Does your School Measure Up ? Take the WALK THE TALK Survey! Familiarize yourself with each of the ten WALK THE TALK characteristics and descriptions. Rank the characteristics in the order you feel they exist in your organization. Give 10 points to the characteristic exhibited more, 9 to the next, and so on, ending with… Read more »
Looking for Interesting Employment? Teacher’s Aid is a program which lets a teenager put into action the values which he or she has learned. Under co-development by the Bureau of Essential Ethics Education and the public charity Optimizing National Education, Teacher’s Aid is available for *private* viewing at www.opnated.org/programs Filling a niche in the menu… Read more »
Yesterday and Today “Manners are of more importance than laws.” -Edmund Burke, British statesman, 1700’s “Without good manners, human society becomes intolerable and impossible.” -George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1800’s “If manners were an animal, it would be an endangered species.” -Henry C. Rogers, American public relations expert, 1984 How things were different not too… Read more »
More than 250 Altus teachers, administrators, support personnel, and parents attended an afternoon presentation by Gene Bedley, Executive Director, of the National Character Education Center, Santa Margarita, California. The in-service program, hosted by Altus Public Schools and sponsored by APOE, dealt with character-centered classrooms. Bedley’s materials are currently being used in over 5500 schools nationwide…. Read more »
Author’s Note: The following activities have been created for intermediate students; however, you are encouraged to modify and adapt them to fit student age, experiences, current units of study, etc.! As educators and role models, we must continually make a concerted effort to model and demonstrate the values we teach on a daily basis. Activity… Read more »
Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight; Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic; don’t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege. Should you have a bad day at work; Think of… Read more »
A Class Plan from the Characters Character, Whooti Who is Whootie Owl? The host of “Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow by”http://www.storiestogrowby.com”>www.storeistogrowby.com.. Whootie Owl, “The Characters Character”, presents a selection of ethical and entertaining fairytales and folk tales from around the world. Why teach a Values Class? To drive home the point that holding positive values… Read more »
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as a pathway to peace; taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it… Read more »
In the Values in Action! Curriculum one of the seven core ethical virtues we emphasis is Positive Mental Attitude. While P.M.A. Positive Mental Attitude itself is not a core ethical virtues. The attributes that surround it courage, conscience, confidence and commitment are and contribute most to a person who thinks and works for the best… Read more »
The following poem is quoted from “Audrey Hepburn” by Barry Paris, (c)1996 Putnam She read it to children for inspiration For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers… Read more »
