PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello Alpha Pi members! Thank you to all who attended our February meeting. I look forward to seeing those members, as well as any who were absent, at our March 7 meeting. This is an important time for teachers in our state and nation and I will be reporting on the Legislative Seminar Martha and I attended on March 1-2 as we interacted with our local representatives in the Tennessee state legislature. Alpha Pi chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma gives you a strong voice in times of educational crises so please take advantage of your membership in this prestigious organization.

Our next meeting at 4:30 pm on March 7 at BelAire Elementary School will feature a program presented by Rena Flowers, a nationally certified teacher at BelAire. See you at 4:30 pm on March 7 at BelAire Elementary School in Tullahoma. Carmen

 

ALPHA PI OFFICERS 2010-2012

President Carmen Morrell
First Vice President Rosie Graham
Second Vice President Linda Rollins
Secretary Jane Bonham
Treasurer Joyce Hiebert
Parliamentarian Martha Scarbrough
Webmaster Vicki Young

 

ALPHA PI MEETINGS 2010-2011

August 9, 2010.……… 4:30 pm……….. Manchester
Central High School, CASA Works
September 13, 2010.... 4:30 pm ……….. Tullahoma
Tullahoma High School, New THS Auditorium Tour
November 8, 2010.…. 4:30 pm ……….. Manchester
Patch Manor, Recommitment
February 7, 2011 …… 4:30 pm ……….. Manchester
Hickerson Station Elementary School, Legislative Update
March 7, 2011 …….. 4:30 pm ………. Tullahoma
BelAire Elementary School, National Certification
April 16, 2011 ……… 10:30 am ……… Tullahoma
Lakewood Country Club, Founders' Day

 

ALPHA PI WEBSITE:

Remember the Alpha Pi website at:

http://www.deltakappagamma.org/TN-alphapi/

Please contact Vicki Young throughout the year if you have any information that should be included in an upcoming newsletter.

 

Biennium 2010-2012 Issue 2
February 2011

 

AGENDA February Meeting

4:30 Sign in and greet
5:00 Program: National Certification
5:30 Chapter Business
1. Approval of minutes for 02-07-11
2. Treasurer’s Report
3. Correspondence
4. Committee reports
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Announcements
6:00 Adjournment

COMMITTEE CORNER

Committee chairs have received folders that will be passed on to future chairs to provide consistency in communication as our chapter moves from one biennium to the next. One important component of each folder is a list of duties to be performed by that committee. Each folder also contains an original Recommendation for Membership form that can be copied as needed when potential new members are invited to join. Another page that will remain in the folder has the words to the Delta Kappa Gamma song, collect, and pledge.

The new yearbooks are ready and they look great!

LEARN MORE ---

About our guest speaker's certification at the following websites:
http://www.teateachers.org/cms/National+Board+for+Professional+Teaching+Standards/49.html
http://www.nbpts.org/

The bills targeting teachers and the Tennessee Education Association at the following:
Link to view the actual bills - http://capwiz.com/nea/tn/issues/
Link to information about the March 5, 2011 rally in Nashville - http://www.teateachers.org/News.asp?s=1&nid=343
Links to other interesting articles -
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/feb/06/0206-a-race-to-the-bottom/
http://www.truthfactor.org/articles_details.php?How-Unions-Save-the-Middle-Class-1057

XI STATE NOTES

The February edition of Details from Dee Dee is available at http://www.xistate.org/index.html.

Xi State 2011, which is scheduled for June 9-11, in Sewanee, is fast approaching!
 The registration form is now available!
Download the list of proposed workshops for the convention.

The Advanced Leadership Management Seminar is scheduled for February 25-27, 2011, at the Hachland Hill Vineyard and Corporate Retreat in Joelton, Tennessee. Interested in attending? Submit your application to Elaine Alexander so it is postmarked by January 31. Members selected as participants or alternates will be notified by February 6. Download the registration form.

Download the Recommendation for Membership form so you'll be ready to invite the excellent women teachers you know to join Delta Kappa Gamma!

If any of the above addresses don't work, try using google to find the new address. I hope to have the correct information in the next newsletter. The site is undergoing reconstruction and changing the name to www.dkg.org.

You'll see a new link on our chapter's homepage for contact information for state and federal leaders. I encourage you to contact the Tennessee ones immediately.

Carmen's telephone number is now 931-581-2018 and Louise James' email address has changed to jljames132@blomand.net. Please update your handbooks.