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Workshop Synopsis Ideally, Character Education is comprehensive school reform designed to promote both character development and academic achievement. Based on 15 years of experience mentoring school leaders and school improvement reforms, 5 foundational principles of such schools will be presented as will core strategies of effective leadership. This workshop will focus on two related issues: (1) foundational principles of effective character education; (2) key elements of effective school leadership for character development. The former will focus on the PRIME model which identifies the necessity of making character education an authentic school priority, strategically nurturing the development of healthy relationships, using methods that lead to the internalization of character values, the modeling of character by adults in the school community, and the empowerment of all members of the school community through democratic reforms. The latter includes prioritization, management of human resources, and role modeling by school leaders. Learning Outcomes:
About the Trainer - Professor Marvin W. Berkowitz Marvin W. Berkowitz is the McDonnell Professor of Character Education and Co-Director of the Center for Character and Citizenship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and UM System President’s Thomas Jefferson Professor. He is a developmental psychologist specializing in character development and education. He is author of You Can’t Teach Through a Rat, Parenting for Good and more than 100 book chapters and journal articles, and is co-editor of the Journal of Research in Character Education. He was awarded the Character Education Partnership’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) and the Association for Moral Education’s Good Work Award (2010).
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