Why Character Education??
Character Education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is a partnership with parents and the community to foster honest, responsible and caring students. It is an intentional and proactive effort to help students understand, care about, and act upon basic values that we all share.
Character Education promotes a positive school climate where students are more polite, honest and respectful, enhances student achievement by improving school attendance and reducing classroom conflicts and bullying, and encourages community involvement and a lifelong commitment to helping others.
Character education...
- Is taught through modeling, climate, and curriculum.
- Comes from the HOME, COMMUNITY and the SCHOOLS.
- Is learning how to make good decisions and choices.
- Is learning about positive relationships and their development based upon our development and depth of character.
- Is grounded in RELATIONSHIPS and school culture.
- Is a PROCESS, not just a program.
- Is bringing out the BEST in ALL OF US—students and teachers.
- It develops a positive and moral climate by engaging the participation of students, teachers and staff, parents, and communities.
- It teaches how to solve conflicts fairly, creating safer schools that are freer of intimidation, fear, and violence, and are more conducive to learning.
Parent Resources:
http://charactered.net/parent/parentresources.asp
http://everymondaymatters.com/
http://makingitbetter-cms.tv/