2012 Leadership Development Training for Presidents and Chapter Officers

1. 2012 Leadership Development Training for Presidents and Chapter Officers

2. CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve been elected a Chapter Officer

3. You’ve Accepted the Job Time for you to… Plan, Prepare, and Lead

4. Leadership

5. Leadership Does carrying the torch of leadership make you feel uneasy?

6. Traits of Leaders Honest Competent Forward-looking Inspiring Fair-minded Intelligent Courageous Broad-minded Straightforward Imaginative

7. Authoritarian (Autocratic) • Participative Leadership (Democratic) • Delegative (Laissez-Faire) What type of leader are you?Psychologist Kurt Lewin identified in 1939 three major leadership types

9. What Should I Know as a Chapter Officer?

10. 1. Structure of the international organization (or where to find this information) 2. Mission, Vision, and Purposes of the Society 3. Framework of DKG 4. State Executive Board and State Committees

11. 1. Structure of the Society

12. Mission The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. Vision Leading women educators impacting education worldwide. 2. Mission, Vision, Purposes of the Society

13. Purposes 1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship2. To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education 3. To advance the professional interest and position of women in education4. To initiate, endorse and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators6. To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action 7. To inform the members of current economic, social, political and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world Society

14. 3. Framework of DKG

17. 4. State Executive Board & Committees COMMITTEES APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Diane Dray   BY LAWS/STANDING RULES: Ann Elmer CHAPTER/COUNCIL VISITATIONS: Kathy Muench EXPANSION/MEMBERSHIP: Nancy Everett NECROLOGY CO-CHAIRS: Lynne Elsesser Nancy Higgins FINANCE: Shaila Jehle HISTORY: Pat Charlton LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Jackie Smart NOMINATIONS: Joanne Gardner PERSONNEL: Kaye Calley-Martin OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Olive Horning   FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: Elizabeth VanWestenburg   SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: Dr. Dorothy Sample RECORDING SECRETARY: Bernice Haglund CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: Kathy Taylor PARLIAMENTARIAN: Dr. Helen Popovich TREASURER: Loretta Miles EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Sarah “Sally” Garrison WOLVERINE EDITOR: J. Jay Pechta IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Jackie Smart

18. STRATEGIC PLANNING: Dr. Paula A. Dent PROGRAM: Liz VanWestenburg LEGISLATION/U.S. FORUM: Judy Foster MUSIC C0-CHAIRS: Nancy Tetzlaff Marcia Thatcher PERSONAL GROWTH & SERVICES: Marilyn Hopkins PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS: Kay Tebo RESEARCH: Nina Keener WOMEN IN THE ARTS CO-CHAIRS: Theresa Sedmak Dr. Ranae Beyerlein EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: Dr. Dorothy Sample COMMUNICATIONS: Laura Perkins COORDINATING COUNCILS C0-CHAIRS: Julie Usher Dr. Gedy Love DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Dr. Dorothy Sample FUNDING OUR PURPOSES: Judi Fisher HISTORICAL DOCUMENT STORAGE: Kay Ostrom SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS: Gloria Fisher TECHNOLOGY/WEBMASTER: Tamara Webster WILMA ADAMS FUND: Norrie Slater WORLD FELLOWSHIP: Gloria Richards   CHAPTER PRESIDENTS AT LARGE: Joanne Saucier   Linda Ichesco Sharon LaHaie

19. Meetings

20. Minimum Necessary Officers Every deliberative assembly must have: • a presiding officer & • a secretary

21. Knowledge is strength Presiding Tips Maintain control over the progress of the meeting Keep members informed

22. NEVER: Be unjust, even to troublesome members Be more technical than necessary Say “I” Take advantage of a member’s lack of knowledge Presider Tips Continued: ALWAYS: Maintain order Provide strong leadership Remain impartial Be tactful Be fair Exercise good judgment

23. What are Minutes? • Official record of the proceedings of a deliberative assembly • Legal public record of a meeting • Should reflect what was done in the meeting, not what was said by the members • Should never reflect the recorder’s opinion, favorable or otherwise, on anything said or done

24. Purpose of Minutes • Refresh the memory of the members who were present at the meeting • Inform those who were absent from the meeting • Make possible a compiled history of the organization’s acts and accomplishments

25. Last Paragraph of Minutes The hour of adjournment Signed by the person writing the minutes Respectfully submittedno longer used After final approval, the word “Approved” with the secretary’s initials and date should be written below

26. Alpha Iota State Websitewww.deltakappagamma.org/MI

27. Alpha Iota State Websitewww.deltakappagamma.org/MI Our state website is full of information and is updated regularly by Webmaster Tamara Webster.

