The HR2 Model Character Education

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The HR2 ModelCharacter Education

• Creating
• Change in Indian Country

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Where We Began
The Montana Character Education Project US
Department of Education Partnership in Character
Education Grant Four Years 2001-2005
Montana Office of Public Instruction Linda
McCulloch Superintendent www.opi.mt.gov
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NOChild Left Behind
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• Research based (Indian country?)
• Needed to address AYP issues
• FAILURE

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Remember

• Schools well grounded in years of Failure
• Bad news well published
• Realtor bashing

Not there !
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Back to the Research
Character Education Partnership (CEP)'s Eleven
Principles of Effective Character Education
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Research Based Character Education
What Works In Character Education A report for
policy makers and opinion leaders Character
Education Partnership Marvin W. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Melinda C. Bier, Ph.D. University of
Missouri-St. Louis February 2005
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Local Wisdom

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Lessons from the Elders
Values Conflict (as outlined by the Tribal
Elders Workgroup) Montana Indian Education
Association 2004 Conference
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• Caught up in doing what doesnt work,..
  ..better !!!
• VS.

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What do we Do With This?
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Longfellow Elementary
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Honor Respect Responsibility
Our Students cannot Succeed as Students, Parents,
Professionals Or Community Leaders unless they
First Succeed as Human Beings
Crow Elder with students James Woodcock,
photographer Reprinted with permission of the
Billings Gazette

• Whatever It Takes

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HR2 School Reform Model
Whatever It Takes (NO excuses)
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The Montana Character Education Reform Model
PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS MCEP Schools
HR2 Mentee Schools Box Elder
Crow (Hardin) Browning Frazer Bryant/Wakina(H
elena) Hays/Lodgepole Heart Butte
Lame Deer Longfellow (Great Falls) Poplar
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School Reform Leadership Whatever it Takes
Leadership Vision Courage Umbrella Programs
Inclusive School Climate Belonging/Ownership
Whatever it Takes
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Professional Development
Professional Development Opportunities 11
Principles of Effective Character Education -
"What Works Factors - American Indian Plains
Cultures -Framework for Understanding Poverty"
- Montana Behavioral Initiative - Circle of
Courage

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Building Partnerships
Community Partnerships -Businesses
Organizations Parents and Elders and Tribes. -
Reinforce Goals Common Behavior Expectations
and Mentorship.
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Parents Center
Parent Advocacy Resources -Parent
Advocacy -Resource/Referral Center -Grandparents
in the Hall -Work to School -Chaperone Manuals
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The Character Education Room
Character Education Room -Certified Teacher as
Character Ed Coordinator - Teacher Support and
Technical Assistance -New Student Placement,
Orientation and Mentorship
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Curriculum
Curriculum -Character Education -Bi-cultural
focus -Indian Education for All Models
-Supported by Professional Development, Elders
and Mentors -Reading Emphasis -Service Learning
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Does it Work?

• Longfellow School
• Great Falls

School-wide Title I Kindergarten
5th Enrollment 256 60 Head Start Students 76
turnover in enrollment(2003-2004) 91 Free and
Reduced Lunch 56 American Indian 41 White 2
Hispanic 1 African American
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How Does It Work?

• Leadership
• Creates and Promotes the Vision
• Provides Professional Development that supports
  the Goals
• Builds Partnership Support
• Teachers
• New students
• Families
• Creates a Positive Atmosphere
• Celebrates Success
• Evaluates school policies i.e. tardies,
  absences, ISS
• Accepts NO EXCUSES
• Creates community partnerships to meet needs
• Climate

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Cont.

• Climate
• School wide
• Support from the Character Education room
• New student support
• Curricula support
• Focus on traditional ways of learning and mastery
• Goal
• Promote Belonging
• Accept NO EXCUSSES
• Expect Success and nothing less
• Plan to celebrate

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Our Rights

• I have the right
• to be happy and to be treated with compassion in
  this school
• This means that no one will laugh at me or hurt
  my feelings.
• I have the right
• to be myself in this school
• This means that no one will treat me unfairly
  because of my Skin Color, Im Fat or Thin, Im a
  Boy or Girl, or the way I look.
• I have a right
• to be safe in this school
• This means that no one will hit me, kick me,
  push me, pinch me, or, hurt me!
• I have the right
• to hear and be heard in this school
• This means that no one will yell, scream, shout,
  or make loud noises.
• I have the right
• to hear and be heard in this school

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The First Week of School

• Create a climate of belonging
• How should the classroom look?
• Reflect your students What does a real Indian
  look like?
• Family sponsored rooms
• Does it establish an atmosphere of cooperation?
• What are the rules?
• Model the HR2 MBI philosophy

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If.. YOU EXPECT IT, TEACH IT IF... YOU TEACH
IT, PRACTICE IT WHEN.... YOU MASTER
IT, CELEBRATE IT !
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ResultsLongfellow Elementary

• 2000-2001 Designated for Improvement
• 2002-2003 Removed from Improvement
• 2002 Present - Made AYP
• Title I Blue Ribbon School
• Discipline referrals were reduced by more than
  half since implementation
• American Indian students are achieving at par
  with non-native students since 2005.
• This Year Box Elder became a Blue Ribbon School
• with a similar story to tell

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More Results

• Helena
• Box Elder
• Heart Butte
• Browning
• Discipline Reports consistent
• Attendance

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Thank You
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