SEE Professional Developement Supporting THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO CHARACTER EDUCATION

Above: Click on a section of the wheel to take you to that page.

THE CENTER FOR THE 4th AND 5th Rs promotes a 12 point comprehensive approach to character education, one that uses all aspects of school life as deliberate opportunities for character development. The inner part of the wheel above shows nine character building strategies for the classroom; the outer rim, three schoolwide strategies. Address: P.O. Box 2000, Courtland, NY 13045. Telephone: (607) 753-2455

Adapted with author's approval (3/98) - from Educating for Character: How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility by Thomas Lickona, 1991. Reprinted with permission.