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Breakout
Session 1 – 10:15am – 10:45 am
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Presenter’s
Name, Title,
Organization
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Session
Title
(Titles
in bold received a Promising Practice or National School of
Character Award)
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Session
Description
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1.
Kim
Snider
Lead Teacher,
Freedom Elementary
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STARS
Mentoring Program
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Learn how to
develop an in-school mentoring program for your students who need
extra support and attention. Presenter
will share ideas on how to identify students, recruit and train
mentors, activities and materials for mentors and mentees, and forms
used to implement the program.
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Target Level+
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E
M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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4, 5, 8,10
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2.
Lisa
Johnson-Bowers
The Center for
Partnering Academics and Character Education
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Building a Strong
Foundation - The Personal Bank Account
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Strong personal
bank accounts are the foundation upon which your character education
program can be constructed. The
decisions that we make on a daily basis either make deposits into or
withdrawals from our “personal bank accounts”.
This 30 minute presentation will illustrate how to help
students use the concept of personal bank accounts to develop strong
self-esteem. Participants
will be given ample ideas and activities to use in the classroom.
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Target Level+
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E M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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1, 2, 3, 7
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3.
David Jennings
Executive
Director,
Winners Walk Tall
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Winners
Walk Tall - a community-based character building program for youth
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The
session will explain the success of Winners Walk Tall and how easy
it is to start in your school. Volunteer “character coaches”
visit classrooms every week during the school year to present one of
more than 50 ten-minute lessons on the fundamentals of good
behavior. The program is simple and complete; it requires minimal
classroom time with no teacher preparation; it is offered at no cost
to all schools and most importantly, it works!
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Target Level+
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E
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Target Audience*
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T
C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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1,
4, 5, 11
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4.
James Flanagan, Positive Tales
That Teach, Tickle, and Motivate
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Never
underestimate the power of story
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Stories
are one of the three “best” ways to teach character. Why lecture
when telling a story works much better? Quickly learn the basics of
storytelling from a professional storyteller. There is a business
proverb: “facts convince but story sells!”
Never underestimate the power of story.
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Target Level+
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E
M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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1,
2, 3, 7
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5.
Janet
Vinciguerra
Teacher,
Lee Burneson
Middle School
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Teaching with
Less Stress Using the Raise the Responsibility System
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Would better
social and work skills from students help them to be successful in
your class? This session is about classroom management, maintaining
a respectful, responsible classroom and learning methods by which we
can help students process information while gaining social and work
skills. Students are
taught the 4 levels of behavior and the highest level is the target
for behavior and attitude as well as academic performance. Using the
Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures to process information, we
will model the process by which classbuilding will incorporate good
social and work skills.
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Target Level+
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E
M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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1, 2, 3, 4, 7
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6.
Mary Alice Casalina
VP,
Director of Schools, Project
Love
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Comprehensive
Character Education Plan
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Project
Love will present a Comprehensive Character Education plan that was
developed with knowledge gained from 13 years of experience
providing character education resources to schools in northeastern
Ohio, and the utilization of reported Character Education data and
the input of our Education Committee. The Project Love Education
Committee included teachers, principals, administrators, students,
and staff from urban, suburban, and rural schools.
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Target Level+
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M
H
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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All
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7.
Donna Charlton
Student Success
and Behavior Instructor
Sentinel Career
Center
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Discipline
with Character
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The Student
Success and Behavior Enhancement (SSBE) was developed as an
alternative to the normal in-school suspension. Character education
activities are used to help students learn to make choices that will
give them the opportunity to be more successful in their life.
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Target Level+
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M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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2,3,5,7
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8.
Deron Schweiterman
Principal
Fairbrook
Elementary
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Dens
- Across the grade-level community meetings
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We will explain
how we organize and develop our across-the-grade-level-community
meetings known at Fairbrook as "Dens". We will look at
some past Den programs and see how the Fairbrook Life Skills are
discussed, used, and reflected upon during a meeting. We will show
how the leaders (fifth grade students) are trained for this
leadership program.
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Target Level+
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E
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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2,3,5,7
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Breakout
Session 2 – 11:00 am – 11:30 am
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Presenter’s
Name, Title,
Organization
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Session
Title
(Titles
in bold received a Promising Practice or National School of
Character Award)
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Session
Description
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1.
Paige Gillespie
Assistant
Principal
Fairfield Central
Elementary
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Find
Your Star!
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Find your Star is
a program designed to provide targeted behavior interventions for a
small group of children. Individual students are invited to
participate in a 3 week program that focuses on the individual
student and how they can make better choices.
The final project is a product that the student designs to
give back to the community. Students identify with a mentor who
continues with them throughout the school year.
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Target Level+
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E
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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7
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2.
Lisa Johnson-Bowers
The Center for
Partnering Academics and Character Education
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Goal
Setting
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Teaching
a student to set and achieve goals is the number one thing we can do
to raise self-esteem. This
30 minute session will help you to take students through a goal
setting process and to help them follow through to completion.
Topics for discussion include why people don’t set and
achieve goals, how to use the planner for structure, and developing
scoreboards to measure success.
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Target Level+
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E
M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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3,
5, 6, 7
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3.
Dr. Andrea Lasko
Principal,
Royal View
Elementary
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School-wide
Citizenship and Citizens of the Month Program
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The
Royal View Citizenship Plan has daily, weekly, monthly, and
quarterly components which are fully integrated into the fabric of
life at our school. In this presentation, we will relay concrete
information about plan procedures and related principles and values.
Data on plan effectiveness will be presented.
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Target Level+
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E
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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1
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4.
David Vale
Principal,
Brookpark
Memorial Elementary
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Fun
Fridays!
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"Fun
Fridays” is an integrated activity incorporating academic goals,
character traits, service awards, songs, and dance.
Staff members serve as DJs to coordinate activities
throughout each lunch period. Academic questions, character traits,
songs and dance help to support a focus on academic achievement and
character development.
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Target Level+
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E M
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Target Audience*
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T C P
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Principles Addressed
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2,
3, 6, 7
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5.
Chip Weiant
President,
American Center
for Civic Character
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Character
Building for the Loner
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Leadership
character ethics for the teacher/administrator who is pioneering
intentional character -building in the office, faculty lounge or
office…alone.
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Target Level+
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E M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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1,3,9
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6.
Dr. Michael O'Shea
Director,
Curriculum and Instruction,
Springfield Local
Schools
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Students
in Search of Character Speak, Let's Listen
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This
presentation delivers research-based evidence that kids want
direction and yearn for teachers in their lives who are willing to
provide direction; who are able to bring the "big picture"
into focus and make it meaningful; and who care enough to spend
their emotional capital when they are in need of more than academic
assistance.
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Target Level+
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M
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Target Audience*
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T
P
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Principles Addressed
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4
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7.
Kathie Baxter
Counselor,
Freedom
Elementary
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Building
a School Culture of Character
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Learn
ways to develop a school-wide approach to building a culture of
character. Presenter will share ideas on common expectations,
student recognition programs, integrating character education in the
curriculum, service learning, and evaluating results.
Strategies for gaining and sustaining support from the staff
and parents will also be discussed.
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Target Level+
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E M H
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Target Audience*
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T C P PT
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Principles Addressed
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1,
2, 3, 5, 9, 11
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