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Make the Change to Bridge the Generations

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We welcome you to the Alpha Iota State-Michigan DKG 2018 Fall Conference and Executive Board Meeting here at the H Hotel in beautiful Midland, Michi-gan. We have the opportunity to make decisions which can strengthen our Society and impact education worldwide. I hope you have the opportunity tonight to enjoy the early session, Important Women in Michigan History, with Judy Evers, and then the fellowship and camaraderie after the Board meeting. Our meeting will begin at 8:00 p.m.

Dr. Ranae Beyerlein and our Program of Work Committee have sought to provide interesting and informative breakout sessions which will begin after a brief general meeting on Saturday morning. The At a Glance sheet can be your guide to the sessions. You will also have an opportunity to shop at the chapter sales and Funding Our Purposes Auction located in the Foyer. The money raised at the auction benefits Funding Our Pur-poses (World Fellowship, various scholarships and our Member-to-Member Fund).

Health conscious members may choose to wake early and start with Aqua Fitness Fun at 6:45 AM in the H Hotel Pool! “Into No Man’s Land: Embracing Diversity In Our Schools” is the topic of our keynote speaker, Irene Miller, Holocaust survivor and author. We also welcome Bethany Platter, Lyon Consulting Group, Elizabeth Wise, Crim Fitness Foundation, Dr. Norm Lownds & Dr. Patricia Edwards from MSU, and Dr. Laura McLeman & Dr. Suzanne Knight from UM-Flint. They all have wonderful sessions for you to participate in collaborative learning and new ways to engage parents.

It is great to have you here to make the change by sharing, learning, and enjoy-ing the fellowship of sisters of all Generations and to participate in our planned activities to help challenge us all to make a greater difference in impacting education worldwide. Special appreciation is due to our registrar, Judi Fisher, and to our treasurer, Cindy Dietz, both of Gamma Alpha. Do YOUR part: Make the Change to Bridge Generations!

Nancy W. Everett

Alpha Iota State – Michigan DKG

President (2017-2019)

Welcome to the DKG 2018 Fall Conference and

Executive Board Meeting

Make the Change to Bridge Generations

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Purposes

To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinc-tive service in any field of education To advance the professional interest and position of women in education To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable en-deavors in the interests of education and of women educators To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to en-courage their participation in appropriate programs of action To inform the members of current economic, social, political, and educa-tional issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society The Society, established in 1929, has attained many major objectives in im-proving opportunities for qualified women employed at every level of edu-cation, as well as in advancing the status of women educators. To this end, the Purposes, set forth by the founders, continue to embody the spirit of the Society. The Purposes have grown and changed over time but continue to be as valid in today’s contemporary world as when first adopted.

www.dkg.org

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Alpha Iota State Executive Board 2017-2019

President Nancy Everett Alpha Xi

First Vice President Dr. Ranae Beyerlein Alpha Mu

Second Vice President Anne Wade Alpha Lambda

Recording Secretary Sharon Smith Epsilon

Corresponding Secretary Kay Tebo Gamma Eta

Parliamentarian Gloria Richards Nu

Treasurer Liz Van Westenburg Gamma Gamma

Executive Secretary Jackie Smart Gamma Alpha

Wolverine Editor J-Jay Pechta Gamma

Immediate Past President Dr. Dorothy E. Sample Mu

Society Business Chairwomen

Approval of Minutes Mary Oram Gamma

By-Laws/Standing Rules Dr. Barbara Souvè Omega

Dr. Charlotte Wenham Rho

Chapter/Council Visitations Julie Kowalski Alpha Xi

Julie Usher Alpha Xi

Expansion/Membership Liz Van Westenburg Gamma Gamma

Finance Joan Dillman Beta Alpha

History Marilyn Wallenmaier Kappa

Leadership Development Dr. Dorothy E. Sample Mu

Necrology Pamela Olech Alpha Theta

Celebration of Life Gwen Graham Mu

Pat Whittler Delta

Nominations Bernice Hagland Beta Beta

Personnel Gloria Fisher Nu

Strategic Planning Jackie Smart Gamma Alpha

Liz Van Westenburg Gamma Gamma

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Educational Excellence/Program of Work Chairwomen

