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CHARACTER EDUCATION

CHARACTER EDUCATION. How to create a strong climate that allows administrators, teachers and students to thrive. . Scientific discoveries and societal realities will force difficult choices. World poverty and unequal distribution of resources Violations of basic human rights

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CHARACTER EDUCATION

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  1. CHARACTER EDUCATION How to create a strong climate that allows administrators, teachers and students to thrive.

  2. Scientific discoveries and societal realities will force difficult choices.

  3. World poverty and unequal distribution of resources Violations of basic human rights Production, distribution, and control of weapons Trade in illicit drugs Genetic engineering and cloning Dealing with crime and corruption Cheating at all levels. Ensuring all students have equal educational opportunities The choices we make will profoundly affect the future

  4. Some values are essential to sustaining a democratic society.

  5. What are the implications of all of this? If we as school administrators do not positively impact our schools today, encouraging good character and ethical decisions - our future and the future of our schools is in question.

  6. First things first - Recognize you need people. • You cannot do it on your own. • You will need the help of others- and you will need to give help to others. • You want to be successful, and that will require you to connect with your faculty, students and parents.

  7. How should schools/school districts respond to these challenges? • First we must ask ourselves what are the characteristics of an ethical culture in schools. • Second how do I, as the administrator, impact that ethical culture?

  8. First - What is Culture? “Culture is the way of life of a given society, passed down from one generation to the next through learning and experience” Iceberg Theory

  9. • An awareness of our school culture -Teachers are sensitive to the cultural implications of their own policies and practices as well as those of the school and the system. • School personnel accept responsibility for their actions., both individually and collectively. - People within care about each others well-being and seek to promote that well being. - Cultural differences are seen as something positive and they are consciously accepted.

  10. Ethics training and education for teachers. Implementation of a teacher driven code of ethics for teachers. The process of getting there is vital to everyone having ownership. Character education for the students. -Make it a habit to; - be a giver not a taker - be honest in all things -work hard, develop and maintain a good attitude -learn, laugh How do schools begin to make this a reality and not just a vision?

  11. Character Education for TeachersHow do we make this happen in our schools? • Lead by example, particularly in relations with teachers and other members of the school community. -They should be characterized by respect, trust and consideration. • Develop your own and expect from others an attitude of excellence.

  12. Attitude: How you respond to circumstances and/or events. Stanford Study: Success 8 % Innate Ability 92 % Attitude. Harvard Study: Getting a Job, Keeping a Job and Moving up in a Job is: 85 % Attitude 15 % Technical Skills Changing Lives Character Curriculum

  13. How do we develop our own attitude and teach it to others? • Strive to be positive in all that you do, and let your teachers see you being positive! • Greet your faculty with enthusiasm • Each teacher is unique, find the positive. • Respond to your teachers, don’t react to them. • Feed their minds and your own • Bleed Positive!

  14. Attitude is not everything BUT it is the difference maker! • There are 5 things everyone faces every day. • Discouragement • Change • Problems • Fear • Failure • The difference maker? POSITIVE ATTITUDE

  15. It takes eleven positive stimuli to erase the effects of one negative stimulus. By the age of 18, the average person has had 148,000 negative stimuli. That means we need 1.6 million positive stimuli just to balance out the negative stimuli. BE POSITIVE

  16. • RESPECT a lost art? “Treat everyone like they are an MVP” Coach Carter

  17. Have you heard or said “I’ll give respect when it is given to me” • Respect must be earned! We earn respect by doing a job, activity etc.. well. We earn respect by being honest, consistent, fair. These are the easy ways to earn respect.

  18. * We earn respect by treating others with respect! • In schools this can be done by: • Respecting faculty comments, opinions, and ideas. • Verbally valuing someone else's opinion, even while disagreeing. Facilitate the idea for teachers that it is ok to disagree, but not ok to disrespect someone because of a comment, opinion or idea. These are learned behaviors, that become life habits!

  19. Change the faculties’ beliefs in how they see themselves. • It takes eleven positive stimulus to erase the effects of one negative stimuli. • By the age of 18, the average person has had 148,000 negative stimuli. • That means we need 1.6 million positive stimuli justtobalance out the negative stimuli • WHAT WILL YOU BE? • Will you be one of the 148,000 negative stimuli or one of 1.6 million to feed that child's belief in themselves?

  20. BE POSITIVE GIVE PRAISE TAKE TIME to know the staff BE AVAILABLE to the staff SPEAK TO, not at the teacher. LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN BE CONSISTENT! How can you be a positive force?

  21. Encourage them to be grateful. Gratitude is the healthiest emotion “Don’t complain because you don’t have…. Enjoy what you have got.” H. Stanley Judd

  22. Complainer Challenge Encourage them to be GRATEFUL

  23. Losers: ~ They kill time ~They waste time ~They lose time ~They let time slip away ~They take time for granted. ~ They can’t find time Winners: ~They use time ~They spend time wisely ~They value time ~They organize their time ~They treasure time ~THEY MAKE TIME Give the faculty YOUR TIME it is the greatest gift we can give

  24. Today, I have not provided you with new or innovative methods to weave character into your schools. I have provided you with the knowledge that you can encourage character every day in your schools with out taking away from “the education” of your students.

  25. The questions now are • Is it your job? • Does it make your job easier? • Will you do the job?

  26. Will the principles we strive to embody, carry over to schools?

  27. Did you notice that part of the formula for ethics and character education was HABIT?

  28. “Our habits are who we are. We are creatures of habit. The key, then is in developing good habits, and then let them go to work for you. Do good things over and over, and they become a habit.” By Hal Urban

  29. Recommended Reading • Life’s Greatest Lessons Hal Urban • The Essential 55 Ron Clark • The Last Lecture Randy Pausch • Changing Lives, Character Curriculum • The Difference Maker John Maxwell http://www.coachingtochangelives.com/ Also available in the IML!!!

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