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Penne Ferrell Award

 Penne Ferrell Awards as a Recruitment Tool

              Penne Ferrell was a longtime member of Epsilon Omicron chapter in Orange County. She had a great passion for education and literacy, mentoring new teachers and Delta Kappa Gamma. In honor of her love for our organization, California State received a bequest from her estate that was used to create the Penne Ferrell fund. Non-member educators in their first three years of assignment are eligible to apply for a Penne Ferrell grant for reading resources. The Penne Ferrell fund ensures that every single year many emerging educators have a resource to help establish their libraries. We know that the size of a teacher’s classroom library has been linked to the level of literacy achievement for their students so nothing could be more important than building those libraries as quickly as possible.

The Penne Ferrell awards are a great potential resource in recruiting new members. When we are thinking of who to recommend for the award, we should consider women we want to support into becoming members of Delta Kappa Gamma. Penne Ferrell awards are just one of the many benefits we have, but they can be a great introduction to the wealth of resources available to our members. These awards are especially unique because they are only available to non-members. The STEP committee wants to encourage chapters to reach out to current and former Penne Ferrell awardees to share other available resources and invite them to chapter, area and state events. There are so many benefits to membership in DKG, and Penne Ferrell awards are just the beginning. Applications for Penne Ferrell awards are due November 1. The application is easily accessible on the STEP committee page on the DKG California website.

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