Character Education
Informational
Handbook & Guide
• Establish a community
leadership team.
• Identify and define the
character traits.
• Develop a system-wide
mission statement.
• Secure the approval and
support for the initiative from appropriate bodies such as the Board
of Education, Board of County Commissioners, and/or City
Council.
• Develop a system-wide
communication plan to promote a common understanding and
language.
• Mobilize the community to
actively promote the development and practice of good
character.
• Utilize a committee at each
school to coordinate activities.
• Assess individual school
needs for each of Thomas Lickona’s six elements of a positive
school culture. (See page 96.)
• Integrate these strategies
into the school improvement plan and the safe schools
plan.
• Coordinate the
implementation of strategies.
• Assess effectiveness of
action plan and modify strategies accordingly.
• Utilize a committee at each
school to coordinate activities.
• Utilize the NCCEP matrix or
a modified version to cross-reference the character elements with the
curriculum.
• Reference the NCCEP
Character Education Bibliography for curricular
integration.
• Empower classroom teachers
to use and adapt character education Model Unit Plans.
• Provide staff development
for integrating elements of character into the curriculum.
• Develop and collect resource
materials.
• Assess the extent of
curricular integration.
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