The Character Education Partnership's Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education

Effective Character Education:

• Promotes core ethical values.
• Teaches students to understand, care about, and act upon core values.
• Encompasses all aspects of school culture.
• Fosters a caring school community.
• Offers opportunities for moral action.
• Supports academic achievement.
• Develops intrinsic motivation.
• Includes whole-staff involvement.
• Requires staff and student leadership.
• Involves parents and community members.
• Assesses results and strives to improve.

Condensed version reprinted with the permission of the Character Education Partnership, Washington, D.C. Full text of the principles is available at the partnership's web site.

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