KPR Educational Resources

Character Education

The Board has, through cooperation and collaboration with a wide cross-section of the community, developed a character education program for the school district. This program will stress, in a focused, systematic and intentional manner, the practice and application amongst our students and staff, of ten character attributes identified as the basis for the initiative.

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CURRICULUM & POLICY

KPR

Character Education

EQUITY AND DIVERSITY ()

SAFE SCHOOLS ()

Ministry of Education

Ontario Schools Code of Conduct

Violence-Free Schools Policy

Antiracism and Ethnocultural Equity in School Boards

Who's Responsible for Your Child's Education?

Safe Schools Project

Values, Influences, and Peers

LRC RESOURCES

Call Joan Graham @ the LRC to borrow these items.  x2245

Catalogue <http://204.187.140.69/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=lrc>

Medianet  <http://medianet.kpr.edu.on.ca:8280/>

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WEBSITES

• Character Education topic sheet at New Horizons for Learning [Online Journal]
  Includes articles, a bibliography and a few links.
  <http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/character/front_character.htm>
  
• The Character Education Partnership
  U.S. coalition of organizations holds forums and sponsors awards.  Site includes news, articles, toolkits, links and other resources.
  <http://www.character.org/>
  
• Character Education Institute at California University
  <http://www.cup.edu/education/charactered/index.jsp>
  
• Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University
  <http://www.bu.edu/education/caec/ >
  
• Character Counts
  <http://www.charactercounts.org/>
  
• Character Development Group
  <http://www.charactereducation.com/ >
  
• Character Education topic sheet at ASCD
  Publications and resources
  <http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=1728&flag=1728&showsubs=0,1728>
  
• The Heartwood Program
  A multicultural, literature-based curriculum that uses classic children's stories from around the world to present universal values to children in grades kindergarten through eight.
  <www.heartwoodethics.org>
  
• International Center for Character Education -- ICCE
  < http://teachvalues.org >

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Last updated: January 12, 2005