SECTION 1: School-Based Character Education

2.It emphasizes instilling, teaching, and promoting character qualities—virtues, values, and principles.
3.It promotes the usefulness of character qualities across many contexts and places rather than focusing on skills useful only to specific situations (e.g., conflict resolution, reducing disciplinary problems).
4.It teaches virtues, values, and principles:
a.Directly (e.g., knowledge of moral ideas, of examples and heroes)
b.Indirectly (e.g., role modeling, literary examples)
c.As important in themselves
d.As supporting and promoting academic achievement in reading, math, science, and other subjects
e.In engagement in wider school activities and events
5. Character Education professional development for teachers, administrators, and staff:
a.Promotes positive school and student outcomes
b.Enhances adult skills and character qualities
6. In addition, community and parent involvement deepens and broadens support for Character Education.

Curriculum and Instruction
•Has a relevant, rigorous, and engaging curriculum
•Uses published curricular materials that develop critical thinking about value-laden current events
•Teaches media literacy
•Engages staff in aligning practices with performance character and moral character.