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Epsilon Kappa Chapter

2008-2009 Programs

September * October * November * December
January
* February * March * April * May
Future Important Dates * Map to Wooldridge

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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