{"id":3732,"date":"2018-02-06T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/?page_id=3732"},"modified":"2021-09-23T20:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:50:38","slug":"p11-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/p11-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Principle 11 Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"stakeholders_agree overview_eleven_banner\">\n<div class=\"agent_title overview_eleven_text\">\n<h2>PRINCIPLE 11:<\/h2>\n<h1>The school assesses its implementation of character education, its culture and climate, and the character growth of students on a regular basis.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"stakeholders_type \">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"clearfix p1overview_top p4overview_top\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"community_content eleven\">\n<h4>Baseball great, Yogi Berra, once said, <b>\u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going, you might not get there.\u201d <\/b>This may sound somewhat silly at first glance, but it rings with truth. Schools must identify what they hope to improve or change through character education and monitor progress continuously.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"school_blog getting_old_blog p1_overview_community\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"school__right p1_overview_right\">\n<div class=\"school_blog_left eleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P11Overview_img-new.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_img-new\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"school__left p1_overview_left\">\n<div class=\"school_blog_right overview eleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/p1overview_right.png\" alt=\"Involved-blog\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"basic_step_view in_terms_view_eleven fcolor\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yfW31-Hsdo?rel=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix \">\n<div class=\"why_do_character eleven\">\n<h2>Assessing Implementation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content pright\">\n<h4>Character education programs are easy to implement, but implementing <i>character<\/i> is a different story. Character is deeply personal and based in relationships and how people treat one another. Mandating character is like mandating love, which is why top-down, mandated character educator programs can be ineffective. Before a staff can assess the implementation of character education, each staff member must acknowledge their own interactions with others and reflect on their own character.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_img margin_right-img \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/P11Overview_projects.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_projects\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix \">\n<div class=\"why_do_character\">\n<h2>Culture vs. Climate<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content pright\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; padding-right: 20px;\">These words are often used interchangeably by schools, businesses, and organizations and while both are important, they are different.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container\">\n<div class=\"become_vital_ parent_bg_overvieweleven elevenpinkspace\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<h4 class=\"pfmargin\">The <b>climate<\/b> of the school represents the attitudes of people in the school. A school\u2019s climate will often fluctuate due to situations that can improve overall perceptions and\/or create negativity. For example, you can predict how school climate changes following a salary freeze for all faculty and staff positions.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"why_do_imgover eleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/P11Overview_housemiddl.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_housemiddl\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"become_vital_ parent_bg_overvieweleven text elevenpinkspace\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<h4 class=\"pfmargin\"><b>Culture,<\/b> on the other hand, is a deeper description of a school. It is based in shared beliefs, agreed upon values, and like-minded philosophies of stakeholders. Culture has been called the school\u2019s personality. When a school has a reputation for being excellent or dismal, it is often the culture that is being identified.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix \">\n<div class=\"why_do_character cstmeleven\">\n<h2>Character Growth<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_img margin_left_img \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Haynes-Inman_Education_Center_5.jpg\" alt=\"P11Overview_imggrowth\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<h4>It can be intimidating for some educators to assess character because it is subjective; but, in truth, many academic assignments are as well. Because character education is not a hard science, it is imperative that schools know exactly what they hope to achieve through character education and assess goals regularly. It is also critical that students and parents understand what good character is, the meaning of the school\u2019s core values, and how the school expects all stakeholders to demonstrate good character. While it may be challenging to measure, few would argue that it is obvious when a school\u2019s culture is defined by good character and just as obvious when good character is never addressed.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container\">\n<div class=\"why_do_character remove_three\">\n<div class=\"school_blog\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"school__left\">\n<div class=\"school_blog_left \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/Involved-blog.png\" alt=\"Involved-blog\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"school__right\">\n<div class=\"school_blog_right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/Involved-blog-2.png\" alt=\"Involved-blog-2\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"some_example_view\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container\">\n<div class=\"national_school_content some_example_content\">\n<h2>School Examples<\/h2>\n<div class=\"national_slider arrow_slider\">\n<div id=\"national-slider\" class=\"owl-carousel owl-theme\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"national_blog national_blog_eight\">\n<div class=\"slide_text\">\n<h4>Donald Stewart Center for Early Childhood Education<\/h4>\n<div class=\"national_school_img_overvieweleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P11Overview_slide1img.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_slideimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"national_blog_desc overvieweleven\">\n<p><b>Donald Stewart Center for Early Childhood Education<\/b>, School 51, a preschool, regularly assesses its culture and climate, the role of its staff as character educators, and how the students manifest good character. Data is collected from surveys twice a year. The results have been outstanding with 100% of parents reporting they receive courteous attention at the school, teachers care about students; the school is supportive when they have concerns, and that the communication from school is good. Additionally, 95.65% of the teachers believe the administration is fair and supportive of the staff. The students and teachers are assessed throughout the school year.<br \/>The Early Learning Scale is used to assess the students\u2019 growth in three domains: Math\/Science, Social Emotional\/Social Studies, and Language Arts\/Literacy. The teachers take anecdotal notes throughout the day while observing and interacting with the students The notes are used to score the students. The school average for the Social Emotional\/Social Studies domain was 4.15 out of a possible score of 5. The data is analyzed in order to write Individual Students\u2019 Goals, develop lesson plans based students\u2019 needs, offer PD workshops, and to differentiate instruction. There have been high scores on CLASS assessments and the school has been named as a Top Ten Early Childhood Center in Elizabeth since 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"national_blog national_blog_eight\">\n<div class=\"slide_text\">\n<h4>Yorktown Central School District in NY<\/h4>\n<div class=\"national_school_img_overvieweleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/themes\/Character\/images\/P11Overview_slideimg.