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Latest Updates: Institute for Character Development RSS

  • Kathleen Davidson posted in IEE & Partners' News, Power2Achieve Community at 3:39 pm on September 11, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: IEE team, Institute for Character Development

    While I wondered if I would feel lost in September without the stimulation and challenges of teaching, I can say with certainty that it has been a very exciting first two weeks of the month as a new full-time employee of the Institute for Excellence and Ethics.  It was immediate immersion into the heart of the program when I had the opportunity to sit in on the Power2Learn presentation for teachers at Cherry Hill Alternative school in New Jersey.  One cannot help but sit back in awe of the progress, precision, and potential of all the people, materials, research, technology, content, and execution of the new Power2 Programming.

    Following that, this week we have been back at the office publishing lessons as well as continuing the creative process of units to come. It is certainly a busy, crucial time for IEE and its partners, but I am grateful to see and experience firsthand the efforts and rewards that come with producing such a high-quality and high-need product that teachers and schools will directly benefit from.   More to come as Power2 Programming pushes forward and IEE continues to develop.

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  • Eric Martin posted in Power2Achieve Community at 9:52 pm on September 3, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Institute for Character Development

    Greetings from the Institute for Character Development, the nation’s first Smart and Good Regional Center!

    We are thrilled to be working with five outstanding Iowa High Schools as Field Research Sites for the Power2Learn and Power2Teach programs. It has been amazing to watch the schools present the P2 materials to their faculty and now to their students. To borrow a quote from Lickona and Davidson:  ”We shape the culture, the culture shapes the character;” we feel our schools are committed to shaping a culture of excellence for academics and character development.

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