2012 WI Promising Practices Awards Application Guidelines & Cover Sheet...
Deadline for submitting your application was February 20, 2012. Details here.
June 11-13, 2012 Jefferson Conference
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2012 LACE Information
Call to Character...
Wisconsin Call to Character - Our goal in the Wisconsin Call to Character is to ensure greatness to our posterity by
raising the profile of goodness as our standard of public behavior and integrity as the touchstone of all our social interactions.
Schools of Character » State Schools of Character Program
State Schools of Character Program
WCEP is the sponsor for the State Schools of Character (SSOC) award program for Wisconsin. This award program, in partnership with the Character Education Partnership, gives state schools recognition for their exemplary character education programs. Wisconsin is one of 30 states participating in the SSOC program. SSOC winners become eligible for the National Schools of Character (NSOC) recognition.
Beginning in 2011, the NSOC program will recognize all schools and districts that reach a standard of excellence. This move from competition to mastery is designed to inspire all schools and districts to pursue a path to excellence in character education. The Wisconsin State School of Character Award Program applauds the goal of all schools reaching a high standard of implementation of character education, and will recognize schools that have met the standard. The schools that meet this standard will serve as models for others in the state and be named State Schools of Character.
Wisconsin will select and recognize schools and districts that exemplify strong implementation of character education in their schools, based on the Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education in accordance with the NSOC guidelines. Schools and districts are evaluated according to the CEP’s Character Education Quality Standard A Self-Assessment Tool for Schools and Districts. To review this assessment tool, or to learn more about the SSOC, you can go to www.character.org, National and State Schools of Character Awards Program Overview.
All public and private k-12 schools and school districts are eligible to apply.
Benefits of participating in the SSOC program include
- Guidance and feedback from CEP trained evaluators on your character education program.
- Opportunity to reflect and examine your character education program.
- Schools and districts who reach the exemplar status (meet the standards) proceed to the national level for determination of exemplar status by a national level reviewers and a Blue Ribbon Panel.