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THE NATIONAL SORORITY OF YOU ARE ENOUGH. PHI DELTA KAPPA, INC. BY NICOLE HEROUX WILLIAMS I PHOTOS BY NSP STUDIO
Zeta Zeta Chapter Rochester, NY Dr. Eva J. Thomas, Zeta Zeta Chapter President Tell our audience what the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa is? The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated is a professional organization of women in the field of education. As a professional organization of well-trained and effective educators in all components of the learning spectrum, NSPDK is dedicated to training youth and adults to develop and enhance those skills, abilities, attitudes and ethics that will prepare them to function successfully in a democratic society.
The following characteristics represent educators to be recruited for membership: 1. Educators with exceptional teaching skills, organizational skills and leadership experience. 2. Educators who are willing to invest time and talent in the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated as an extracurricular priority.
What is the mission behind the sorority? To Foster a Spirit of Sisterhood Among Teachers and to Promote the Highest Ideals of the Teaching Profession”. What made you decide to join the sorority? Becoming part of a sisterhood! The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated seeks to attract individuals who possess good moral character, exemplify self-respect and exhibit professional integrity. Candidates for membership must be actively engaged in the field of education. Every Zeta Zeta Soror is either a teacher, School Administrator or a District Administrator.
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3. Educators who are committed to and feel comfortable advocating all components of the Youth, Education, Service Program (Y.E.S.). 4. Educators who represent a diversity of backgrounds, interests, experiences, talent and academic pursuits. 5. Educators who foster enthusiasm and dedication to students and the teaching profession. They demonstrate passionately the pursuit of excellence.
They express openly their beliefs that all children can learn, and admit that they are lifelong learners. The educators believe in teamwork, network, and work! 6. Educators who demonstrate a charitable and giving spirit in time and money. How did you get to where you are today? What gives your mission strength? The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Incorporated (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among teachers and promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession. NSPDK was the idea of Gladys Merritt Ross, who, on Good Friday, March 30, 1923, convened a group of young teachers from Jersey City Normal School in Jersey City, New Jersey to discuss the idea of forming a sorority. Eight members of those present concurred, and Newark attorney, J. Mercer Burrell, incorporated the new organization on May 23, 1923 - which is now recognized as the official Founders Day. Because the original members were all minors, their parents or guardians, Dr. G.E. Cannon, Mr. J.L. Merritt, Mrs. Lottie Cooper and Mrs. Estelle Morris became trustees. The eight founders are Gladys Merritt Ross (Mother Founder), Julia Asbury Barnes, Ella Wells Butler, Marguerite
