Welcome to SEE's Golden Compass: for Character-Based Decision Making page!

Make a good choice! How many times does a student hear this exhortation? The process of making a good choice may be influenced by many factors such as a person's values, family training, community norms, emotions and/or self-interest. With all the factors that influence choices, students find it difficult to explain how they prioritize options to make a good decision.  SEE's Golden Compass process described in our Golden Compass workbook helps students learn how to use pro-social character traits and The Golden Rule to guide their choices.   
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While The Golden Compass process can be applied K-12, the cases in the workbook are written for application in middle and high schools.  The activities and skills taught through application of The Golden Compass provide a compass needle that points students to decisions in support of positive character. 

About Golden Compass​

Purchase Golden Compass Workbook (includes free two-part professional development narrated PowerPoint) (Contact Character.org)

​Golden Compass Student-Teacher Workshop

Contact SEE for Golden Compass Consulting

Quotes for character-based decision making

​Essay supporting four-steps

​"Golden Compass dilemmas
​are among the best character education activities I've ever read. I highly recommend this book!" 

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- Hal Urban, Ph. D
Author, Life's Greatest Lessons

"Our habits become who we are. This practical resource helps students practice decision making so that they develop habits they need to make positive decisions in their future."

- Janice Stoodley, Past Director, 
​National Schools of Character

"The Golden Compass is a wonderful new tool for students and teachers seeking a process for ethical decision-making."

- Kristie Fink, Past Ex. Director, 
Utah Coalition for Civic, Character & Service Learning

​​Ethics in action creates character