1. Character Education Partnership Templeton Webinar Project Richard Benjamin, Senior Consultant rbenjamin@character.org

2. CEP - Principle VI Providing A Meaningful Academic Curriculum When teachers bring to the fore the character dimension of the curriculum, they enhance the relevance of subject matter to students’ natural interests and questions, and in the process, increase student engagement and achievement. p1 How can schools harness the time and energy going into academics to simultaneously (and naturally) promote character development? p2 How can schools enhance academic learning through character development? p2

3. Classroom ‘Leverage’ From Student Engagement What happens with little or no Student Engagement? Teacher still doing all the lifting Teacher doing all the lifting Adding ‘Technology’

4. Classroom ‘Leverage’ From Character Education & Student Engagement What happens with little or no Student Engagement? Teacher still doing all the lifting Teacher doing all the lifting Adding ‘Technology’

5. Classroom ‘Leverage’ From Character Education & Student Engagement Adding Arts-Based Strategies with Students doing more ‘hands-on” activities, Including Academic Service Learning - preparing to Teach/Present to others….. Student Effort – Comes with Student Engagement – Students doing ½ the ‘lifting’ Teacher – Role Change - identifies outcomes, needed inputs, strategies (Then GOOW)

6. Classroom ‘Leverage’ From Character Education & Student Engagement Teacher – Role Change - identifies outcomes, needed inputs, strategies (Then Get Out Of the Way) Teacher adds one single and one double pulley…. Reducing the work to ¼ of the original effort for the same result Double Pulley

7. Classroom ‘Leverage’ From Character Education & Student Engagement Teacher – identifies outcomes, needed inputs, strategies Culture of Character – Respect / Responsibility, Class Meetings, Cooperative Learning, Co-Teaching Real world application, Academic Service Learning, Teaching other students Feedback from Formative self-assessment, co-learning Arts-Based, Hands On Activities Student – Engaged and taking Responsibility for his/her own learning…… Pulling his/her Share!