Teaching Character Traits

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Teaching Character Traits
Character Education Project
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Helping Parents Help Kids
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• Elevator speech
• Focus On The Family
• Teaching character traits in school
• Focus on parental involvement
• Audience
• 3rd graders and parents in D-11 and D-20
• Parents
• Teachers

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• Format of Proposed Materials
• Supports attitudinal and behavioral change
• Learning environment is informal
• Product will be engaging, interesting, useful
• Lets the learner work through it
• Child activities and instructions for
  parent/child team and teachers

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• Clients Preference
• We cannot assume all families will have a
  computer
• Technology platform
• School will be web-based
• Learning will be paper-based
• Kit will be downloaded by teacher

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• Managing Learning Expectations
• Parents receive packets
• Organized content
• Clear directions
• Age appropriate for child
• Flexible in using product
• Time to complete and return packet

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• Content
• Parent kit and teacher kit
• Classical instruction and discovery learning
• Teacher kit will be supportive
• Nine activity kits implemented each month of
  school year
• Consistent structure
• Content varies

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• Character traits
• Compassion
• Citizenship
• Excellence
• Respect
• Hope
• Courage
• Honesty
• Responsibility
• Perseverance

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• Motivating the parent to become involved
• Writing a family story
• Puzzle piece
• Child returns puzzle piece to school
• Reward for returned puzzle piece

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• Parent Kit
• Instructions
• Poster
• Monthly learning activity
• Additional activities
• Return card

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• Poster
• 8 ½ x 11 refrigerator poster
• Animated
• Explains character trait of the month
• Monthly learning activity
• Story with discussion questions
• Game/puzzle
• Around-the-house character building areas

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• Additional activities
• Methods to focus on alternative intelligences or
  learning modalities
• Music
• Athletics
• Mathematics
• Art
• Architecture

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• Return Card
• Puzzle piece card
• Parent writes a family story
• Child returns it to school

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• Teacher Kit
• Instructions
• Wall decorations
• Assessment materials
• Rewards

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• Wall decorations
• Classroom posters
• Illustrates character trait studied at home
• Assessment materials
• One puzzle sheet per child
• Displayed on wall, 3-ring binder, or in desk
• Child attaches Return Card to puzzle
• Rewarded for achieving objective

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• Assessment materials
• Discussion questions
• Used to assess program success and objectives by
  each student for each trait

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• Reward
• Food coupons
• Chick Filet
• Pizza Hut
• School coupons
• Free homework pass

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• Client review
• FOTF (Jim Mhoon)
• Technical and editorial review
• Timeline
• March 12 - prototype submitted
• March 17 - FOTF provides feedback
• April 2 - Preliminary kit submitted
• April 7 - Feedback provided on kit
• April 23 - Final kit submitted