1. Welcome to Project CHARACTER*
Emerson Middle School
Staff Development
September 3, 2008

2. Created by:
Jim Carroll
Joe Montecalvo

3. 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

4. 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:

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

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

7. Our Philosophy Is Illustrated in this Peanuts Cartoon

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

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

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

16. Character Education Public Policy Analyst (CEPPA)
Define the Problem
Gather Evidence
Identify the Causes
Evaluate Existing Policies
Develop Public Policy Solutions
Select the Best Public Policy Solution

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

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

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

20. The key to our
success is…
Our School Community

21. School Leadership Teams (LT)
Administrators
Teachers
Parents

22. Every faculty member should select one of the school-wide problems:
Discipline (Sept-Nov)
Academic Achievement (Dec-Feb)
Parental Involvement (Mar-June)
Committee meetings will be held on MONDAYS (after school for 1 hour)

23. 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

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

25. In Closing

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