Character Education

 

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General Resources
Bernardo Heights Middle School Counselling Center

Bullying Online--Site all about statistics about bullies and how to prevent bullying in your classroom
Character Education--free resources for teachers
Character Education--many excellent LookSmart links to resources on this important subject
Character Education Clearinghouse--from the California Department of Education
Character Education Partnership--The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society.
CHARACTERplus--Character Education Website, a project of Cooperating School Districts
Cross Middle School Counselling Services--staffed with a full-time counselor that services the needs of all sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students
Discipline Help--discipline model for handling over 100 different misbehaviors
Just Choices--The goal of the Just Choices program is to encourage students to explore new ideas and reevaluate old ones while developing a strong understanding and appreciation of historical and contemporary social justice movements. Through this program, students will learn how their everyday choices affect others in society and will be inspired to take on issues with passionate civic engagement.
Kristin Fink's Character Education website that she maintains for the State of Utah Department of Education
LifeSkills4Kids.com--helps children achieve their personal best in life.  Life Skills Training and its Character Education components promote self-responsibility and motivate children to maintain positive relationships and respect for others.
Love In A Big World--Love In A Big World uses various proven techniques and resources, to help parents/guardians, teachers, counselors and community leaders establish character-building relationships with the students.

No More Bullies--good site for information about bullying and its affect on younger children
Plagiarism--find articles, rules, resources, sites, ethics, policies for teachers, including Law, with recommendations on how to combat plagiarism.
StrugglingTeens.com--goal to be the leading online resource for parents of children making poor decisions, and professionals trying to help those families
TeachingValues.com--provide effective means for children to understand and learn character-building principles and values. We do this through the use of storytelling and fun-filled follow-up activities for accelerated learning.

Tolerance.org--provides educators with free educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity in the classroom and beyond

Wiseskills Sample Pages--Site with free samples of innovative character education materials.
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