The Road

Campus Partners

The Road is a personal development program that focuses on enhancing our members’ co-curricular experience. It focuses on skill development that isn’t taught in the classroom. Delta Tau Delta views our partnership with fraternity and sorority campus professionals as a vital part of the implementation of The Road. Here are few frequently asked questions that you might have when working with our chapter leaders.

  1. Are chapters required to participate in The Road?
    No, participation is voluntary. However, The Road is being woven into most of the Fraternity sponsored leadership programs. 
  2. Is The Road part of chapter accreditation and standards?
    Yes, chapter leaders submit Fraternity Awards and Accreditation Report annually. In 2010, we added five standards that incorporate The Road in chapter programming.  Although these five are not required through our accreditation process, they are necessary to be eligible for Fraternity awards.
  3. What is the vision of The Road?
    The vision for The Road is to offer a four-tiered educational program that complements the collegiate curricular experience. The educational program will be designed based on the core tenets and elements of The Road. The four tiers are the method of delivery: Road Connections, chapter developed programs, advanced Fraternity leadership experiences and electronic learning. Members, both undergraduate and alumni, will be encouraged to participate in The Road. Learning opportunities will be provided individually, through an undergraduate chapter or through organized leadership experiences. The backbone of the educational program will be continuous assessment of member growth and intentional curriculum design.  
  4. What are the main areas of the Road? 
    The five elements of The Road are health and wellness, life skills, leadership, financial stability, and career development. The curriculum all focuses on one of these areas.
  5. How can I encourage my chapter of Delta Tau Delta to get more involved with The Road?
    Delta Tau Delta is committed to helping you coach our members in implementing the program. We have provided an online tutorial and The Road Resource Guide for all members, alumni and campus partners. These will help educate the student or coach on the program. We also invite you to arrange a conference call or meeting with a chapter consultant or Ellen Shertzer, director of leadership development, to discuss implementing the program. 
  6. A chapter officer came to me about helping with the Road. What can I do?
    Chapters are encouraged to develop their own programs or to participate in campus events. Here are two ways that you can help the Delta Tau Delta chapter member.
    • Provide the student a list of possible speakers on various topics.  We know that one of the challenges our student encounter is finding a person with a specific expertise to conduct a program.
    • College campuses have a wide of variety of programming occurring ever day. It would be helpful to have list or know how the student could locate a calendar of campus events. This way a chapter doesn’t always need to organize a program, but rather attend one instead. 
  7. What are some examples of Road programs?
    Chapters are encouraged to organize programs on their own or coordinate with other organizations. Some program examples would be an etiquette dinner, getting out of debt, learning how to play golf, how to buy a car or house, or how to avoid identity theft. The programs need to fall within the five elements of The Road.
  8. What assessment has been conducted on The Road?
    The Road began in 2008 with the Road Connections. We have been conducting pre and post test surveys since 2009. The data collected from those surveys indicated that student learning does occur. We have also taken the data to make modifications and create new modules.

 

 

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