Have you developed and successfully implemented a unique character education practice? If so, CEP encourages you to apply for a Promising Practice. We are not looking for a description of your whole character education program, but rather for a specific program, strategy, or aspect of your program that other schools may learn from and even replicate. Learn more about the 2012 application >>
You are encouraged to compose your responses to the narrative questions in a word processing program and then cut and paste from your document directly into the online application. Doing so will save you time and frustration should an unlikely technical error occur.
Character limits include spaces. Text that exceeds the character limits will be deleted.
While we welcome applications from schools outside the United States, please note that at this time we only have the ability to evaluate applications written in English. Please respond to the narrative questions in English.
You will be asked to upload a photo of your practice in action. Please have a .jpg file ready to upload. If you do not have a photo that represents your practice, you can upload a photo of your school. If your photo includes students, be sure to follow your school/district policies for releasing photos since this photo may appear on CEP’s website, in publications, and in the awards ceremony should your practice be selected.
Please note that contact information and overview information entered in this application may appear on CEP’s website and in CEP publications if your practice is selected as a National Promising Practice.
You may save and return to your application as many times as you wish until you push the “submit” button at the end of the application. Once an application has been submitted, it cannot be edited. You may, however, create new applications for other practices. A school (or district) may submit multiple applications for different practices, although no more than two will be selected in a given year.
You will be able to create and print a PDF of your application for your records. You will also receive a confirmation e-mail for each application you submit. If you do not receive a confirmation or if you have questions about your application, contact Lisa Greeves, Promising Practices Manager, at lgreeves@character.org.
Learn more about the Promising Practices application and the questions asked of applicants.