Teacher Appreciation Week

The Teacher Effect

Celebrating the Educators Who Transform Lives

As we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, we honor the profound and lasting influence of teachers like you. Every day, in classrooms across the nation, you and fellow KDP members create ripples of impact that extend far beyond the academic year. Years after graduation, when specific lessons may be forgotten, what remains is how you made your students feel: valued, capable, and inspired. A single moment of encouragement can redirect a student's path and open doors to possibilities they never imagined.

 

Your work matters in ways you may never fully see. Each lesson taught, each student encouraged, each challenge overcome contributes to your lasting legacythe teacher effect that continues to transform lives for generations to come. Thank you!

Reflect on Your Impact

To help you recognize and celebrate your own influence as an educator, we’ve created a special Teacher Impact Journal. This downloadable resource offers thoughtful prompts to reflect on the many ways you’ve made a difference.

Download Your Teacher Impact Journal PDF

Download Your Teacher Impact Journal Word Document

 

Share Your Story: #TeacherEffectKDP 

Celebrate the Teachers Who Transformed Your Life 

We all have that one teacher who changed everything—who saw our potential, challenged us to grow, or simply believed in us when we needed it most. This Teacher Appreciation Week, we invite you to honor those educators who made a lasting impact on your life and enter for a chance to win one of five $100 Visa gift cards. The drawing is now closed.

How to Participate and Enter the Drawing: 

  • Post a story, photo, or video about a teacher who transformed your life—whether from your own school days or a current colleague who inspires you daily.

  • Use the hashtag #TeacherEffectKDP. 

  • Tag KDP on your platform of choice:  

    • Instagram: @KappaDeltaPi 

    • Facebook: @KDP 

    • LinkedIn: @KDP 

  • Or submit through our online form. Entries are now closed.

View Submissions on Social Media

  

All participants who share their stories through either method will be automatically entered into our drawing for one of five $100 Visa gift cards. Entries are now closed.

Active KDP membership is required for eligibility. 

     

     

     

    Team KDP brings #TeacherEffectKDP to life by writing heartfelt letters to the teachers who transformed their lives.

    Additional Teacher Appreciation Week Opportunity 

    American College of Education  wants to celebrate YOU! Fill out this form and you will be entered into a drawing for one of two $100 Amazon gift cards generously provided by ACE.  The drawing is now closed.

    Active KDP membership is required. For full giveaway rules, click here. The drawing is now closed.

     

    KDPs Teacher Appreciation Week 2025 is Generously Supported by