andrews@shu.edu

November 1–3 | Indianapolis, IN

The "Designing the Future" conference provides a platform for educators of all levels and disciplines to come together in Indianapolis, Indiana and create a future that is sustainable, equitable, and promising for ALL learners.

Through innovative breakout sessions, collaboration stations, and mentoring, attendees will design—in ways large and small—a promising future for themselves, their classrooms, their communities, and the education profession.

You can learn more on KDP's website by clicking here.

The following multicultural events and celebrations are among those that will happen this month:

May is...

• National Get Caught Reading Month
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  

May 3 - Lag BaOmer - Jewish holiday

May 3 - National Day of Prayer - Observance

May 5 - Cinco de Mayo - Observance

May 10 - Ascension Day - Christian

May 11 - Military Spouse Appreciation Day - Observance

May 13 - Mother's Day - Observance

May 16 - Ramadan starts - Muslim

May 19 - Armed Forces Day - Observance

May 20 - Pentecost - Christian

May 20 - Shavuot - Jewish holiday

May 21 - Whit Monday - Christian

May 23 - Emergency Medical Services for Children Day - Observance

May 25 - National Missing Children's Day - Observance

May 27 - Trinity Sunday - Christian

May 28 - Memorial Day - Federal Holiday

May 31 - Corpus Christi - Christian

ALUMNI!

Are you doing amazing things in your classroom/school/district/institution?

• Project you are working on
• Presentation / talk you gave
• Workshop you hosted
  

Please get in touch so we can celebrate your accomplishments together! We would love to feature you in this newsletter and do a write up a short narrative about the project.

Please email kdpxigamma@gmail.com to share with us.

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