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International Matter

Convention
D Is your chapter looking for new
• Dr. Gwen Simmons, North
members? Of course they are! There
Carolina, received the 2018
Achievement Award
are approximately 3.6 million female
teachers around the globe and only
• Cathy Daugherty, Virginia,
was installed as the 2018-2020
means that DKG members make
International President 68,365 are DKG members. That • District, county, state, national,
• More than 600 people toured the up 1.8% of the female educators and international schools
Society Headquarters with Texas there are 98.2% still waiting to learn • Universities
volunteers serving as docents about our story! • Community colleges
• More than 122 proposed While the possibilities of who • Adult and community education
amendments to the DKG and where to find these new members courses
Constitution and Standing Rules are limitless, here are some ideas for • Conferences and workshops
were considered* who you could look for: • Public libraries
» The Society name remains • Classroom Teacher • Museums and zoos
unchanged • Administrators Remember an educator is an
» The method of election of • College or trade school instructors instructor, teacher, trainer and
Society leaders remains • Adjunct Professors creator of materials for any age in
unchanged • Instructional Aides any location. (SR3.11 …”employed”
» Proposals to allow flexibility • Paraprofessionals … is defined as currently hired by an
with international conferences • Librarians employer and/or paid a salary or fee for
(changed from regional • Church school education specific educational services.) (SR3.12
conferences) and training of department leaders …definition of professional educator
state organization leaders were Here are a few ideas for where is interpreted to include one-to-one
approved you could look: instruction as well as group instruction.)
» Collegiate membership was • Schools - public and private
approved; initiation was
changed to inducted; when • Leisa Dodson Phillips, Arkansas, to complete consideration of the
membership commences was wrote the lyrics and music for proposed amendments
defined as when dues are paid Unbroken to the End, and directed • The blessings for the luncheon
• Approximately 2000 attended the inaugural performance at the and for the banquet were written/
• DKG Next members presented at Celebration Banquet composed by DKG members
each general meeting an opening • Carol McMillan, Texas, edited • The meals were d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s
inspiration titled Leading Women the digital convention newsletter • The remote voting devices allowed
Educators and a committee member distributed via the DKG app us to know voting results in
presented a closing inspiration • $32,580 was collected for the seconds
titled Impacting Education Emergency Fund *Click on the homepage sliding
Worldwide • The Impacting Education feature at www.dkg.org
• Benjamin Zander taught us how Worldwide Luncheon decorated Other news items:
to REALLY sing Happy Birthday with globe lanterns immediately • 2018-2020 International
AND he released his CD of followed the Global Awareness Committee appointments may
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony the Forum, a collaborative presentation be found at dkg.org/Resources/
day before he spoke (Order it from by the four forums Committees
Amazon Smile) • The fifth general meeting ran over • The 2018-2020 budget has been
• Nadia Lopez taught us the more than two hours in order approved by the Executive Board
importance of passion for education who voted electronically