DKG: Purposes, Vision, and Mission Statement
Omicron Chapter ~ DKG NJ State Organization ~ The Delta Kappa Gamma International Society
Mission: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of
women educators and excellence in education.
Vision Statement: Leading women educators impacting education worldwide.
Purposes: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International has seven basic purposes that govern its
program of work and study. The activities of each level of the Society implement the purposes of
the Society. The seven purposes include the following:
1. To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship.
2. 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 education.
4. To initiate, endorse and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests
of education and of women educators.
5. To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to
grant fellowships to non-member women educators.
6. 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.