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Monthly Featured Best Practices

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2010 - 2011 School of the Year Winners:

 

 

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January - Best Practices

 

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The Maryland Center for Character Education

 

Character Education Best Practices Booklet

The Maryland Center for Character Education at Stevenson University recognizes, each year at an awards program, those outstanding parochial, private and public schools in Maryland that best demonstrate strategies inculcating character Education into their respective schools. These booklets are a yearly collection of some of the "Best Practices" employed by nearly forty award-winning Character Education Schools from throughout the State of Maryland.

 

 

"Character Education Best Practices 2009 - 2010" Booklet

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The Character Education Partnership [CEP]


National Schools of Character Directory - By Year
National Schools of Character Awards Program

http://www.character.org/eventsawards/nsoc/

"Practices of Teacher Educators Committed to Character"
by Karen E.Bohlin, Susan Dougherty and Deborah Farmer

provides examples from a number of schools of education that are making efforts to include preparation in character education in their pre-service teacher education programs. The publication includes a number of ideas that teacher educators might adopt or adapt for their pre-service and in-service programs.

Price = $ 8.25 members      $10.50 non-members

Contact = Click Here to obtain publication

 

"Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education"
by Tom Lickona, Eric Schaps & Catherine Lewis


serves as criteria that schools and other groups can use to plan a character education effort. They can be used in conjunction with CEP's Character Education Standards to evaluate available character education programs, books, and curriculum resources.

 

Price = $ 0.50 members/non-members   or free download

Contact = Click here to obtain publication

"Character Education Quality Standards"

outlines key components of effective character education and allows schools and districts to evaluate their efforts in relation to these criteria. This instrument provides a means for educators, administrators, and community members to reflect on current practices, identify short and long-term objectives, and develop or improve a strategic plan.

Price = $ 3.00 members/non-members   or free download

Contact = Click here to obtain publication


 

Character Counts Midshore

Winners Walk Tall:

"Building a Community of Character – Character Coaches Making a Difference"  
By Amy Blades Steward

reveals ways in which volunteer character coaches from our community work with teachers, administrators, and students to infuse character development ideals into the day to day activities in the classroom.

 

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Contact = Click Here to learn more

"Character Counts! Mid Shore Expands Character Initiatives to Area Businesses"  By Amy Blades Steward


portrays ways of working with area businesses to spread the national character development movement throughout the community. .

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Fredrick County Schools

Fredrick County Character Counts lesson plans

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Stevenson University

Maryland Center for Character Education at Stevenson

School of Education

1525 Greenspring Valley Road

Stevenson, MD 21153-0641


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