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The new Introductory Guide is a free overview of the 11 Principles and will be sent to you by email as a PDF.
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11 Principles Introductory Guide
11 Principles Staff Development
The 11 Principles training is a 6 hour staff development session designed to understand the Principles and how they can be used to revolutionize school culture. During the session staff, which can include both certified and support, will engage in a number of hands-on activities, such as an Appreciative Inquiry, that will aid in determining the present status of the school’s culture and establish a vision and direction of where the school (or district) would like to proceed.
Contact State Coordinator, Madison Tomlinson, for more details and to schedule staff development: 
[email protected]  or  918-577-7437
The 11 Principles of Effective Character Education
  1. The school community promotes core ethical and performance values as the foundation of good character.
  2. The school defines “character” comprehensively to include thinking, feeling, and doing.
  3. The school uses a comprehensive, intentional, and proactive approach to character development.
  4. The school creates a caring community.
  5. The school provides students with opportunities for moral action.
  6. The school offers a meaningful and challenging academic curriculum that respects all learners, develops their character, and helps them to succeed.
  7. The school fosters students’ self-motivation.
  8. The school staff is an ethical learning community that shares responsibility for character education and adheres to the same core values that guide the students.
  9. The school fosters shared leadership and long-range support of the character education initiative.
  10. The school engages families and community members as partners in the character-building effort.
  11. The school regularly assesses its culture and climate, the functioning of its staff as character educators, and the extent to which its students manifest good character.​


The R.O.A.D. Warrior - Principle 8

State Senator Dewayne Pemberton was the Principal of Muskogee High School when it became the first school in Oklahoma to be named a State and National School of Character in 2011. Though he retired after a 36 year career in education Dewayne sat down with us to talk about how important it is for schools to focus on developing a culture of character. He reflected on the impact of attending his first National Forum on Character and the vision it gave him for using Character.org’s 11 Principles to help revolutionize Muskogee High.
He also talked about specific examples of certain Principles, especially Principle 8 and the unique way it was addressed to promote an ethical learning community among the staff.
As a member of OKcharacter.org’s Board of Directors, Dewayne still has a passion and desire for schools to be the best that they can be.
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