Archived Webinars
Reverse Integration, Student Empowerment and Incorporating a New Leadership Model
Presenter: Michael Moretta, President, MJM Consulting
Price: $39
Audience: High school, novice and/or practicing character educators
This model was used at Jesuit high schools across the country. It won the National Award for Building Bridges from Yale University as a new and creative model for teaching respect and understanding within a diverse school setting. The program continues today in more than 15 Jesuit high schools.
Background/strategies/goals:
- Increase teacher and administrators knowledge of laws regarding inclusion and diversity
- Increase understanding of a “blending” model for student leadership
- Increase role of service learning as a key to the 11 Principles of Character Education
- In depth look at six of the 11 Principles of Character Education model
“Leading the Way to a Healthy School Culture”Presenter: Phil Catania, Leadership and School Consultant
Price: $39
Audience: Practicing school leaders, steering committees members and administrators.
Join this award-winning former principal and learn the first steps of how to explicitly involve students, staff and the community in your character development efforts. Drawing upon Principle #9 of the Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education, Phil will share specific strategies which suppport a shared leadership commitment to creating a “healthy” school culture…..one in which students thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
The Ten Top Reasons Why Character Education is Essential for All Kids in All SchoolsPresenter: Dr. Eileen Santiago, Principal (Ret.), Thomas Edison Elementary School
Price: $39
As you move forward with character education implementation in your school community, come to this webinar session to help increase buy-in and investment from all the stakeholders in your community who absolutely need to be involved in the process. Learn about the ten top reasons why character education really is essential in every school!
Promoting Academic Engagement through Social and Emotional Learning
Presenter: Kathy Beland, Executive Director, School-Connect
Price: $39
As students enter high school, they face increased academic rigor and have fewer social supports. Many struggle in this more demanding environment. This webinar will provide research-based strategies for creating a supportive learning community in secondary school classrooms. Participants will learn how to:
- Create a classroom environment that students experience as safe, respectful and dynamic
- Increase class participation by encouraging student voice, collaboration, and curiosity
- Promote a growth mindset that leads students to enjoy challenges, overcome obstacles, and experience joy in learning
- Build relationship skills that help students connect to school, seek help when they need it, and become involved in extra-curricular activities
- Develop a “future orientation” in students that supports academic goal setting and achievement
Audience:
- school administrators and teachers
- special education teachers
- at-risk teachers
- counselors and social workers
- youth programs
- district level special services, curriculum and instruction, safe and healthy kids grant programs
Creating Extraordinary Citizens: Connecting Powerful Character Education and Academic Achievement to Support Young People in Becoming the Best They Can Be
Presenter: Kristie Fink, CEP’s Education Advisory Council
Price: $39
What will it take to prepare students to reach their full potential in a brave new world that depends on mastery of 21st century global skills and rigorous academic standards?
How can high quality character education help young people develop fully to become the very best people they can be?
K-16 educators are invited to join this webinar, which will explore the connections between powerful character education that enhances students’ personal development, including academic, civic, cognitive, social/emotional and ethical domains, to support them in becoming the best people they can be.
The Character Driven Mindset
Presenter: Clifton Taulbert, President, The Building Community Institute (BCI)
Price: $39
Clifton Taulbert, as a universally recognized voice on the Power of Community will introduce us to the importance of a character focused mindset to ensure a culture where Character Matters! According to Taulbert, this mindset is shaped by the behavior surrounding us; thus his call to embrace building community through the Eight Habits of the Heart as a transformative process. You will meet the people from his life who stepped up to set the standards for others and became the Eight Habits of the Heart for him along the way. According to Taulbert, “this process is timeless and universal and has value wherever people gather.”
Listen to a short interview with Clifton Taulbert to learn more about what the webinar will cover.
Student Goal Setting for Academic and Character Growth: A Service Learning Project Idea
Presenter: David B. Wangaard, Ed.D., Exec. Dir., The School for Ethical Education
Price: $39
Audience: grades 4-12
Teachers are invited to participate in a webinar to use service learning as a strategy for older students to help younger students write personal goal statements for the coming school year. Starting the year with personal goal statements is an excellent activity for any student. This webinar extends the idea to have older students lead younger students to reflect on and write academic and character goals statements and raise their expectations for success. Planning and evaluation forms and links to outside resources will be provided to participants.
Listen to a short interview with David Wangaard to learn more about what the webinar will cover.
Living the Promise of Your Core Values
Presenter: Dara Feldman, Director of Education, The Virtues Project
Price: $39
Start your year off right by creating a strong foundation that will empower not just your students, but you, your colleagues and school community to thrive. Use the power of language to bring out the best in yourself and others. By focusing on CEP’s Principle 1 you will learn meaningful strategies to identify core values and ways to live them on a daily basis. Participants will:
- Use a variety of strategies to select core values and use them as guiding principles
- Use virtues language in conscious, structured ways to acknowledge, educate/guide and correct.
- Recognize teachable moments without shaming and blaming, but naming virtues
- Honor the whole child and enhance school unity.
Webinar Series: Transform School Culture – Make it Happen!
Each webinar in the series has been recorded and is available to your school or district. Participants will be able to review these webinars as often as they choose.
Individual webinar: $39, or $249 for the series of 12.
District price: $999
The Power of Effective Character Education
Presenter: Barbara Luther, CEP Director, Prof. Development
This overview of the 11 Principles of Effective Character Education examines the importance of comprehensive character development as an inclusive and strategically important goal for schools. Strong reasons for incorporating character education are highlighted. Social and academic data from schools of character across the nation are presented along with tips on using the 11 Principles framework to incorporate successful strategies in your own setting.
