The Virtues Project (Educator's Guide)

The Virtues Project was honored by the United Nations during the International Year of the Family as a model global program for all cultures and was featured on the Oprah show as a method for teaching children to "do the right thing." This long-awaited guide for counselors, teachers, caregivers, and youth leaders offers a wealth of character-awakening activities and ideas for bringing out the best in your students and yourself.

The Virtues Project contains proven strategies for awakening virtues—the gifts within. It represents a wholistic approach to character education that can easily be integrated into existing curricula in individual classrooms, counseling groups, schools, day-care centers, or youth programs.

Major components include:
» The simple elements of character honored by all cultures and spiritual traditions—52 basic virtues!
» "The language of virtues" for drawing out the best in children
» Proven methods for creating a culture of character and reducing violence
» Powerful strategies to inspire excellence, respect, kindness, commitment, and cooperation in all students
» Success stories and activities from schools, boys’ and girls’ clubs, and child-care programs around the globe
» Activities for children of all ages
» Virtues in games and art

You will learn:
» Positive school-wide discipline involving restorative justice
» Tips for transforming bully behavior
» Counseling tools that empower moral choices
» One-minute counseling strategies
» How to begin the year with a shared vision
» Simple ways to introduce the "Virtue of the Week"
» Peer mentoring techniques
» Ways to turn your school into a community of caring
» A language that turns character slogans into behavior

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