Character Development

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Character Development
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• Report Card for Student Success

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• School Success Planning in Peel

Leadership for Learning
Teaching for Learning
Climate for Learning
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• Ministry Initiative Character Development in
  Ontario Schools, K-12 2008

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Character Education Ministry Expectations

• a selection of attributes through a board process
  of community consensus building
• a school-wide commitment to model, teach and
  expect demonstrations of the attributes in all
  school, classroom and workplace activities
• the intentional infusion of the components of the
  character development initiative into the
  policies, programs, practices and interactions
  within the board and schools
• a deliberate focus on character development in
  board and school plans with specific alignment
  with other ministry expectations for example,
  Safe Schools, Student Success and other
  initiatives

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• Goals
• Studies in character education have
  demonstrated that, when implemented on a
  school-wide basis, positive results and
  improvements are realized in the following areas
• Student engagement, motivation and achievement
• Pro-social behaviour and interpersonal
  relationships
• Equity and respect for diversity
• School cultures
• Responsible citizenship in classrooms, schools
  and communities

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• What is character development?

• The deliberate effort to nurture the universal
  attributes upon which schools and communities
  find consensus

• These attributes provide a standard for behaviour
  against which we hold ourselves accountable

• They form the basis of our relationships and of
  responsible citizenship

• They are the foundation for excellence and
  equity in
• education, and for our vision of learning
  cultures and school
• communities that are respectful, safe, caring
  and inclusive

Finding Common Ground Character Development in
Ontario Schools, K-12
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• School Success Planning
• Climate for Learning Working initiatives

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6 Core Attributes identified by Peel stakeholders
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C H A R A C T E R
INCLUSIVE
HONEST
COOPERATIVE
RESPECTFUL
RESPONSIBLE
CARING
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• Caring

Showing compassion and kindness toward others
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• Cooperative

Working collaboratively with others for a common
purpose
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• Honest

Being truthful, trustworthy and sincere in your
speech and actions
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• Inclusive

Treating everyone fairly and equitably
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• Respectful

Treating others, yourself, and the environment
with high regard and value
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• Responsible

Being accountable and reliable in your actions
and commitments
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Individual Classroom School Workplace
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• CELEBRATE!
• Quality education includes
• education of the heart
• as well as the mind.

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• Character isn't inherited. One builds it
  daily by the way one thinks or acts thought by
  thought, action by action.
• Helen G. Douglas