Do You Know Any Educators?

One of my chapter members is a museum educator at the Swedish National Museum, one of the most famous art galleries in Europe. She has given us so much knowledge about international painters and artists, a knowledge fundamental for our wellbeing and also for insights on how easily different influences travel around the globe. Culture is something all citizens need to continuously update, but for a very long time many schools have down-graded arts and culture. Culture is also a holistic attitude. For example, Sara Danius, who was the first woman to lead the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, reflected about her Academy clothes in context to the male and traditional atmosphere in her book, The Silk Cathedral.

As a Society, we need to widen our DKG membership outside the teacher box to reach educators not only in art, but in so many other fields. Just as collegiate members contribute to our knowledge about young teacher’s challenges and incentives, educators from organizations outside the traditional school system contribute with experiences of the complex world. Iceland and The Netherlands State Organizations have worked along this strategy, resulting in revitalized chapters and expansion into new areas. If the chapter members form a golden sphere with axes of different school levels, educational fields, diversity, local to international perspectives, that sphere will continuously roll into fresh areas of inspiration thereby renewing the chapter.

Do you know a working educator outside your own box? Talk to her about DKG and all the possibilities we have. Invite her to be a speaker at your chapter and use webinars to share her experiences with other chapters. Share the possibilities of this new diversity level through the use of a homepage, blogs, Facebook and other social media. Help to increase pride in the field of education. Use the Chapter Locator Tool on www.dkg.org to identify parts of the state organization where there are no members. And at last, international conferences and conventions are the hub to meet educators from many countries. Use this great opportunity to broaden your view and follow the DKG vision: “Leading Women Educators Impacting Education Worldwide”.