Welcome to the School for Ethical Education

The School for Ethical Education (SEE) teaches strategies to put ethics in action for positive student character formation. SEE’s programs, consulting, professional development and e-store all offer resources to help educators advance ethical and character development in school and after-school settings. 

Notice!!!

SEE is transitioning to become a support agency for the character and ethical education programs of CharacterPlus/Character.org. Many resource links remain on SEE's website to support schools in the implementation of meaningful character education initiatives, however; SEE is not administering projects at this time. Please contact Character.org for more information.​
Past Connecticut Programs
Programs for Everyone

 Achieving with Integrity Seminar
SEE's Achieving with Integrity Seminar is an online professional development opportunity for secondary teachers as a part of SEE's Integrity Works program. The Seminar provides instructional strategies to strengthen student ethical functioning. Ethical functioning is defined as students' ability to demonstrate ethical reasoning, ethical judgment and ethical commitment all leading to ethical action and prosocial character. Prosocial character is suggested as an aspirational purpose for students.

SEE welcomes individual or team registrations and offers a completion certification option.

SEE's John Winthrop Wright Ethics in Action Award

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Dr. Jim Loehr is recognized as the John Winthrop Wright Ethics in Action Awardee for 2024. Character.org presented this award with a grant from SEE. Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist who believes the single most important factor in high achievement, personal fulfilment and life satisfaction is the strength of one’s character. 

Dr. Loehr is the retired chairman, CEO, and co-founder of the Human Performance Institute (HPI), prior to its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. The Institute is widely known as the  pioneer in training programs that apply the science of energy management to improve productivity and ensure high performance.
 
In his consulting and writing, Jim advocates that character strength can be built in the same way that muscle strength is built through energy investment. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Leading with Character, The Power of Full Engagement, The Power of Story, The Only Way To Win, and Wise Decisions. He also co-wrote The Personal Credo Journal, a companion to Leading with Character.
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He has coached hundreds of world-class athletes as well as FBI Hostage Rescue Teams and military Special Forces. Dr. Loehr has also worked with many Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, The Estée Lauder Companies, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, and Citigroup Smith Barney. 

View a short video regarding Dr. Loehr's advocacy for character.​

SEE Visits Kenya

In September of 2024, Peter Donovan and David Wangaard set out on a trip to Kenya to visit Clay International School followed by a few days of safari travel in Kenya national parks. Peter has been a member of Clay's board for over 15 years and prompted this trip with the goal to introduce and encourage the Clay School staff to integrate ethical and character education goals into the school's mission and programs. The trip was very positive, and the administration of Clay International is seeking support from SEE to advance a study of best practices to further student ethical formation.

​Ethics in action creates character