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Monday, May 13, 2013 CHARACTERplus National Character Education Conference Features Early Childhood Education Strand
Research shows how important Early Childhood Education is to students’ long term success. The CHARACTERplus 19th annual National Character Education Conference this June has sessions tailored to meet the needs of Early Childhood Educators, including:
- Early Childhood Education and Character Education: a perfect match and how to make your school feel like a home. Before a child can flourish academically, character must be established and a trusting relationship with the family must be built. Families, students, staff and community members should feel welcomed, respected and part of the team. The caring community we create starts with the climate and culture of our building.
Can you integrate Character Education to Pre-Schools? Learn more about social and emotional learning, service learning and class meetings to enhance your caring community.
- A panel session with educators from Lindbergh, Rockwood and Southwest Early Childhood Centers, who will share resources and best practices. You will walk away with practical ideas and strategies about service learning, buddies, data collection, newsletters staff surveys , professional development and more!
In addition, conference attendees will have the chance to visit Rising Star Education‘s booth to see their latest early childhood DVD series, Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, plus other great resources.
Registration is now open for the June 17-19 conference at the St. Charles Convention Center; by visiting characterplus.org, you can see different strands and keynote speaker bios.
Tags: caring community, Character Education, CHARACTERplus 19th annual National Character Education Conference, Cooperating School Districts, early childhood education, Emotional Learning, Flickr Creative Commons, Lindbergh Schools, Rockwood School District, Service Learning, Southwest Center
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 19th Annual National Character Education Conference is June 17-19 in Missouri
Character Education is the core to student academic achievement, building a positive school climate and developing caring and productive citizens. By attending the CHARACTERplus Character Education Conference this summer in St. Charles, Missouri, you’ll learn how it will positively change your world! The expertise of our presenters will provide you one of the most thought provoking culture-changing experience of your professional career. The keynote line up for 2013 is Michele Borba, Julia Cook, Kevin and Dave Kuschel, and (retired) General Stephen Lorenz.
2013 strands include:
• Whole-School Culture Bully Prevention
• Social/Emotional skills
• Curriculum Integration
• Academic Achievement
• Staff buy-in and collaboration
• Student Leadership
• Service Learning
• National Data Research & Trends
This year’s conference theme is No Matter how you Slice it, Character Education is the Core. Registration is open to all educators; to sign up to be on the conference enewsletter list to receive the latest program updates, click here.
CHARACTERplus is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year; it a program of Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis.
Tags: 19th Annual National Character Education Conference, bully prevention, Character Education, CHARACTERplus, Cooperating School Districts, Service Learning, Student Leadership
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Take a Character Education Field Trip
Join CHARACTERplus for a field trip to three award-winning elementary schools:
9:50 AM: Ross Elementary, Parkway School District • National School of Character 2012
Principal: Dr. Lisa Luna. See the way 450 students representing more than 25 different countries are greeted as they arrive and how they have come to feel a valued part of one community, characterized by the touchstone “Belonging, Believing, Becoming.” Join students for their Morning Meeting, and as they guide us on a tour of not only the building but the Guiding Lights and opportunities for leadership that distinguish Ross:
• Extensive club involvement
• Pilot in Gender-specific classrooms
• Service Learning
11 AM: Independence Elementary, Francis Howell School District • MO School of Character 2013
Principal: Emily Allen. Learn first-hand about Independence’s:
• Town Hall meetings
• Braiding of Character and PBS
• Conflict Resolution & Role Playing
• SAIL team (vertical staff leadership)
• Open-ended class meetings
• CREW Mates (buddies) and Service
• Bullying Prevention Committee
• How 91% of students came to believe adults would help them if they were mistreated by peers and 94% felt they had choices in the classroom
2 PM: Babler Elementary, Rockwood School District • National School of Character 2011
Principal: Dr. Diane Metz. See the touchstone “Dream, Believe, Achieve” as it explored through:
• Staff book studies and articulated by students’ goal-setting
• Conflict resolution
• PALS peer tutoring
• Character fitness
• Kagan cooperating learning experiences
Monday, February 25, 2015 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lunch: $10 Please bring cash or check made payable to CSD
Board Mid-America Bus at Cooperating School Districts • 1460 Craig Rd.
Fees: CHARACTERplus Members: Free Click here for a list of Members | Non-Members: $200 | Questions? Contact characterplus@csd.org. | Register online | CHARACTERplus is a program of Cooperating School Districts.
Tags: Bullying Prevention, Character Education, CHARACTERplus, conflict resolution, Cooperating School Districts, Francis Howell School Districts, National School of Character, Parkway School District, Rockwood School District, School-wide Positive Behavior Support, Service Learning, State School of Character
Monday, January 7, 2013 Bullying Prevention: Building Your Response Team
In Bullying Prevention: Building Your Response Team, Bill Brengle former assistant principal, Fox High School, shares the strategies that move staff & students to reduce bullying actions in their school culture on January 30th at Granite City ECC Conference Center in Illinois.