Legislation/U.S. Forum Judy Foster Upsilon

Lynn Mason Sigma

Music Dr. Pamela K. Chappell Gamma Theta Sharon Throm Beta Rho

Personal Growth/Services Shaila Jehle Alpha Theta

Professional Affairs Dr. Charmane Echols Episilon

Research Karen Bowen Alpha Theta

Women in the Arts Claire Rettenmund Alpha Omega

Kathy O’Neill Alpha Omega

Educational Services Chairwomen

Communications Sharron LaHaie Alpha Xi

Coordinating Councils Dr. Gedy Love Omicron

Kathy Muench Alpha Omega

Distinguished Service Award Anne Wade Alpha Lambda

Funding Our Purposes Nancy Higgins Zeta

Historical Documents Lynn Elsesser Gamma Alpha

Scholarships/Grants Judi Fisher Gamma Alpha

Technology/Webmaster Tamara Webster Gamma Theta

Wilma Adams Fund Cathy Stone Gamma Eta

World Fellowship Joyce Daglow Gamma

Other Special Committee Chairwomen Chapter President-at-Large Mary Bischoff-Greer Omega

Chapter President-at-Large Janet Drews Rho

Chapter President-at-Large Joanna Coselman Alpha Alpha

Chapter President-at-Large Carol Dean Phi

Conference Registrar Judi Fisher Gamma Alpha

Conference Treasurer Cindy Dietz Gamma Alpha

Photographer Pat Charlton Gamma

Fine Arts Liaison Kathleen Rodak Zeta

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Alpha Iota State Fall Conference: Schedule-at-a-Glance Friday, September 28, 2018

Indigo Foyer Conference Registration 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM Storage Room (Property Room)

Indigo Ballroom

First Timers’ Meeting 7:35 PM - 7:55 PM

Indigo Foyer Gold Room

Dinner Buffet Opportunity 5:30 PM - 7:45 PM Strategic Planning (Invitation Only)

Platinum

Pre-Conference Session 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Important Women in Michigan History Judy Evers, Gamma 1 SCECH

Indigo Ballroom

Executive Board Meeting 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

All members are welcome to attend. Conversation, Camaraderie, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM and Coordinating Council Meetings

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Indigo Foyer Breakfast 6:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Conference Registration 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Hotel Pool Aqua Fitness Fun 6:45 AM -7:45 AM

Alice Chrenko, Gamma Gamma 1 SCECH

Indigo Ballroom

General Membership Announcements 8:00 AM – 8:15 PM

Foyer Funding Our Purposes Raffle and Chapter Sales

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Saturday Workshop Sessions:

8:55 AM - 9:55 AM

Session 1

10:05 AM - 11:05 AM

Session 2

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Session 3

Indigo I

Rethinking Leadership

1 SCECH

Debbie Newman,

Beta Chi

Collaborative Classroom: School

Gardens

1 SCECH Dr. Norm Lownds,

MSU

E-Commerce Do’s and Don’ts

1 SCECH

Bethany Platter, Lyons Consulting

Group

Indigo III

Dressing for Success

1 SCECH

Claire

Rettenmund, Alpha Omega

Mindfulness

1 SCECH

Elizabeth Wise, Crim Fitness Foundation

Place-Based Teacher

Education

1 SCECH

Professors Laura McLeman & Suzanne

Knight, UM-Flint

Gold

Creative Card Take Away

1 SCECH

Grace Morgan, Gamma Alpha

Scamming No More: Internet

Safety for All Ages

1 SCECH

Tamara Webster,

Gamma Theta

Contemporary Alternative Medicine

1 SCECH

Nancy Higgins,

Zeta

Platinum

Fall Gardening

1 SCECH

Shaila Jehle, Alpha Theta

Lead with Your Heart

1 SCECH

Nancy Berkompas,

Alpha Tau & Dr. Dorothy Sample,

Mu

New Ways to En-gage Parents

1 SCECH

Dr. Patricia Edwards,

MSU

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Indigo

Ballroom

Lunchtime Buffet: 12:45 PM-1:45 PM

Indigo

Ballroom

1:50 PM Reflection Dr. Pamela Chappell, Gamma Theta 1:55 PM- 3:00 PM General Membership Meeting

Keynote Address

Into No Man’s Land: Embracing Diversity in Schools 1 SCECH

Irene Miller 3:00 PM Funding Our Purposes Drawing Announcements Evaluations The Delta Kappa Gamma Song 3:15 PM Program of Work Committee Meeting Immediately Following in Copper

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Alpha Iota Fall Conference Sessions Friday, September 28, 2018

Pre-Conference Session 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Important Women in Michigan History 1 SCECH Judy Evers, Gamma Come learn about the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, presented by Judy Evers. The Center also owns a large num-ber of artifacts that are rotated in exhibits. Three inductees will visit the meeting. Magdeline La Framboise (Jennifer Flynn), Sarah Ed-monds (Kathy Drake) and Laura Haviland (Linda Shiffler) will share their courageous lives. The Center provides special events for girls and women. You can visit the site at www.michiganwomen.org Judy Evers, Alpha Iota’s 2017 Woman of Distinction, is an author of a book about Michigan Women in History. Join her to learn about “herstory.”

