Journal Article

Grit and Growth

Wait, Glenda

2024

Overview

As the West Virginia State Organization president (2019-2021), Wait's intent was to visit all 25 chapters in person. She was able to do more than half in person until the pandemic started; then she visited the rest virtually. At every visitation, she talked about growth as it relates to their members. Growth is as much about experimenting as it is about plowing forward. Stepping outside their comfort zone, embracing change, and sustaining efforts over an extended period of time are challenging. Often, they are confronted with obstacles, doubt, and even failure while trying to seek new members, new ideas. and chapter growth. In such situations, a significant factor needs to be considered. That factor is grit. Five characteristics are often associated with grit: courage, conscientiousness, perseverance, resilience, and passion. All can demonstrate or develop grit when reaching out to their members and possible new members. Courage presents when they take a chance as a DKG member to reach out and invite others who may be different to join them in supporting women educators and staying the course when some are ready to abandonship.

• Publisher: Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
• Subject: Collaboration / College Administration / Educational Administration / Pandemics / Persistence / Physical Education Teachers / Special Education Teachers / Special Programs / Teacher Leadership / Teacher Retirement / Time