1995–1999 New Directions

1995
A Regional Field Director position is created.
The Achieving Chapter Excellence (ACE) Award is given to 11 chapters.
All members vote on national officers.
The Educational Forum and the New Teacher Advocate are honored by the American Society of Association Executives.
Star Teachers of Children in Poverty by Martin Haberman is published.

1996
The Society receives the prestigious Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives for its Beginning Teacher Initiative.
The Kadelpian newsletter is created as an all-member mailing.
Kappa Delta Pi's Web site—KDP Online—is established.

1997
Kappa Delta Pi and the Mortar Board collaborate on Reading Is Fun Week projects.
Kadelpians participate in the first China-USA Conference on Education in Beijing, China.
The Society's Reserve Fund reaches $3,000,000.

1998
KDP's Headquarters is relocated to a new facility in Indianapolis. A Capital Campaign focuses on four initiatives: Conference Center, Laureate Library, Presidents' Conference Room, and Center for Excellence in Teaching.
Celebration of Teaching grants promoting teaching as a career are launched.
The KDP Record receives the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers, and the New Teacher Advocate receives national recognition by the American Society of Association Executives.
Leadership Forums are launched in 13 geographic areas.

1999
Life Cycle of the Career Teacher, with 18 Kaldelphian authors, is published in collaboration with Corwin Press.
Membership and Chapter Services receive the prestigious Pyramid Award from the American Society of Association Executives for initiatives in leadership development. The Chapter Resource Notebook receives a national award for outstanding chapter and leadership-training materials.


1995 Gamma Theta Chapter receives one of the first ACE Awards at Convocation in Birmingham, Alabama.

1996—Society President F. Morgan Simpson and Executive Director Michael P. Wolfe accept ASAE'S Summit Award.
   
1997—Kadelpians at The Great Wall during the China-USA Conference on Education.


2000 Kadelpians from the Pi Epsilon Chapter (University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point) celebrate their work at a Leadership Forum at KDP Headquarters.