Contact Chuck Saufler at 442-0063 for implementation sites. The 6 pillars of character trust worthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship and ethical decision-making are the foundations for the character education program of Character Counts. This nationwide coalition of over 400 community, youth and educational organizations works with schools and communities to implement character education. Cooperative Extension works with schools and school districts in many states to deliver programming whose greatest strength is its ability to integrate into existing curriculum and programs. Maine Cooperative Extension staff is eager to partner with Maine school districts wishing to pilot a Character Counts program tailored to individual school or district needs.
Training is provided on a fee for service base, partially supported by grants.
For a complete list of schools with peer mediation programs, contact Pam Anderson. Two University courses on the Fundamentals of Mediation and the foundations of transformational conflict management. Resource library with comprehensive materials for teaching and training. Please contact us for specific referrals. For over ten years, KIDS Consortium has succeeded in bringing students, teachers and community partners together to revitalize and energize the learning process and provide young people with unique experiences as apprentice citizens.