2008-2009 Programs
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Passion for Inclusion and
Getting to Know You: Orientation of New Members and Society Updates
Meeting Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008
Meeting Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: the home of Charlene Zimmermann
Program Category: Societal and Fellowship
Program Topic: Leading and Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
Current members and nominees
for membership will be informed of Society purposes
and
legislative updates and trends.
Program Purposes:
To stimulate
the personal and professional growth of current members and initiates and
to encourage participation in programs of action. To inform all members
of current political and educational issues.
Passion for Mentoring:
Initiation Ceremony and Chapter's
50th Birthday
Meeting Date: Monday, October 6, 2008
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Delta Kappa Gamma International Headquarters
Address: 416 West 12th Street, Austin, Texas
Program Category: Societal and Fellowship
Program Topic:
Mentoring
and Leading and Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
New Chapter members will be initiated at International Headquarters.
A remembrance ceremony will be conducted for members who passed away
during the current year.
Epsilon Kappa will celebrate it's 50th
anniversary.
Program Purposes: To unite
women educators in a genuine spiritual fellowship. To honor women who
give and evidence a potential for distinctive service in education.
Passion
for
Advocacy and Lobbying: Good Health for Our Children
and Ourselves
Meeting Date: Monday, November 3, 2008
Meeting Time: refreshments-6:30 p.m. and meeting-7:00 p.m.
Location: Wooldridge Elementary School
Address: 1412 Norseman Terrace, Austin, Texas
Program Category:
Personal
Program Topic:
Advocacy and
Lobbying
Program Music:
Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
Michele Ruznak with AISD’s Department of
Physical Education will share information and provide an interactive
presentation about physical health and fitness for our children and
ourselves. Jan Phillips, AISD counselor, will lead members through a
guidance activity that helps support children’s emotional health. Members
will learn about the options for children’s health insurance and
legislation surrounding those options.
Program Purposes:
To stimulate
the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their
participation in appropriate programs of work; to inform the membership of
current economic, social, political and educational issues so that they
may participate effectively in a world society.
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Passion
for
Storytelling and Getting to Know You: Holiday Memories of Childhood
Meeting Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008
Meeting Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: the home of Charlotte Hanna
Program Category: Personal
and Fellowship
Program Topic:
Storying
Around, Inclusion and Getting to Know You
Program Music: Holiday songs
from around the world
Program Summary:
Members will
take turns sharing childhood memories of the holiday season.
Program Purposes:
To unite
women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship.
Passion for
Professionalism and Inclusion: Educator
Incentives/Silent Auction
Meeting Date: Monday, January 5, 2009
Meeting Time: refreshments-6:30 p.m. and meeting-7:00 p.m.
Location: Wooldridge Elementary School
Address: 1412 Norseman Terrace, Austin, Texas
Program Category: Professional
Program Topic:
Leading and
Professionalism, Inclusion
Program Music:
Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
David Lussier, AISD Special Assistant to the Superintendent, will discuss
the district’s Strategic Compensation Pilot. Members will also
participate in a Silent Auction.
Program Purposes:
To advance the professional interest and position of women in education;
to unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship.
Passion for
Advocacy and
Lobbying: The Well-being of Our Children
Meeting Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Meeting Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Marie Callender's Restaurant (North location)
Program Category: Professional
and Societal
Program Topic:
Leading and Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Presentation Method: Speaker
Program Summary:
Jodie Smith, Policy Director for Texans Care for Children, will speak
about our children’s well-being. Members will also share information
regarding scholarships and lifelong learning opportunities available
within the Society.
Program Purposes:
To inform the membership of current economic, social, political and
educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world
society; to endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in
pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to women educators from
other countries.
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Passion for
Leading and Professionalism: Teaching and Learning in A Global Community
Meeting Date: Monday, March 2, 2009
Meeting Time: refreshments-6:30 p.m. and meeting-7:00 p.m.
Location: Wooldridge Elementary School
Address: 1412 Norseman Terrace, Austin, Texas
Program Category: Professional
Program Topic:
Leading and Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
Members will dialogue about the future of education in our global society
and look closely at the external forces that are shaping the context of
the future of learning. Members will explore uses of technological
advances and look closely at the impact of learning on English Language
Learners. In one example, teachers from Summitt Elementary School will
share tools they use and experiences they have gained in teaching
Vietnamese immigrant children.
Program Purposes:
To inform the membership of current economic, social, political, and
educational issues so they may participate effectively in a world society.
Passion for Leading and Professionalism: Achievement Awards
Meeting Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Meeting Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: the home of Elizabeth Newell
Program Category: Professional and Societal
Program Topic:
Leading and
Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Song
Program Summary:
Members who
have received honors and recognition beyond the chapter will be awarded a
special certificate.
Program Purposes:
To honor women who have given or evidenced potential for distinctive
service in education.
Passion for Leading and Professionalism: Joint Meeting of
Austin's Chapters for the Founders' Day Luncheon
Meeting Date: Saturday, May TBA, 2009
Meeting Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Address:
Program Category: Societal and Fellowship
Program Topic:
Leading and
Professionalism
Program Music: Delta Kappa Gamma Songs
Program Summary:
Members will join all other Austin chapters
to celebrate
our founders.
Program Purposes:
To unite women educators of Austin in a genuine spiritual fellowship. To
advance the professional interest and position of women in education.
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Future Important Dates (conventions, seminars, and
conferences):
October 25, 2008 - 50th Birthday!!
The celebration will be October 6 at Delta Kappa Gamma International Headquarters
2009
80th Alpha State Convention: June 11-13
Corpus Christi, Texas
Southwest Regional Conference: July 6-11
John Ascuaga's Nugget, Reno, Nevada - July 6-11
2010
81st
Alpha State Convention: June 17-19
Waco, Texas
International Convention: July 2010
Washington State
2011
82nd Alpha State Convention: June 2011
McAllen, Texas
Southwest Regional Conference: July 2011
Denver, Colorado
2012
83rd Alpha State Convention: June 2012
TBA
International Convention: July 2012
New York State
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Map to Wooldridge Elementary School
If you are traveling south on Hwy. 183, you will take the Ohlen exit,
turn left onto Ohlen which curves into Peyton Gin just past
the
Target
Store.
If you are traveling north on Hwy. 183, you will take
the Jamestown/Ohlen exit and stay on the access road until Ohlen where
you
will turn right just past the Target Store. Ohlen will become Peyton Gin
at the next light.
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