The Character Educators of Southwestern Ontario are a group of system level educators interested in sharing practices around implementation of the Finding Common Ground initiative.
Feel free to post your questions about implementation here. Please remember to "publish" your post by clicking the button below when you are finished. A block for sharing documents is under construction. Instructions to follow.
Thanks to Steve for putting this up for us. And thanks to all for your contributions and participation yesterday. I anticipate great things ahead for all of us. John
It needs repeating - so thanks to John and Steve for organizing yesterday, and thank you to one and all for sharing wisdom and frustrations with such candour. I look forward to our continued journey together. DJM
Character Development in Action, K-12 Successful Practices in Ontario Schools
Links to Character Organizations
Character Education Partnership
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
Center for Character and Citizenship Development, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Institute for Global Ethics
Resources
A Different Booklist
A Different Booklist has an extensive list of literature titles and resources that support diversity education K-12.
Goodminds
Good Minds is a significant Canadian supplier of First Nations literature and resources. They have an extensive collection of titles that address First Nations teachings and character development.
The Responsive Classroom
The Responsive Classroom is an approach to teaching and learning that fosters safe, challenging, and joyful elementary classrooms and schools. Created by classroom teachers and backed by independent research, it consists of practical strategies for bringing together social and academic learning throughout the school day.
The Foundation for A Better Life
For Better Life is well worth the visit…a good source of video vignettes, stories, ideas and much more.
4 comments:
Wow! This looks great!
Hi Steve,
Thanks for setting this up - it is my first time blogging - looking forward to it!
Kathy
Have already passed on the Dr. Ferguson video info ... so thanks for that
Thanks to Steve for putting this up for us.
And thanks to all for your contributions and participation yesterday.
I anticipate great things ahead for all of us.
John
It needs repeating - so thanks to John and Steve for organizing yesterday, and thank you to one and all for sharing wisdom and frustrations with such candour. I look forward to our continued journey together.
DJM
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