Character Education: Mission Statements, Objectives and What You Can Do
Mission Statements
The Wake County Public School System will educate each student to be a responsible and productive citizen who can effectively manage future challenges.
The Wake County Public School System staff will develop an integrated curriculum emphasizing the elements of character, promote a climate permeated with the culture of character, and provide opportunities to practice the habits of character at school and in the community.
The Character Education Community Involvement Committee will mobilize individuals and groups throughout Wake County to teach, model and affirm character development, resulting in a community committed to character.
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Objectives
- To affirm and support the character goals of families who send their children to Wake County public schools by providing instruction on board-supported traits of good character and affirming their practice.
- To develop an atmosphere in our public schools which considers good character something worthy of praise.
- To help children attending Wake County public schools learn to think before they act, to understand fundamental differences between right and wrong, and to make good decisions.
- To help children attending Wake County public schools to understand better what their community expects of them in terms of good character.
- To put the Wake County Public School System in a leadership position demonstrating to others how broadly based principles of good character can be taught in the public school setting.
What You Can Do
The following ideas for how each of us can support character development in youth were suggested by participants at a Wake County Community Character Forum in the fall of 1996.
- Display the eight character traits in your home or business.
- Model the traits.
- Utilize the language of character at home, at work and throughout the community.
- Encourage and affirm the display of good character in others through specific words and actions.
- Become a mentor or tutor for a young person.
- Help develop a "culture of character" in Wake County.