Alpha Zeta State - New Jersey
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Mission: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Alpha Zeta State Program of Work...
Here is your opportunity to make recommendations for 2012 Convention speakers. Download (Word doc) the attached form, complete it and get it back to Barbara Smith, our new First Vice President and Program of Work Chairperson.
Click here if you need the form in pdf format.
Programs from Convention 2011...
The workshops at the Alpha Zeta State 2011 Convention were so good and so well received that there have been many requests to make the presentations available on the website. The presenters have graciously agreed. The power point presentations have been converted to Google Docs so that they can be easily displayed and viewed on the website. You will also find a link to the original to download.
Help for Program Chairs...
Successful Chapter Practices
Dr. Helen Popovich and Dr. Jensi Souders, September 2008
Results from the above study indicate that a successful chapter model:
- Holds 4-6 well planned, relatively informal but still structured, quick-moving business meetings per year
- Meets at varied times, days, and places convenient for working members
- Meets for approximately 1 ½ hours in length, excluding meals
- Has more refreshment-only meetings than meetings with meals
- Plans fellowship time as part of each meeting
- Focuses on meeting members' social needs (fellowship/camaraderie)
- Has open meetings and activities that welcome non-members
- Has a wide variety of high-quality, interesting programs and speakers, including programs that highlight community initiatives and those that use members' talents/expertise
- Supports a variety of one-time and ongoing projects that actively engage members
- Supports projects in the areas of mentoring/collaborative connections; fund-raising and volunteer efforts, scholarships and grants-in aid; community initiatives, especially for women and children; literacy; and the legislative process
- Communicates with members in multiple ways
- Has specific strategies in place for attracting new members, retaining members, engaging retired and employed members, and developing/nurturing new chapter leaders
- Implements formal and traditional initiation and installation ceremonies
- Emphasizes the Society's mission, purposes, and history
- Offers benefits and services that members cannot get elsewhere, including chapter scholarships, grants, interaction among a diverse group of educators, friendship/camaraderie, and service to community
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