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Early Session 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM

Aqua Fitness Fun 1 SCECH Alice Chrenko, Gamma Gamma Come together for a fun early morning aqua fit class. Guaran-teed to energize and invigorate you for the rest of the day, you will do a combina-tion of water aerobics and strengthening exercises for 55 minutes. You may work at your own comfort level, engaging in a variety of low impact movements from low to high intensity. Please wear your swimsuit or swim shorts and top. No other equipment is needed as some flotation equipment and other exercise accessories might be available for you. It's time to be a healthier YOU! See you at the pool!

Session One 8:55 AM – 9:55 AM

Rethinking Leadership 1 SCECH Debbie Newman, Beta Chi Join Debbie as she leads us through a paradigm shift in what leadership means in a classroom. Debbie has worked with Stephen Covey’s “Leader In Me,” a successful process that is being used in schools K-12, to develop leadership skills in students. Covey’s work in the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” served as the springboard for empowering students and impacting school-wide culture. Debbie will share the history of the 7 Habits and their implementation with students. She will describe her experience with it, while giving a general overview of the process being used in many schools throughout the world.

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Dressing for Success 1 SCECH Claire Rettenmund, Alpha Omega Join Claire as she demonstrates her flair for fashion in using scarves and other accessories to accent professional attire. You will learn how to develop that sense of style by choosing outfits that are flattering for your body type. She will also give you tips to share with your students about making their transition from school to professional attire. You can take this back to your classroom or to your chapter to teach the rules of figure enhancement.

Creative Card Take Away

Grace Morgan, Gamma Alpha If you’ve never attended a session with Grace Morgan, you are in for a real treat.

For a small fee, you can create and personalize your own stunning

and professional-looking greeting cards. Grace will bring all the

supplies you need to make these beauties. Be sure to sign up at

the registration desk for this session. Seats are limited and

probably will fill up fast!

Fall Gardening 1 SCECH Shaila Jehle, Master Gardener, Alpha Theta When we think of gardening, most of us think Spring! Our own Master Gardener, Shaila Jehle, will give you important things to do in the fall to wind down the summer season and prepare for the next growing season. What you do now will help things in the spring. Which plants should be pruned now and which should wait until after their blooming in the spring? Which plants need to be protected over the winter? As if that isn’t enough, Shaila, a former math teacher, will tell us what you can do now to help keep that garden splendor going through the fall.

Session Two 10:05 AM – 11:05 AM

E-Commerce Do’s and Don’ts 1 SCECH Bethany Platter, Business Analyst Manager, Lyons Consulting Group Whether you’re shopping at Amazon, Etsy, eBay, or still driving to your local

big box stores, Bethany invites you to learn more about different digital payment platforms like PayPal and Apple Pay, along with a few more. She will give you some tips to better navigate websites and advice about shopping and selling safely online. If you are still in the classroom, you

can take these online shopping tips to talk with your students about digital security.

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Mindfulness 1 SCECH Elizabeth Wise, Crim Fitness Foundation What’s this new mindfulness all about, and how can we promote it in our students to impact better learning and self-awareness? How can we harness this idea to simplify and organize our personal lives? Elizabeth will describe her experiences with using this tool in schools with children and its application in adults seeking an inner calm awareness.

Scamming No More: Internet Safety for All Ages 1 SCECH Tamara Webster, Alpha Iota State Webmaster, Gamma Theta

Our own webmaster will guide you to safe browsing and corresponding on the internet. Join Tamara as she weaves a safety net for you and your students with the most current technology tidbits do’s and don’ts. Bring your devices or your pen and paper pads because this is a session that you won’t want to miss.

Lead with Your Heart Nancy Berkompas, Alpha Tau & Dr. Dorothy Sample, Mu How many times have we instinctively known the right thing to do? This is called leading with your heart. There have been many research-based studies on the topic and we will review some ideas that we know are the things that teachers, parents, and students need to hear from us.

