CHARACTER COUNTS!®

Everywhere, All the Time…

Quotes

Activity

Read the quotes and select one that you like.

Reflect : why do you like it?

Share your reflection with the person next to your right

Agenda

Objectives – Share the framework of Character Counts program.

Expectations – interactive discussion, lots of questions, share your ideas and experiences

Trust the process – please participate fully

MISION CAG PROGRAMA DE VALORES

«Nuestra misión es conferir a los alumnos del PODER para alcanzar su MAXIMO POTENCIAL e INSPIRARLOS a llevar

VIDAS SIGNIFICATIVAS como miembros RESPONSABLES de una SOCIEDAD

GLOBAL»

Creemos en: Las características y necesidades

únicas de nuestros alumnos (intelectuales, sociales, emocionales y físicas)

El respeto por la diversidad religiosa, política, social y cultural

El fortalecimiento de los rasgos de carácter positivo y valores éticos

La responsabilidad compartida de toda la comunidad educativa para alcanzar estándares de excelencia en todos los aspectos de sus vidas

Nuestro PROGRAMA DE VALORES refuerza la MISION CAG, el cual,

integrado al currículo busca:

Valorar el aprendizaje continuo como fuente de conocimiento y bienestar para toda la vida.

Utilizar en forma responsable las destrezas tecnológicas y de comunicación que contribuyen a su aprendizaje.

Mostrar un sentido de conciencia y cuidado de su medio ambiente.

Demostrar respeto, comprensión y aprecio por la diversidad cultural

Desarrollar hábitos y actitudes que fomenten un ambiente físico y emocional seguro en la comunidad educativa.

Josephson Institute and Programs

How did Character Counts start?

Aspen Declaration on Character Education

The Six Pillars

People do not automatically develop good moral character; therefore, conscientious efforts must be made to instruct

young people in the values and abilities necessary for moral decision making and conduct. - Aspen Declaration

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Trustworthiness

Respect

Responsibility

Fairness

Caring

Citizenship

The Six Pillars of Character

Six Pillars of Character

TRUSTWORTHINESS – honesty, integrity, promise-keeping, loyalty

RESPECT – courtesy, nonviolence, tolerance, autonomy

RESPONSIBILITY – duty, accountability, pursuit of excellence, self-restraint

FAIRNESS – openness, consistency, impartiality

CARING – kindness, compassion, empathy

CITIZENSHIP – civic virtue, lawfulness, common good

My plate is already full!My plate is already full!

Character is the plate

To educate a child in the mind but not the morals is to educate a menace to society. - Theodore Roosevelt

Poster Activity

• Step 1: Divide paper in half. On one side list the words represented in your pillar; on the other side draw the symbols that represent those words on your poster.

• Step 2: Choose 4 words that best represent your pillar; choose 1 symbol.

• Step 3: Share your poster with the rest of the group

Trustworthiness

• Integrity• Honesty• Promise-Keeping• Loyalty

Promise KeepingHonestyIntegrityLoyalty

Balloon Game

The balloon represents a lie. When I say go, toss the balloon in the air and try to keep it in the air. If the balloon touches the ground, your lie has been discovered and you’re out.

Respect

• Treating people with respect means letting them know that:• Their safety and happiness matter• They’re important and worthy simply because they’re

fellow human beings• Live by the Golden Rule

A, K, Q, J

10, 9, 8

7, 6, 5

4, 3, 2

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Responsibility

• Responsibility requires that you recognize what you do — and don’t do — matters.

Activity

VideoLos niños hacen lo que ven

What was your reactions about this video?

What does your reactions say about your role in this process?

Fairness

• Process – How we make decisions.• The moral obligation is to make decisions fairly. This is

called procedural fairness.• Results – What we decide (the substance of the decision).

The consequences or benefits should be fair.• The moral obligation is to make fair decisions. This is

called substantive fairness.

Fairness Videos

Susan Boyle

Caring

Caring – and the virtues of compassion, kindness,

benevolence, altruism, charity, generosity, and sharing – is the heart of

ethics.

Pepper Experiment

Step 1: Sprinkle the pepper in the water.

Step 2: Hold the soap in the middle of the pepper. Step 3: Pour the sugar in the center of the water.

Citizenship

• Fulfill your civic duties.• Do your share.• Respect authority.• Pursue civic virtues

Lead India Tree

Citizenship Videos

Teach

Explain that success and happiness depend on who you are inside.

Teach the difference between right and wrong using the Six Pillars of Character as your guide.

T.E.A.M.

Enforce

Praise good behavior. Discourage bad behavior. Impose fair and consistent

consequences – even when difficult or costly to do so – and follow through.

Advocate

Encourage your youngster to live up to the Six Pillars of Character – everywhere, all the time!

Tell stories of people you know who have acted with character.

Model

Ensure that your own behavior sends the right messages and reinforces the right thing.

Be accountable.

What Do You Want Most for Your Children?

Leprechaun Test

If you saved the life of a leprechaun and he granted you one wish for your children, what would you choose?

Enormous wealth Fabulous good looks Superb athletic ability Great fame Genuine happiness

Leprechaun Test

Okay, the leprechaun says, pick the quality you think is most likely to produce genuine happiness:

Enormous wealth Fabulous good looks Superb athletic ability Great fame Deep and enduring personal

relationships

Leprechaun Test

Finally, he says, then you pick the quality most likely to produce deep and enduring personal relationships.

Enormous wealth Fabulous good looks Superb athletic ability Great fame Good character – trustworthiness, respect,

responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship

Leprechaun Test

Before you decide, think about this: Can you imagine having a deep and enduring personal relationship with someone who:

You cannot trust? Does not treat you with respect? You can’t count on because he/she is

irresponsible? Is consistently unfair? Is totally selfish; never thinks of others?

Leprechaun Lesson

Having meaningful and enduring personal relationships is the surest road to happiness and having good character is the surest road to good relationships.

Therefore, good character is the surest road to happiness.

CHARACTER COUNTS!®

Everywhere, All the Time…