PURPOSE and MISSION

Mission: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

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 distinctive service in any field of education

To advance the professional interest and position of women in education

To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation in the interest 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 encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action

To inform the members of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society