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_slideimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"national_blog_desc overvieweleven\">\n<p><b>Yorktown Central School District<\/b> in New York also has a strong commitment to assessing and reflecting on its character education initiatives. Two hundred students were surveyed to see how school climate affects healthy eating habits. Of the students surveyed, 75% stated they like their school and 73% participate in school and community activities. Data regarding student behavior is collected weekly and monthly. There are 1,120 students enrolled in more than 35 middle school clubs and 1,400 students enrolled in more than 40 high school clubs and extracurricular activities. These after-school programs support the development of important skills outside of the classroom and reinforce key concepts in leadership and sportsmanship. Surveys indicate growth: the results of a middle school survey provided the basis for character education lesson development for this year based upon students\u2019 concerns and needs.<\/p>\n<p>Areas in which students reported positive outcomes included:<\/p>\n<div class=\"why_do_content_text_become_vital_content parent_role_content_overviwertexteleven\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content overview eleven\">\n<ul>\n<li>Students treating other students with respect, 543\/690 responses (79%)<\/li>\n<li>Teachers treating students with respect 637\/690 responses (92%)<\/li>\n<li>Students helping other students who were being treated unkindly 583\/690 (84%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<p>Yorktown Central students still score above the state mean as well as similar schools every year in state assessments and Regents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"national_blog national_blog_eight\">\n<h4>Cheesequake Elementary School<\/h4>\n<div class=\"national_school_img_overvieweleven\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P11Overview_slide2.png\" alt=\"P11Overview_slideimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"national_blog_desc overvieweleven\">\n<p>Qualitative and quantitative data through parent, teacher &amp; student surveys, attendance records, HIB reports, observations, and &amp; standardized test results are used to assess culture &amp; climate at <b>Cheesequake Elementary School<\/b> in New Jersey.Over the past 5 years, 5th grade NJASK Math scores have shown a steady increase. Student absences have decreased as have student infractions. Recent statistics confirm the success of their efforts. New Jersey uses a rating system which compares a school&#8217;s progress against those of a school in their peer group of similar socio-economic status. At Cheesequake, 34% of the students receive free or reduced lunch, 10% are of Limited English Proficiency, and 11% receive special education-related services. These statistics describe an early-learning center that is now ranked first in its peer group in all of New Jersey for student performance, and third for student growth!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"reflection_view seven\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix reflection_top\">\n<div class=\"reflection_title clearfix\">\n<h2>Self-Reflection<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reflection_box\">\n<p>What is your school\u2019s culture and climate like? Have you surveyed your stakeholders about the culture and climate? What is the next step you are going to take to improve your culture and climate and further embed the teaching of character?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reflection_box\">\n<p>In what ways do you assess your character initiative? How do you know your plan is working? What adjustments have you made when your plan was not working? What are your next steps to drive the teaching of character further into the school culture?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reflection_box\">\n<p>Which of the 11 Principles is your greatest strength? Which of the 11 Principles do you need to work on? What plan will you create to improve? Who will be involved?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>[wp_quiz id=&#8221;4190&#8243;]<\/p>\n<section class=\"basic_step_view in_terms_view\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"basic_step_container clearfix\">\n<h2>Research that Supports Principle 11<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book_blog_box five_blog\">\n<div class=\"book_blog_img_overviewfive\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schoolicon.png\" alt=\"icon invertedcomas\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'roboto_condensedregular'; font-size: 22px;\">&#8220;Because a positive school culture is central to student success and holistic school transformation, we must help all schools acquire the tools needed to develop and assess such cultures.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DevelopingandAssessingSchoolCulture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Developing and Assessing School Culture: A New Level of Accountability for Schools,<\/a> Character.org White Paper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book_blog_box five_blog\">\n<div class=\"book_blog_img_overviewfive\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schoolicon.png\" alt=\"icon invertedcomas\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'roboto_condensedregular'; font-size: 22px;\">&#8220;It is most important that school climate be evaluated in an ongoing manner with measurement tools that have been developed in a scientifically sound manner.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jonathan_Cohen4\/publication\/235420504_School_Climate_Research_Policy_Teacher_Education_and_Practice\/links\/59d67f050f7e9b42a6aa0145\/School-Climate-Research-Policy-Teacher-Education-and-Practice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Climate: Research, Policy, Practice, and Teacher Education,<\/a> by Jonathan Cohen, Elizabeth McCabe, Nicholas Michelli, Terry Pickeral<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"before_after_bg\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"basic-step-after-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/schoolblog_five.png\" alt=\"basic-step-after-bg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"share-thoughts_view p5widget\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container\">\n<div class=\"reflection_title clearfix community_title\">\n<h2>Essential Questions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<div class=\"why_do_content\">\n<h4>Before moving onto the next module take some time to reflect on these important questions:<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12\">\n<ul class=\"questionlist\">\n<li>What is your approach to assessing school culture and climate?<\/li>\n<li>What are some of the challenges associated with assessing character at your school?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"check_understanding_view\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e3e7ee; border-top: 1px solid #e3e7ee; margin-top: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"agree_inner_container clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: #a1aaba; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: 'hk_groteskregular';\">Authored by\u00a0<b>Amy Johnston, Ed.D.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"back_next_view long_next_view clearfix\">\n<div class=\"why_do_character remove_three\">\n<div class=\"pull-left back_btn\"><i class=\"fa fa-caret-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/p10-conclusion\/\">back<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pull-right next_btn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/p11-1\">Next<\/a><i class=\"fa fa-caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCIPLE 11: The school assesses its implementation of character education, its culture and climate, and the character growth of students on a regular basis. Baseball great, Yogi Berra, once said, \u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going, you might not get there.\u201d This may sound somewhat silly at first glance, but it rings with truth. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/p11-overview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Principle 11 Overview&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29071,"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732\/revisions\/29071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exchange.character.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}