Page 37 - 2022_Magazine_89-2
P. 37
DKG Practice/Program
What Teachers Need to Know (Seidlitz et al., most valuable aspect of the training.
2016). The presenters were two local educators. There were comments of appreciation:
• Thank you so much for supporting the U-Teach
Chapter Involvement program. Before this training, I felt very
Apart from preparing the grant applications underqualified in terms of practical teaching
and collaborating with U-Teach personnel, chapter skills. After this training, I feel more confident
members contributed funds for gift cards that were to teach and will be implementing a lot of what
very popular and greatly appreciated. Members I learned immediately with my private Korean
also wrote notes of encouragement and personal tutoring students learning English! Thank you
experience that were emailed to participants. again.”
Members who were part of the planning attended • Thank you so much for all of your support!
all the sessions. Because it was important to keep Knowing there are people out there willing to
members informed and part of the team, plans help us and root for us makes us feel valued,
and content were presented at chapter meetings. appreciated, and supported. Thank you!”
Following the workshop, U-Teach faculty and the
trainers attended the chapter meeting to provide Conclusions
follow up and evaluation. The evaluation was Several things contributed to the success of
provided by U-Teach, with 16 of 23 students this project. Alpha Chapter member Laura Ewing
(75%) participating. wrote the two grant applications. The chapter
members had a very good working relationship
with the U-Teach staff and faculty. Frequent
communication with chapter members by email
and monthly updates at chapter meetings kept
them involved in the project.
Chapter members thought the project was
a good opportunity to introduce DKG to future
educators. We would like to continue working
with U-Teach, but ASTEF will only fund a project
twice. We are thus looking for other funding.
I attended all the sessions and really enjoyed
seeing the students. They seemed very engaged
and interested. In the breakout rooms, I liked
talking with the students and observing their
reactions to and thoughts about the workshop.
This project demonstrates that chapters that
collaborate with local universities can make a
contribution to education and bring recognition
to DKG. Our chapter was especially excited to
Participants’ Response collaborate with U-Teach at The University of
Participants in the training were from a variety Texas in Austin, because that is where Delta Kappa
of backgrounds. For some, English was not their Gamma was established in 1929.
first language. Their comments in the evaluation
were positive. They mentioned the good use of Mary Kevorkian is immediate past president of Alpha
breakout rooms and activities. One noted that the Chapter in Texas State Organization. She holds a bachelor’s
workshop was practical rather than theoretical. degree from University of Michigan and a master’s degree
Another student noted that demonstration of in music education from University of Southern California.
mkevorkian99@gmail.com
strategies to benefit all kinds of students was the
Collegial Exchange · 35
