UPDATE INCLUDES:
OPPORTUNITIES & AWARDS
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Apply to be a State or National School of Character
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NC Social and Emotional Learning Implementation Team Update
- Character.org Forum
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October is National Bullying Prevention Month
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Grant Opportunities
- Laws of Life Essay Contest
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS & RESOURCES
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School of Character Application Is Now Open
Has your school or district cultivated a supportive and caring community? Do you think your staff, students, and the larger community have successfully implemented the 11 Principles of Effective Character? Apply this fall for State and National School of Character to receive valuable feedback for improvement whether you reach School of Character status this year or not.
The 2023 School of Character Application deadline is Friday, November 11, 2022.
Learn More and Get Started!
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NC Social and Emotional Learning Implementation Update
NC Social and Emotional Learning Implementation Team includes multiple voices and utilizes this space to share implementation updates across our five working groups. Check out our current work, highlights and/or future planning. Here is a quick summary of our implementation in North Carolina. This month, we are focusing on resources to strengthen adult social and emotional competencies.
Strengthen Adult Social and Emotional Competencies (Focus Area 2)
A set of infomercials has been created to help all stakeholders develop a better understanding of the social and emotional learning competencies within North Carolina's public schools:
Additional Resource
School ImprovED Podcast: Season 2, Episode 7- New Episode Available: Social and Emotional Learning within an MTSS Season 2's season finale is packed full of information and resources. Alisha sits down with Beth Rice who is a leader in North Carolina's efforts to support social and emotional learning in its schools. Beth's passion for this work is evident and she provides practical advice and examples to help others on their journey with social and emotional learning. You can listen to the episode using this link or you can find it on iTunes (search: School ImprovED).
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Character.org Forum
October 19-20, 2022
✓ Several Keynote speakers to inspire you on topical issues
✓ A celebration of our 2022 National Schools of Character
✓ Learn new approaches and initiatives when we recognize schools for their 2022 Promising Practices
✓ Share best practices and emerging strategies with like-minded individuals from across the United States and around the world
✓ Learn new character development programs (especially those offered by our Forum partners)
✓ Opportunity to ask questions and share your own experiences
✓ Exhibitor Booths
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October is National Bullying Prevention Month
Beginning in October 2006, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, along with the National Education Association, National PTA, American Federation for Teachers, and the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, hosted the first awareness week sponsoring events and activities to raise awareness of the issue of bullying throughout the month. PACER realized that students, parents, and people throughout the country needed to become more aware of the serious consequences of bullying (stopbullying.gov). The point of National Bullying Prevention Month is to transform a society that accepts bullying into a society that recognizes that bullying must – and can – be addressed through education and support.
Check out the multitude of resources including tool kits, videos, free posters, quick guides just to mention a few below:
PACERS National Bullying Prevention Center
StopBullying.gov
Do Something About Bullying
Grants
KidsGardening Budding Botanist Grant - Deadline: October 14
Twenty high schools in the U.S. will receive $1,000 grants to support the development of new and expansion of existing gardens that teach students about environmental sustainability and the importance of biodiversity.
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The Awesome Foundation Grants - Deadline: Ongoing
The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Each local chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants of $1,000, no strings attached, to projects and their creators, usually given out monthly.
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Laws of Life Essay Contest
The Laws of Life essay contest encourages middle school and high school students to reflect and write about a core value that means the most to them – and why.
• The program is available to all students in middle schools and high schools across the world.
• All essay writers will be recognized by Character.org. We will also recognize the most compelling essays and feature them on our website and social media channels.
Submissions are due March 23, 2023, and can be submitted through this online form at any time.
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On-Demand Professional Development: Building Relationships
Watch our latest On-Demand Webinar on how to create a caring school community.
Register Here
Password: Character1 (Case Sensitive)
Helpful resources included in the professional development include:
You can find On-Demand Professional Development for your character journey on our NCDPI Character Education website. Topics currently include:
- How to apply to become a State and National School of Character
- How to use data to implement a comprehensive, intentional, proactive approach for character education at your school
- How core values are defined, implemented, and embedded into school culture
More webinars will be added throughout the 2022-2023 school year. If you have a topic you would like to know more about regarding Character Education please email Justyn.Burgess@dpi.nc.gov
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 Explore Health and Wellness Resources to Support Well-Being
Thursday, October 27, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Register
Now, more than ever, educators are looking for resources to assist in having critical conversations and helping students build positive habits. Discovery Education has joined forces to build health and wellness resources dedicated to supporting educators, students, and families through equitable access to meaningful learning tools. Health and wellness are essential to identity, development, how we relate to one another, and how we experience the world around us.
Join this webinar to explore this catalog of no-cost tools and discuss best practices for implementation in the classroom.
NYLC International Service-Learning Forum
November 9
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Join NYLC on November 9 for a full day of service-learning professional development for students and K-HE educators! Learn more and register today!
The workshops will offer insights on specific best practices, provide new tools, lessons learned from global practitioners, student demonstration of their learning and more. The first 500 participants will receive a full scholarship thanks to generous sponsors!
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www.nylc.org
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