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Application: (P)(E)(M)(S) Values in Action! Begins it 10th year of publicati National Character Education Center Will begin it's 10 year of publishing our on line newsletter Values in Action! The Best in Ethics Education with the September Issue!...

BER National Seminars Application: (P) Discipline Seminars Gene Bedley's Seminars 2006-2007 School Year Bureau of Education and Research Discipline and the Difficult young Child NOVEMBER 13 OTTAWA, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 14 TORONTO, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 15...

BER National Seminars Application: (P) Discipline Seminars Gene Bedley's Seminars 2006-2007 School Year Bureau of Education and Research Discipline and the Difficult young Child NOVEMBER 13 OTTAWA, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 14 TORONTO, ON CANADA NOVEMBER 15...

FTC Verdict Is In: Guilty Application: (E)(M)(S) This past Monday, the Federal Trade Commission released a 104-page report on the marketing of violent entertainment products to minors. The study, which relies significantly on corporate memoranda ...

"Ahhhh! Fireworks!" Application: (E) Joanne Jacobson To celebrate your class' special accomplishments, you can all have fireworks. Everyone stands, places hands together with fingertips up. Move hand in an upward wiggly motion (like blasting off.) Wh...

"Pay It Forward" A Program Application: (P)(E) Implemented by the Pleasant Grove Elementary Schoo Pleasant Grove Elementary School 150 Reagan Road Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 - How often have you thought or said that you would pay someone back when they did something for you? Dur...

"PUPPIES" Application: (E)(M)(S) Unknown A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he fel...

"Respect Patches" Aim to Unite Colorado Students After Tragedy Application: (M)(S) Colleen Slevin - Associated Press DENVER - Colorado high school students, from athletes to musicians, will begin wearing tiny, black-and-white patches this fall that bear a single word: respect. The patch is designed to promote har...

10 Step Plan for Violence Prevention Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley * Make a list of the various forms of violence * Provide small group discussions about the personal impact of violence on you. * Conduct weekly research on current TV , Movie viewing and Ele...

10 Tips for Raising Children of Character Application: (P)(E)(M)(S) Dr. Kevin Ryan It is one of those essential facts of life that raising good children--children of character--demands time and attention. While having children may be doing what comes n...

10 Essential Steps Toward Success Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley 1. Accept changes as the norm. Concentrate on becoming a lifelong learner, not one who sees education as the completion of a formal education. 2. Success is a fly in the eye of a frog. Success is mor...

10 Ethical Dilemmas to be used with Classroom Ethic Forum Issues Application: (E)(M) Agree or Disagree Charts Gene Bedley 1. You can go into your sister's bedroom and borrow something without permission because she visited your bedroom and took something without permission . 2. You can wear your hair, color your ha...

10 Principles of Becoming a Respectful Person Application: (E)(M) Gene Bedley Fill In Page- Page 1 1. Respect requires that we pay attention to other's perceptions, fears and experiences. It's entire focus is on the other person. Seek first to understand and second to b...

10 Reasons for Character Education Application: (E)(M)(S) Thomas Likona From Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility by Prof. Thomas Likona (Bantam, 1991). 1. There is a clear and urgent need, as young people increasingly hurt...

10 reasons to Cultivate Virtues in Schools Application: (E)(M) Gene Bedley "Values are the seeds from which all behavior grows." 1. Value-based schools and homes develop value-driven children. WHY: Children who demonstrate respect, compassion, cooperation, integri...

10 Step Plan for Violence Prevention Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley * Make a list of the various forms of violence * Provide small group discussions about the personal impact of violence on you. * Conduct weekly research on current TV , Movie viewing and El...

10 Targets for Living Application: (P)(E)(M)(S) Rick Warren Rick Warren Author Purpose Driven Life 1)Live with Discernment Continually discern what is right and test what is authentically true. 2) Live with Integrity- Avoid living a segmented life but...

10 Things Responsible Students Do When Assignments Are Completed! Application: (E) Gene Bedley 1. Edit work and show the teacher a rough draft. 2. Select a book or finish reading a book checked out of the library. 3. Use the Word Processing program on the computer. 4. Use ...

10 Traits of Leaders Application: (E)(M)(S) Investor's Business Daily Investor's Business Daily has spent years analyzing leaders and successful people in all walks of life. Most have 10 traits that, when combined, can turn dreams into reality. 1. HOW YOU THINK...

10 Ways to Be a Great Role Model Application: (P)(E)(M)(S) National PTA Remember -- you are your children's most important example. They learn by observing you, even when you don't know it. If this sounds a bit daunting, don't worry. Here are 10 ways to be a great role mo...

100 Ideas for Implementing Character Education Application: (P)(E)(M)(S) The Staff of the Center for the Advancement of Eth 1. Hang pictures of heroes and heroines in halls or classrooms. 2. Institute a student tutoring program. 3. Promote service clubs with real missions for the school comm...

11 Principles of Effective Character Education Application: (E)(M) Character Education Partnership 1. Character education promotes core ethical values as the basis of good character. 2. "Character" must be comprehensively defined to include thinking, feeling, and behavior. 3. Effective c...

11 Ways to Raise Your Perseverance Quotient Application: (M)(S) Top Achievement 1. Be grown up, which means, be independent, take responsibility for yourself. When you step out, take risks, and succeed some people may be envious or fearful that they're "losing" the former you. Th...

12 Be-Haviors Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley Be Here: Physically and mentally Be On Time: Be where you should be, be aware of time Be Responsible: Do what you're supposed to do, follow the rules Be Prepared: Be ready to handle ...

12 Commandments For Effective Discipline Application: (E) Gene Bedley 1. When you validate, value, and affirm your child, you become valued, validated, and affirmed. 2. When you demean, weaken, and devalue your child, you become weak, powerless, and ineffective. ...

12 Steps for Beginning a Values in Action! Program in Your School! Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley 1. Preview the Values in Action! guide and the numerous school activities. Keep in mind that these strategies and solutions were developed over a 20 year period, to be used for a 7 year ethics/ch...

13 Character Traits Application: (E)(M)(S) Benjamin Franklin Below are the thirteen character traits Ben Franklin worked on to improve his chances for success. Character Traits Self-control - be determined and disciplined in your efforts. Silence ...

130 Role Models and Activities Application: (E)(M) Gene Bedley 1. Arrange the following role model list into categories ie Explorer Models, Political Models, Athlete Models, Inventor Models, Medical Models, Family Models, Religious Models, Civil Rights Models, A...

15 Steps for Beginning a Character Education Program in Your School Application: (E)(M)(S) Gene Bedley 1. Identify through a community survey and staff survey which core ethical virtues are paramount to your staff and community. Our Bureau provides a survey you can use. Values in Action Guide pg. 103...

15 Truths Every Middle School Kid Needs to Know Application: (M) Maria Kopicki Maria is the receipient of the Values in Action! Educators National Awards 1998 After working as a Middle School teacher for 10 years, I've learned a lot about what's important to young adolescent...