About Educators Rising
Educators Rising is a national network of students and teacher leaders who are inspired and excited by a career in teaching. The legal entity operating Educators Rising is Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc. (PDK). Educators Rising serves as a CTSO partner through providing activities and opportunities important to teacher preparation related CTE instructional programs.
We provide passionate young people with authentic opportunities to experience teaching, sustain their interest in the profession, and help them cultivate the skills they need to be successful educators.
In high school, Educators Rising supports curricular programs where students explore the teaching profession and gain hands-on teaching experience. In college, Educators Rising supports campus-based student groups that promote the development of aspiring teachers. Educators Rising also helps students and teachers connect and deepen their learning through the EdRising Virtual Campus, a cutting-edge online community that offers rigorous resources to support the development of great teachers.
Educators Rising is transforming how America develops aspiring teachers. Starting with high school students, we provide passionate young people with hands-on teaching experience, sustain their interest in the profession, and help them cultivate the skills they need to be successful educators. The result is a pipeline of accomplished teachers who are positioned to make a lasting difference — not only in the lives of their students, but also in the field of teaching more broadly.
At the national and international level, Educators Rising is sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK) and has nearly 3,000 affiliates located around the world. The international Educators Rising office links these affiliates together by hosting an annual conference, offering teacher leader training sessions, publishing monthly newsletters, and maintaining a website and virtual campus for members with updated information about what chapters are doing worldwide.