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Shaping Your School’s Character Culture
Presenter: Phil Catania, Former NSOC Principal and National Trainer
Schools everywhere are looking for what works in getting all students to DO their best
work and to BE their best self. Through the use of a School “Touchstone” participants will begin the process of creating common language and shared purpose embraced by all school community members. This research-based, exemplary practice leads to school members investing in the “Way” of a school and working together to promote strong school cultures of character.
Developing Student Responsibility and Accountability
Presenter: Phil Catania, Former NSOC Principal and National Trainer
Utilizing a shared approach for creating and sustaining classroom responsibilities creates student accountability in action, behavior, and personal choice. With examination and take-away tools for creating a “Classroom Compact for Excellence,” webinar participants will begin the process of establishing character-filled classroom expectations for all–a foundational piece for buy-in, and improved engagement in classrooms.
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Turning ‘Tudes into Good Attitudes
Presenter: Linda Morris, Ed.D, former NSOC Principal and Educational Consultant
In this webinar, the importance of building a caring and respectful community is emphasized. Relationships as the cornerstone of all school success is examined. Based on CEP’s Principle 4, the past principal of a NSOC school will outline the “whys” and “hows” of creating a feeling of caring among students, teachers and parent groups. She will also suggest ways for you to know when you’re successful. Practical strategies for both elementary and secondary schools will be provided. Participants will also be directed to other resources that could serve as a more detailed roadmap for implementing strategies discussed during this session.
REALLY Bully-Proof Your School–It Takes More than a Canned Program
Presenter: Linda Morris, Ed.D, Former NSOC Principal and Educational Consultant
Everyone recognizes the problem of bullying and many have ideas on how to solve the problem, but how can you choose effective strategies for your school and how will you know if and when you’re successful? This webinar, will look at bullying as a symptom of an unhealthy school climate and give suggestions on how to more effectively engage everyone in eliminating the atmosphere of fear and intimidation–the root of bullying. Practical strategies for both elementary and secondary schools will be provided. Participants will also be directed to other resources that could serve as a more detailed roadmap for implementing strategies discussed during this session.
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Using Character Development to Foster Academics
Presenters: Richard Benjamin, Ph.D, Senior Training Consultant and School Transformation Specialist; and Thomas Panter, Middle School Social Studies teacher
This webinar’s focus is on the delivery of challenging academic curriculum where the explicit teaching of character strengthens academic learning and character development. Specific attention is given to strategies leading to high levels of student engagement and techniques for community buy-in. Examples from exemplary schools including NSOC elementary, middle, and high schools are utilized, with specific illustration of certain academic standards, generally considered to be very important and somewhat difficult to teach.
Using Character in the Curriculum to Build Meaningful Academics and Social Skills
Presenters: Richard Benjamin, Ph.D, CEP Senior Training Consultant and School Transformation Specialist; and Thomas Panter, Middle School Social Studies teacher
Focus is on the benefits of challenging academic curriculum and the inextricable relationship with character development. Here social-emotional learning skills manifested through responsible decision-making, social awareness and more, plays a supportive, but inseparable role with academic standards and goals. Illustrations of exemplary strategies for satisfying standards will bridge to the development of 21st Century and employability skills. This process is illustrated at the elementary, middle, and high schools. Explicit attention is given to the transition from extrinsic to intrinsic motivation, and the academic and character development benefits of high-levels of academic service learning.
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Recognizing Opportunities for Moral Action
Presenter: David Wangaard, Ed.D, Director, School for Ethical Education (SEE)
Students and adult participants are welcomed to join this webinar to recognize a variety of opportunities for moral action that can be pursued in schools. Examples will be discussed for application in K-12 settings along with standards to optimize moral action activities. Moral action will be defined to include all three domains (thinking, feeling and doing) of CEP’s Principle Two.
Planning and Implementing Moral Action in Schools
Presenter: David Wangaard, Ed.D, Director, School for Ethical Education (SEE)
This webinar will integrate lessons from research to advance student moral functioning along with the research from effective service-learning. Planning and evaluation forms will be made available along with relevant follow-up contacts and resources. Students and adult participants are welcomed to join this webinar to recognize a variety of opportunities for moral action that can be pursued in schools. Examples will be discussed for application in K-12 settings along with standards to optimize moral action activities. Moral action will be defined to include all three domains (thinking, feeling and doing) of CEP’s Principle Two.
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Celebrating Your Results!
Presenters: Mike Galvin, Former NSOC principal and School Leadership Consultant; and Chris Briggs-Hale, current school Principal and Leadership Specialist
Now that you’ve designed and implemented your character education initiative, why not highlight the results to your colleagues and community? This participant-friendly webinar will provide you with a variety of ways to prove that your initiative is indeed making a difference in the lives of your students! We will focus on data collection and its uses at the classroom level.
Making that Data Meaningful!
Presenters: Mike Galvin, Former NSOC principal and School Leadership Consultant; and Chris Briggs-Hale, current school Principal and Leadership Specialist
Don’t take the bait when folks say that “character education can’t be measured.” CEP’s National Schools of Character actively demonstrate the power that character building efforts have in affecting the lives of students AND teachers. Attend this webinar, and learn how to use data to build support for your program and help others in your school and district see proof that character education makes a difference! We will focus on school and district data collection and uses for the data.
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Reflection and Opportunities
Presenter: Barbara Luther, CEP Director, Prof. Development
Along with reflection on information shared in the preceding webinars, opportunities for reviewing your own work and continuing your initiative’s growth will be discussed. Further, an array of next steps for advancing your character education initiative will be presented.
