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Projects

Projects and Events

Top Ten Yearly Events and Goals for “5-Star” Success Rating 

  1. College Leadership Service Project  
  2. Honors in Action Service Project  
  3. Fall Regional Honors in Action Conference  
  4. Spring International PTK Conference: Leadership & Recognition  
  5. Fall informal and Spring formal Induction Ceremony  
  6. Student Recruitment Campaign including high school students  
  7. Advisor Certificated Lessons in Leadership Honor’s Course    
  8. Fall Regional Conference & Fellowship 
  9. Summer Honor’s Institute and Scholarship Workshops
  10. CSI Campus Viability: Idaho and International Notoriety  
September and January
  1. Organize a membership recruitment campaign. Campaigns should include but not be limited to:  
    • Creating awareness of Phi Theta Kappa among students and faculty on campus 
    • Inviting eligible students 
    • Conducting informational meetings about benefits of membership 
    • Holding an induction ceremony- December and April 
    • Reporting members 
  2. Submit the Chapter Annual Report to Headquarters. The report will be emailed to all contact advisors in January. 
Chapter's bylaws are approved and on file with Headquarters.
October and February
  1. Chapter advisor(s) and officers review plan requirements and submit a Five Star level achievement goal. 
  2. Conduct at least two membership recruitment campaigns during the year:  
  3. Report new chapter officers during the year. 
  4. Verify that the college president, chapter administrator, and chapter advisor information on the chapter directory is current and report any changes. 
  5. Provide a structured orientation for new officers, advisors and committee chairs at the beginning of each academic term. 
  6. Chapter and/or chapter officers meet twice each month. 
  7. Chapter advisor(s) and chapter president each have the current Honors Program Guide, The Art and Science of Play. 
  8. At least two-chapter members set research objectives and goals and conduct academic research for one theme of the Honors Program Guide.
  9. Chapter advisor(s) and officers meet with the college president or other administrator to develop and discuss goals of the chapter. 
November and March
  1. Has your chapter developed an Honors in Action project plan that includes the chapter's:
    • measurable project objectives and goals 
    • process that will be used for meeting the goals 
    • leadership roles the team assumed in meeting these objectives 
    • college and community groups with which the chapter will collaborate 
    • service or action event(s) for the college/community that stemmed directly from academic research into one of the Honors Study Topic Themes? 
  2. Publish chapter news in at least one of the following ways (select the most influential method):
    • Publish a newsletter 
    • Maintain a chapter website or Facebook page 
    • Submit chapter news to a publication 
  3. Implement a College Project which is determined by the chapter and college president or another administrator:
    • Mentor incoming freshmen 
    • Help with college graduation 
    • Serve as college ambassadors 
    • Promote community college completion 
    • Other- Movie Clip to Welcome Freshmen 
  4. Does your chapter chronicle chapter activities for historical purposes? Examples include keeping an Honors in Action journal, maintaining a notebook of chapter meeting minutes and/or newsletters, saving copies of Hallmark Awards entries, etc.
  5. Celebrate Founder’s Day November 19th 
Four Star Level October, November, April
  1. Chapter representative(s) attend at least one official regional meeting (October). If the chapter is more than 500 miles from all regional meetings, the chapter may satisfy this requirement in one of two ways:
    • The chapter officer(s) must participate in a conference call, online chat or teleconference with one or more regional officers and/or the Regional Coordinator. The purpose of the call will be to discuss Phi Theta Kappa programs and specific ways the chapter can get involved. OR 
    • The chapter must host a "mini-conference" for their chapter members and invite speakers to address the current Honors Study Topic. The speakers can be members of the college faculty or the community. 
  2. Chapter is involved at a regional level in at least one of the following ways (select the activity most meaningful to the chapter):
    • Campaign for regional office 
    • Host/assume leadership role at a regional meeting 
    • Participate in a Regional Honors in Action Project 
    • Collaborate with at least 2 other chapters for an activity or event 
  3. Share the chapter's Honors in Action research (November-April) with others who are not PTK members (e.g., hosts an event that includes a formal presentation or town hall meeting, writes an article for a publication, creates a display in the library or other resource center, enters the Honors Case Study Challenge, presents at a regional PTK event, etc.) 
  4. Host a Phi Theta Kappa awareness event for your chapter on the college campus. Elements of your awareness event could include sharing benefits of membership like scholarship opportunities (April-October: Deadlines), Honors in Action, Connect/Scholarships, and/or Competitive Edge. 
  5. Enter at least one category in the regional awards program. Chapters submitting an entry in Phi Theta Kappa's Hallmark Awards will automatically be entered in their regional awards program. 
December/January, May/June
  1. Submit at least 3 entries in the Hallmark Awards Program (January-May) including the Honors in Action Project Award, College Project Award, and at least one other individual award. 
  2. Chapter representative(s) participates in AT LEAST ONE of the following:  
    1. Attend Annual Convention, OR (April, Early Bird registration- February) 
    2. Attend Honors Institute (May), OR 
    3. Participate in at least one level of the new online advisor education curriculum called the Five Star Advisor Plan January-May), OR 
    4. Submit an entry in the Honors Case Study Challenge