Keep It Simple, Make It Real Character Development in Grades 6-12 [Paperback]

A realistic approach to assessing student behavior, staff morale, and school climate and creating a proven-to-work character development program that can dramatically turn around student behavior.A realistic approach to assessing student behavior, staff morale, and school climate and creating a proven-to-work character development program that can dramatically turn around student behavior.Jan Olsson uses his experience as a teacher and administrator to offer educators and community leaders a must-read, what-works-and-what-doesnt book on character development in schools. This exceptionally well-organized, practical, and very impressive work should be on every administrators and character educators desk. Olsson redefines the lens through which educators view the factors that impact school climate, teacher-student relationships, student behavior, and ultimately the character development of young people. This is a book that's been needed in the character education movement for a long time, one written by a principal who's been leading the way. Jan Olsson lives up to his title by keeping it simple and by keeping it real while showing us how we can help junior high and high school students develop their character without sacrificing academic standards. It's easy to read, well organized, and, most important, contains hundreds of practical strategies that work. Nuts-and-bolts advice supported by real-life examples makes Jan Olssons how-to manual an invaluable tool for school leaders. There are gems of wisdom here you wont find in other character education guides. Foreword by Philip Fitch Vincent
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Living, Learning, and Leading in Harmony: Character Development in Middle and Secondary Schools
Current Perspectives on Character Development
Introduction
Current Perspectives on Charals.