USD266 Character Ed

         Guiding Principles

Connect with all students

Model the traits in interactions with students and each other

Involve all student in character development

Integrate with other subjects

Commit to character education as an ongoing process

Welcome to the USD 266 Character Education wiki!  You will find information about Character Education here, as well as what each school is doing to promote Character Ed.  Please feel free to add resources and/or update information for your school.

What is Character Education?

• Expected/sometimes not appreciated to teach in the schools
• Tool needed to help students succeed
• Our environment is better when it's taught
• All students CAN be taught character
• Lifelong skills
• Laying foundation for life of good use of character
• Teaching appropriate social skills
• Tool used to teach students how to interact in society
• Team effort between home, school, and society
• Modeling character for students
• Appropriate examples for students
• Common language across the district
• Measurable: self-evaluation, peer-evaluation, teacher-evaluation

Character Ed Activities by Building

VPS

MCE

MES

PWS

MMS

MSMS

MHS

CHSM

Character Traits

Below are th traits taught as part of Character Education and the months that each will emphasized.  All traits are to be considered throughout the year!

Friendship - August

Compassion - September                                    

Respect - October                                                     

Responsibility - November

Generosity - December                                                       

Self-Discipline - January                                            

Honesty - February

Cooperation - March                                                   

Acceptance - April                                                 

Perserverance - May