The perfect tool for any school system or community that wants to foster respect, responsibility and civility in its young people. A must for anyone who desires classrooms where learning thrives and a community where civility rules. This updated best-selling book by Dr. Philip Fitch Vincent shows teachers, administrators, and parents how to develop good character traits in a way that is completely adaptable to teaching methods already established in most schools. John Arnold, Ph.D., former director of Middle Grades in the NC State University Graduate Program. In this important book, Dr. Vincent shows educators and administrators the necessity and benefits of weaving consistent rules and procedures into the school climate.
Rules are expectations of good behavior, and procedures are the practices that lead to good habits.
By establishing habits of good behavior in class, teachers create a climate of civility and caring that gives them more time to teach. For this reason, rules and procedures should be at the heart of any character education program. Based on Dr. Vincent's best-selling book and workshop, this video enables teachers and administrators to see and hear a nationally renowned educator present the most important part of a character development program. 1 Dr. Philip Fitch Vincent, ed. The original volume of this series contains nine success stories in which educators describe how they developed thriving character education programs.