Character Education
What's New?
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What's New
Those involved with planning and directing the annual Summer Institute for Character Education are conducting a brief survey to assess the impact the program is making on introducing character education into the classrooms of Oklahoma. Your response to this survey will be of great value to us as we continue to offer this training each year.
Complete the survey (external link)
Overview: Character Education Impacts Academics and Transforms Behavior Character Education fosters and fortifies core values that successfully achieve the following objectives:
- To promote academic achievement and leadership governed by integrity.
- To cultivate a safe school climate and an inclusive culture.
- To drive ethical, responsible priorities and behavior.
- To nurture a lifelong, committed citizenry for community service and outreach.
Character Education is not a curriculum. It is a transformed mindset, a continuous refreshing and renewing of the mind that channels dispositions and behaviors that edify.
Muskogee High School has been recognized and celebrated as the 2011 State and National School of Character by the Character Education Partnership (CEP) in Washington D.C., whose mission is to provide the vision and leadership and resources for schools, families, and communities to develop ethical citizens committed to building a just and caring world.
In 2011, Muskogee High School became Oklahoma’s first State and National School of Character, and as this video documents, MHS has a long, rich history. MHS is a very diverse school in northeastern Oklahoma with its beginnings dating to statehood. Learn about the origin of the name "Roughers" in the 1920’s, the molding of a new school and mascot coming out of integration in the early 1970’s, the rich academic offerings today and the commitment to move into the future. We are Muskogee!
Additional Character Education resources can be found by visiting the Information for K-12 Teachers and Staff page (under Other Helpful Information).
Resources
Annual Summer Institute for Character Education
The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, in collaboration with Character First, Christian Heritage Academy, the Oklahoma Center for Character Education, Oklahoma City Community College and the University of Central Oklahoma, hosts the Summer Institute for Character Education annually. The Summer Institute for Character Education is a professional development opportunity tailored for junior/senior level pre-service teachers from Oklahoma’s 22 schools of teacher education.
During the three-day, all-expense-paid, corporate-sponsored conference, 44 elementary and secondary future educators will actively engage in unique, interactive Character Education training and best practices. Participants will develop character language, behavior and leadership skills, and classroom management and praise strategies. Attendees will also learn about the importance of socioeconomic dynamics that impact today’s students’ academic and behavioral performance.
The Summer Institute for Character Education is designed to encourage and empower Oklahoma’s future teachers to model and promote character values – a life-altering, universal phenomenon taking place in and out of the classroom.
This year’s conference, Charting a Path to Character, is scheduled for July 11-13, 2013, at Oklahoma City’s Bricktown Hampton Inn and Suites, 300 N. Sheraton Ave. Online registration (opens in new window) for the Summer Institute is now available.
