Welcome to Project CHARACTER*

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Created by: Jim Carroll Joe Montecalvo

Project CHARACTER* Developed by James J. Carroll, Ph.D., it was created as a result of a grant that was awarded by the U. S. Department of Education’s Character Education Program in July, 2008 to the Yonkers Public Schools

Jim and Joe also lead… Adapting Project LEGAL (since 1976: implemented in 34 states) for YPS (2007—2009) Project CRITICAL—Gifted Ed. project for Region 10 since 1996; $3M grant: 2004--2009

Project CHARACTER Co-Directors: Howard Krieger Jim Carroll, Ph.D.

Year 1 Target Schools Emerson Middle School Martin Luther King, Jr. Montesorri 27 School 21

Year 2 Target Schools Khalil Gibran School Roosevelt High School

Year 3 Target Schools School 16 School 17 Montessori 31 de Hostos DiChiaro

Our Philosophy Is Illustrated in this Peanuts Cartoon

Workshop Objectives: Overview of Project CHARACTER Clarify the Role of the Leadership Teams Demonstrate the CHARACTER Education Public Policy Analyst (CEPPA) Develop Initial Plans for School Implementation

Overview of Project CHARACTER

Citizenship and High Academic standards, Reinforcing the CHARACTER Citizenship and High Academic standards, Reinforcing the Aspen Character Traits, and Ethical Reasoning

CITIZENSHIP The Character Education Public Policy Analyst: Define (1) schoolwide, (2) classroom & (3) curriculum social problems & develop new public policy solutions

High Academic standards CEPPA & PPA & character ed will promote academic improvement.

Reinforcing the ASPEN Character Traits respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, caring justice & fairness civic virtue & citizenship

Ethical Reasoning Using analysis and technology to solve our school’s problems and create a caring environment

Improved Academic Performance Goals of Project CHARACTER Caring Schools Improved Academic Performance

The four CRITICAL objectives of Project CHARACTER may be summarized as: (1) Curriculum Restructuring to focus on the Six Pillars of Character—respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, caring, justice and fairness, and civic virtue and citizenship—in all content courses and on school-wide social problems,

The four CRITICAL objectives of Project CHARACTER may be summarized as: (2) Implementation and Training among five new target schools each year: summer workshop, Saturday & afterschool workshops

Other afterschool workshops during the school year August Workshop: Lincoln High School August 16, 17, 18 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Other afterschool workshops during the school year

The four CRITICAL objectives of Project CHARACTER may be summarized as: (3) Integrating Computer Applications—The Character Education Public Policy Analyst (CEPPA) and The Public Policy Analyst (PPA), all of which develops …

The four CRITICAL objectives of Project CHARACTER may be summarized as: (4) Learning standards in both character and academic achievement related to the new NY content standards.

The key to our success is… The School Leadership Teams

School Leadership Teams (LT) Building Principal Five Highly Respected Teachers A Concerned Parent

LT Members will lead their school committees in using the CEPPA

LT Members’ role is described in the CHARACTER Handbook

The CEPPA addresses these school social problems… (a) discipline problems (b) students’ grades (c) participation in extracurricular activities (d) parental and community involvement (e) faculty and administration involvement (f) student and staff morale

If we all work together as a team… …then CHARACTER will achieve its goals and objectives in our five target schools

In Closing

Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!! Remember: Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!!