Prospective Educator Scholarships
The PDK Educational Foundation awards more than 30 scholarships each year to prospective educators who have a connection to PDK by having a family member or teacher who is a PDK member or through membership in the Future Educators Association.
Eligibility
Individuals who meet one of the following criteria may apply directly to PDK International through the online application:
- High school senior intending to major in education who is a member of a Future Educators Association® chapter in good standing
- High school senior intending to major in education who is the child or grandchild of a Kappan in good standing
- High school senior intending to major in education who has one of his/her reference letters written by a Kappan in good standing
- An undergraduate member of an FEA or PDK chapter who is enrolled in a college education program
The online deadline for submitting your application for a 2012 Prospective Educator Scholarship is April 1, 2012.
Apply OnlineChapter Officers: Please use the PDF Prospective Educator Scholarship Application to distribute and collect locally.
Endowed General Scholarships
In addition to the endowed scholarships listed below, each year the PDK Educational Foundation offers fifteen $1,000 general scholarships for prospective educators.
- The Lowell C. and Mary J. Rose Endowed Scholarship
- Edna Wilhelmina Snell Nichols Scholarship
- Meissner Endowed Scholarship
- The John and Lucy Wood Scholarship
- Wilmer and Sal Bugher Endowed Scholarship
- Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Scholarship
- Pauline B. Gough Memorial Scholarship
- Katherine Swann Scholarship
- Ohio State University Scholarship
- Donald H. and Verna S. Duncan Scholarship
- PDK Emeritus Scholarship
Awards with Special Criteria
The PDK Educational Foundation oversees a group of undergraduate scholarships with special criteria that are available to students of various backgrounds and/or status. Application for these scholarships should be completed on the Prospective Educator Scholarship form. Please indicate special eligibility for any of these awards. They include:
Jimmie Elliott “Crystal Stair” Scholarship – Students who intend to teach, who have a demonstrated need, and who reside in the State of Alabama
The Marvin and Ruth Fellers/Des Moines Area IA Chapter 1038 Scholarship – Students at Grand View College who are entering student teaching
The Jim Frazier Memorial Scholarship – Students or employees of the Marion County, Florida, public schools who wish to become classroom teachers
Jo Ann Ota Fujioka Scholarship – Students of color pursuing education careers
Bessie Gabbard Scholarship – Preference to students from Florida or Ohio
Pauline B. Gough Memorial Scholarship – High school seniors entering college to study journalism or English who will teach
The Margaret L. Hanshaw and Family Scholarship – Students pursuing careers in music education, especially returning or non-traditional students interested in choral music
Lanny Holm Scholarship – Preference to students in the San Francisco Bay Area or the State of California
Kersey/Oglesby Scholarship – Preference to an elementary education major from the Midwest or the Southeast; preference to a male student
The Petermichel Family Endowed Scholarship – Preference to applicants who are members of one of the following Catholic parishes: St. Patrick’s, Cairo, Illinois; St. Pius X, Chula Vista, California; St. Vincent’s, Bedford, Indiana; St. John the Apostle, Bloomington, Indiana
Dave Sanders/Columbine High School Endowed Scholarship – Students from the State of Colorado who plan to major in education; preference given to students from Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado
George J. and Jessie M. Schmalz Scholarship – Student with demonstrated need
The University of Texas/El Paso Chapter #0171 Scholarship – Students starting the internship at UTEP
The Donovan R. Walling Family Memorial Endowed Scholarship – High school senior and son or daughter of active or retired United States Army parent; must major in music or art with objective to teach
J. Arnold Webb Scholarship – Preference to a student attending an historically black college
Questions? Email scholarships@pdkintl.org.