Session Three 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Collaborative Classroom: School Gardens 1 SCECH Dr. Norm Lownds, Director of the 4-H Children’s Garden, Michigan State University Associate Professor

Dr. Norm Lownds can turn any plant into a science lesson. His current passion is Collaborative Classrooms, linking schools and school gardens across Michigan to each other and to scientists at MSU. Current educators can learn how to become part of this exciting movement. Those not currently in the classroom will enjoy Dr. Lownds’ presentation as he shares information about

the MSU Children’s Garden and the Cool Kids Plant Program highlighting plants children love.

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Place-Based Teacher Education: Collaboration and Community Engagement 1 SCECH Professors Laura McLeman & Suzanne Knight, University of Michigan-Flint Faculty 2018 Provost Innovation in Teaching Prize Recipients

will describe their award-winning efforts to collaborate in organizing a course for secondary student teachers. They will share the results of their investigation which determined how the local community and larger society shape teachers’ work. They will also describe how teachers impact the local community and larger society. In their course, students form teams to pose and research their own questions, sharing with others their findings and possible implications.

Contemporary Alternative Medicine 1 SCECH Nancy Higgins, RN, Zeta You’ve heard of acupuncture, aroma therapy, healing touch, homeopathy, herbology, and other alternative forms of healing, but do they really work? Our own nurse educator and registered nurse, Nancy Higgins, will let us know what the research shows about these alternative forms of medicinal practice. Bring your questions, and she will have some answers and some discussion about what works. Be ready to take this back to the classroom to share with your students.

New Ways to Engage Parents 1 SCECH Dr. Patricia Edwards, recipient of DKG International Society’s 2017 Educator’s Book Award, Michigan State University Professor

Conference participants to this session will learn new strategies and creative tools for teachers and leaders to engage parents and increase learning by involving parents. Dr. Edwards will speak about the commitment required by educators, which frequently coincides with a particular kind of mindset. Educators acquire this mindset as they deepen their understanding of families, literacy/language, culture/race/class and themselves. Dr. Edwards pulls these understandings

together and presents them in a straightforward, concise and easy-to-use guide that is perfect for professional learning communities. Come join us to participate in this outstanding presentation that received high accolades at last summer’s DKG Northeast Regional Conference in Windsor, Ontario, CA.

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General Membership Meeting Keynote Address 1:30 PM- 3:30 PM

Into No Man’s Land: Embracing Diversity in Schools 1 SCECH Irene Miller, Holocaust Survivor and Author Irene served as the curator of the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, but she wrote her book to document “a different type of survival … one of a world lost and a child forced to endure the pain of separation and the deaths of loved ones.” Surviving moved Irene to promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity. As a former public school teacher in Israel, Irene is a retired healthcare executive, who works with drug addicted and dual diagnosed women and their children. Her work will inspire educators to create an environment that encourages healthy interactions in a multi-cultural classroom setting.

Irene’s Objectives

Give a face to the dark chapter of human history,

Promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity,

Inspire positive action, including anti-bullying.

Empower people to overcome obstacles in life, by example.

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Notes

Be sure to visit the Funding Our Purposes Auction, supporting World Fellowship, Scholarships, Member-to-Member, and Chap-ter sales in the Foyer on Saturday from 8:30 AM-12:30 PM.

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Professional Affairs Committee

Looking for Presiders for DKG Spring Convention I am looking forward to seeing many DKG members at the Spring Convention at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in May. The state program committee has planned an interesting group of sessions that should appeal to everyone. Profes-sional Affairs Committee has the responsibility to find presiders/scribes for each session. If you would like to assist with any session, please let me know.

Dr. Charmane Echols, Professional Affairs Committee, Chair chrmane.echols@gmail.com

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The Delta Kappa Gamma Song Women teachers, to the calling, Firmly rally, never falling, Duty ne’er upon us palling, Staunch, courageous, we! Loyalty and trust e’er heeding! Mindful of our sisters needing Aid and guidance from those leading Helpful may we be! To Delta Kappa Gamma Faith we pledge forever! Hand in hand, our loyal band, Forward moving ever! Onward! ‘tis our sisters need us, Courage, Faith and Honor lead us! Wrongs in truth and justice heed us! Firmly shall we stand! Guardians of the faith yet sleeping, For our sisters watch e’er keeping, Deeds of others now we’re reaping, We for others stand! To us pioneers have given; We return their gifts to Heaven; Work for others is the leaven That inspires our band! Oh, Delta Kappa Gamma; In thy fold we gather; Unity and Liberty, Shall be our watch words ever! Education e’er we’ll further; Each is bound to each as brother; With the faith in one another We shall win for aye!