Pi Beta Phi

Chapter Evaluation
Anna DeSalvo
Vice President of Member Development
Florida Epsilon Chapter
2016

Welcome!
This presentation will serve as a guide on the
importance of a Chapter Evaluation. The
Evaluation that is being presented is the
Chapter Evaluation for the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
The analysis of this Chapter Evaluation can
help you write Evaluation forms in the future
for your business or company. I hope that
through this analysis you can better
understand the importance of the genre of
evaluation forms and what goes into it!

Chapter Evaluation
Form
The foundation of the Chapter Evaluation lies in the
standards determining the success of every chapter and
the quality of the membership experience.

Overview of the Chapter

Evaluation

The Chapter Evaluation includes

accomplishments in membership,
academics, philanthropy, finances, housing,
and Panhellenic and campus involvement

The Evaluation assess how well chapters

offer opportunities to develop members
through the Leading With Values
programming

The Chapter Evaluation lists what is

designated to be a designated Pi Chapter
overall, Beta grading approach, and Phi
Level approach

Pi, Beta, and Phi Grading

Pi Category Grading: the lowest level of the Standards of

Excellence rankings (example: 3rd place)

To achieve PI in the categories of Chapter Management, Finance

and Housing, Prevention and Policy, Membership and Community
Relations, no more than one PI standard may be missed per
category. (Pi Beta Phi Chapter Evaluation)

Beta Grading Approach: Must be a PI Chapter Overall, achieves

at least 16 category points. (Pi Beta Phi Chapter Evaluation)

Phi Grading Approach: Chapters are considered Chapters of

Excellence and are eligible for consideration for the Fraternitys
top three chapter awards. Phi chapters must have completed
ALL standards in Pi, Beta and Phi. (Pi Beta Phi Chapter
Evaluation)

Chapter Evaluation Format

Chapter Evaluation is divided into 4 large

sections for the 8 different Executive Board
positions

Each section is divided into Pi, Beta, and

Phi and state what the requirements are to
achieve each level for that section

Next to the requirement, it will list the

position that is responsible for completing
that action

Audience and Authors

Headquarters
HQ and Grand Council writes the
Chapter Evaluation for chapter
members to fill out
After chapters fill out the Chapter
Evaluation, they send it back to
HQ for Grand Council to rank the
chapter
Serves as the author/rhetor for
the Chapter Evaluation for
members to fill out
Serves as audience for reading
the responses to the Chapter
Evaluation and ranking the
chapters

Executive Board
Members
Chapter members fill out
responses to the Chapter
Evaluation that is written by
HQ
Serves as the audience for the
Chapter Evaluation by reading
the Evaluation written by HQ
Serves as author/rhetor by
creating responses for the
Chapter Evaluation and
sending it back to HQ

Time and Effort

How much time should be spent on writing a Chapter

Evaluation?

A few hours should be spent writing out the Chapter

Evaluation and writing what was done throughout the
semester

Chapter Evaluation is a accumulation of a whole

semesters worth of information

The more information that is listed and the more

professional that it is written, the more credible HQ looks
for writing it because they know what they want and the
more credible the chapter looks as well for having a
successful semester

Special Pi Phi
Term

Special Pi
Phi Term

Special Pi Phi
Term

Examples of Pi Phi
Vocabulary
Throughout the Chapter Evaluation there are may special terms that are used. On this picture
there are a few examples. College Weekend is a weekend in January that officers attend in order to
learn new information to better their chapter. AAC is the chapters Alumni Advisory Committee that
helps mentor the executive board, and LDC means Leadership Development Consultant, which are
graduate students that help travel around to Pi Phi chapters to make sure the chapter is doing well

Specialized Vocabulary

Terms You Need to Know:

LNC: Leadership and Nominating Committee: select

executive board members and other chair positions

Greekbill: the website that is used for chapter

members to pay dues

Standards Board: Disciplinary board and makes

sure chapter members keep up with their and the
chapters standards and policies

Panhellenic: Organization that is in charge of all

sororities

Interview

Interviewed Florida Epsilons Vice President of

Communication, Ashley Zielke

Question 1: In your opinion, what is the importance of

the Chapter Evaluation?

The importance is to keep track of what we are doing

within our chapter and making sure we are fulfilling the
duties.

Question 2: How do you use the Chapter Evaluation for

your position?

I use Chapter Evaluation by making sure I complete the

tasks that I need to in order to achieve a chapter
standing.

Interview Cont.

Question 3: How do you think the Chapter

Evaluation, or a like document, can be used in a
professional work setting?

It can be used in the professional work setting as a

way of doing a check list.

Question 4: What are some things in the Chapter

Evaluation that make it unique to Pi Phi? Such as
terms, language, and structure.

What makes it unique to Pi Phi are how it is

organized by VPs. Also how they use certain terms like
sister, sisterhood, Panhellenic, etc.

Good Luck!
Good luck with writing a successful and effective Chapter Evaluation!
Let me know if you have any questions and concerns

Works Cited

Zielke, Ashley. Personal Interview. 4

February 2016.