omoting the core values in all phases of school life.
4. If a character education program is to be maximally effective, the school itself must be a caring community.
5. In order for students to develop character, the character education program must provide students with opportunities for moral action.
6. Effective character education programs have a meaningful and challenging academic curriculum that respects all learners and helps them succeed.
7. Effective character education programs strive to develop students' intrinsic motivation.
8. The school staff must become a learning and moral community in which all (administrators, teachers, and staff) share responsibility for character education and attempt to adhere to the same core values that guide the education of students.
9. Effective character education programs require moral leadership from both staff and students.
10. Effective character education programs recruit parents and community members as full partners in the character building effort.
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