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Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide
Eileen Miller Receives Hostelship Award
Eileen received a Chi State Hostelship Award after attending the Road Scholar program “Monterey Jazz Festival” last September. She will be recognized at the Chi State Conference in Santa Clara. She will also be mentioned in the summer edition of the Chi State News. Any member who attends a Road Scholar program can apply for this award, using a form available on the Chi State website. When you see Eileen, ask her about this great program. Congratulations, Eileen!
Fall Jared Box Workshop
Gamma Iota News November 2012
Published by Gamma Iota Chapter, Area XI, Chi State,
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Editor: Sara Fields [email protected]
Lynn Malik, Bev Eshed and Bev Goldman apply their artistic talents to decorating box lids.
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Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide
Chado Tea Room Tea seems to be a recurring theme for Gamma Iota this year. Eleven sisters and guests enjoyed a tea tasting at the Chado Tea Room in Pasadena on Saturday, January 25. They learned about different varieties of tea and also enjoyed tea sandwiches and pastries. Thanks to Rhonda Byer for suggesting this and making the arrangements. Biltmore Hotel Tour and Tea Sunday, November 17 was the date for another great tour with the Los Angeles Conservancy. We met our docent in Pershing Square and learned about the history of the hotel and the outdoor architecture. Then we went indoors where we visit various rooms and learned about the craftsmanship and artistry displayed throughout the hotel. Following the tour, most of us stayed for tea in the entry courtyard. Brenda Morton, Area XI Director, joined us for the tour and tea. Thanks to Stephanie Wexler for making the arrangements.
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Mission Statement: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide
Strategic Planning Reveals Chapter Strengths At the September meeting, we asked members to each do a quickwrite on the strengths of the chapter. These were done individually, without discussion. Rhonda Byer offered to analyze the responses. She reported on the results at the December meeting, and her summary is written below:
The top five strengths of the chapter that the members identified in order were: 1. Programs, events, and activities. The members thought they are well-planned, have variety, include new things, and are meaningful. 2. Friendliness 3. Participation at events and meetings and above the chapter level. 4. Leadership. The members appreciate the leadership development as well as good leadership. 5. Volunteerism. The responses specifically identified helping working teachers. In the surveys the chapter was recognized for good leadership, good attendance, good number of members, and for being well-organized. Adjectives used to describe our chapter's members were friendly, cohesive, united, dedicated, caring, supportive, helpful, diverse backgrounds, outgoing, camaraderie, committed, enthusiastic, and talented. The verbs used to delineate what members do were volunteer, help teachers in classes, participate, and network. Community service was mentioned with specific references to Little Books, Jared Boxes, and scholarships. We need to use these ideas as talking points for recruitment. At our March meeting, we’ll gather ideas about Chapter challenges using the same methodology. Thank you, Rhonda, for a thorough, insightful and provocative analysis.
GAMMA IOTA NEWS
February 2014
Coming up: Saturday, February 8 Area XI Conference, Courtyard by Marriott, Culver City Tuesday, March 11, 6 p.m. Pasta dinner and business meeting, home of Bev Eshed Saturday, April 5, time TBA Tour of Adamson House May 2-‐4 Chi State Convention, Santa Clara Tuesday, June 10, 6 p.m Chapter dinner and installation of new officers
President’s Message
Time to Plan for Chi State Convention 2014 Dear sisters, In order to prepare a required report, I recently used SurveyMonkey to find that 60 to 70% of you read the two publications from DKG International. I wish I had thought to ask how many read the Chi State News, which comes four times a year from our state organization. In any case, be sure to read and save the current Winter 2014 issue, because it has all the information about the Chi State Convention in Santa Clara this spring. As I’ve written before, our Convention differs from other educational conferences because it’s friendly, intimate and offers speakers and breakout sessions of great interest to retirees as well as working educators. This year’s program looks outstanding. Also, Convention is a real bargain. Early bird registration and three banquet meals are offered for a total of only $219! Convention is being held at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, and using our DKG rate rooms are available for $99 a night (plus tax), an outstanding value for a Four Diamond Hyatt Regency. Santa Clara is easily reached via Southwest Airlines to San Jose, (current round trip fares starting at $138) or by driving up the 101. http://chistateca.org/chistateconvention2014.html I’m disappointed that due to my upcoming trip to Israel, I will miss Convention this year. However, this is good news for someone who would like to be our chapter’s official delegate, since we have reserved $600 in our budget for Convention expenses. Of this, around $500 should be available for travel and registration reimbursement. Please ask me if you have any questions about Convention. I hope to have a good representation from our chapter. I’ll see most of you at the Area XI Conference next Saturday.
Sara Fields