CHARACTERplus‘ Diane Stirling (pictured) facilitates the discussion and table-work that universalizes the components of this school’s success so that you can adapt it to your school, including:
• identifying your core response team
• bringing all staff on board
• addressing adult/staff bullying behaviors
• defining harmful actions with student input
• surveying students and leveraging the results
• involving student leadership as a catalyst to compassion and culture change
This half-day workshop is free for CHARACTERplus members and is $100 for non-members. For questions on this workshop, or any character education professional development offered by Cooperating School Districts, contact CHARACTERplus. You can also see more of their programs by liking facebook.com/CHARACTERplus.
Tags: bully prevention, Character Education, CHARACTERplus, Cooperating School Districts, school culture
Monday, November 19, 2012 Join Jackie and Me, and CHARACTERplus, on January 25
Presented by Metro Theater Company at the Edison Theatre (Washington University St. Louis ), Jackie and Me is the story of a young baseball fan named Joey Stoshack. A rare baseball card is his ticket for time travel to Branch Rickey’s office on the very day that Jackie Robinson is signed as the first black man to play for the major leagues. The extraordinary twist: Joey is now black, too. This play, appropriate for ages 9 and up, illuminates Jackie Robinson’s courage and dignity in the face of cruel racial prejudice. Jackie and Me will have you on the edge of your seat as we all root for the man who changed the face of the game.
While the 90-minute play runs through most of January, CSD’s CHARACTERplus invites baseball fans, theatre lovers, educators and their families to a special performance on Friday, January 25, 2013. Tickets for this special evening with CHARACTERplus are $14 each. Jackie and Me is by Steven Dietz, and adapted from the book by Dan Gutman (Harper Collins). This would be a great lead off hit to start Black History Month studies! For questions on the January 25th performance with CHARACTERplus, please contact Jill Giordano.
Tags: Character Education, American History, baseball, CHARACTERplus, Metro Theater Company, Jackie Robinson, Black History Month, Edison Theatre, Jackie and Me, Dan Gutman, racial prejudice
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 Integrating Character Education into Academic Learning and School Culture
Today Diane Stirling is conducting another CHARACTERplus Ten Essentials of Character Education professional development session. Participants in this full-day workshop collaborate on consensus-building, integrated lessons, class meetings, and service learning planning. Techniques demonstrated throughout the workshop translate to classrooms, staff meetings, student governments and leadership, PTOs, school boards, and community alliances. This workshop is one of three required for Basic Certification in Character Education. The other two are Character Development & Education with Dr. Marvin Berkowitz and Effective Methods, also with Diane Stirling.
Tags: Character Education, CHARACTERplus, Cooperating School Districts, Learning Division, school culture
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Character Education Connection
Today, participants are exploring each component of the “Ten Essentials” that integrate character education into academic learning and the culture of a school and a district. Diane Stirling, of CHARACTERplus, is leading this seminar at Cooperating School Districts. This workshop is one of three required for Basic Certification in Character Education.
The Ten Essentials (condensed)
- Community consensus
- Character education policy
- Identified and defined traits
- Integrated curriculum
- Experiential learning
- Evaluation
- Adult role models
- Professional development
- Student leadership
- Sustaining the program
To see other Learning Division professional development opportunities, including technology integration, Special Education, MELL, plus others, visit www.csd.org/pd_programs.
Monday, March 5, 2012 Heart of a Hall of Famer Videoconference Series: Chris Hanburger
The Pro Football Hall of Fame‘s character education series Heart of a Hall of Famer continues with a videoconference on Thursday March 15, 2012 at 10 and 11:30 AM ET. Join Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Chris Hanburger as he talks about the traits that made him one of the game’s greatest. Hanburger was selected first-team All-NFL four times and was a nine-time Pro Bowler from the Washington Redskins. After his playing career Hanburger was a successful business man as the Owner/Operator of Chris Hanburger Ford in Maryland.
This is an interactive program and is limited to six schools at each time slot and unlimited view only. Test connections will take place on Wednesday March 14, 2012 at 10 AM ET. The program is designed for grades 6-12th and is FREE of charge.
These spots will fill quickly so act fast. For more information or if you are interested in registering, please contact their Education Department at EducationalPrograms@profootballhof.com.
Tags: Character Education, Chris Hanburger, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Washington Redskins
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Monday, April 4, 2011 VLC April 2011 Newsletter Published
Tags: Character Education, Cooperating School Districts, technology enhanced learning environment, Virtual Learning Center
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