28. Alpha Iota State Website has: • Online Event Registration • Fall Conference • International Convention & NE Conference • State Convention • Forms & Applications • Alpha Iota History • PAC & Chapter Presidents’ Rosters • Buzz Tips and more

29. President’s Mailings

30. The Wolverine The Wolverines are archived on the state website. Send your articles and photos from your chapter meetings and special events to TheWolverine editor, J-Jay Pechta at: jpechta@dkg.comcast.net

31. State Committees

32. Educational Excellence Committee “Program”

33. Promote the Schools for Africa Project

34. Support Early-career Educators

35. Programs and Activities that Focus on Educational Excellence

36. Programs and activities that promote the DKG/UN relationship

37. Programs and activities that increase members’ personal and professional skills and pride

38. Programs and activities that increasemembers’ global awareness

39. Programs and activities that impact educational law and policy

40. Membership

41. Membership Always consider the possibility of recruiting new members. Remember an educator is an: • Instructor • Teacher • Trainer • Creator of materials for any number, any age, any audience, and in any location

42. Where to look for new members ? • School or work place for regular and part-time teaching staff, specialists, substitutes, support personnel, and administrators • District, county, state, national, international schools; countrywide service centers; universities; professional career training institutes • Grade level, department, curriculum or professional development meetings, conferences, workshops, and conventions • Community colleges, adult and community education courses

43. Board of Education, local community, and public board meetings • Organized community park, recreation, sport, and leisure time programs • Pre-school, private, parochial, charter, and alternative schools • Nurse educators • Public libraries, museums, zoos, and service organizations

44. Private businesses and corporations for individuals responsible for providing training and in-service training or creating instructional or training materials • Health, wellness, personal growth, travel, enrichment, hobby, parenting, human growth and development speakers and events • Local tutors and private teachers (instruments, drama, painting, …) • Where else? …

45. Membership Documents • Certain membership documents are more important than others. Let your executive board/committee help you decide which of the following, if any, to keep: 1. The name, date, and rationale given by persons declining membership, particularly those who indicated they may want to join later 2. A log of chapter honorary members and initiation dates, identifying those who are also state honorary members 3. A temporary record of invitations issued and responses to invitations • 4. Copies of chapter minutes containing membership actions

46. 5. An up-to-date biographical data sheet with a resume for each chapter member; use current member profiles to compile a chapter profile and inform members of “voids” in chapter membership 6. The chapter membership roster should always match current reports of International and State organizations regarding the number and classification of members 7. Copies of Form 6 document the number of deceased members within a specified time

47. DKG website posts monthly membership resources • Membership Memos • Food For Thought: Building Pride in the Society And Building SustainabilityContemporary Initiation CeremonyAssisting Chapter Members with Dues • How to Support and Attract Early Career Educators *New Membership Possibilities2011 Regional Conferences and YouReinstatementSustaining Pride in the Big Picture - OrientationPride in the Big Picture - OrientationMembership Blog

48. The Membership Committee has prepared new materials: Pride in the Big Picture Orientation PowerPoint Re-orientation PowerPoint Guide for both Contemporary Initiation CeremonyThe materials are on the DKG websiteAn updated Ceremonies booklet will be available soon

49. Money Matters

50. Message for Chapter Treasurers Dues Breakdown Active dues are $63 + $1.00 scholarship fee International $40 + $.20 scholarship Alpha Iota State $23 + $.80 scholarship Chapter Determined by chapter Reserve dues are $31.00 + $1.00 scholarship State keeps $11.00 $20.00 goes to International