We believe principals are essential to both effective character education
programs and for successful schools. The Wisconsin Character Education
Partnership is working to establish a Leadership Academy for Principals.
This will be a stand-alone program for present and future principals. It
will be designed to develop, enhance and encourage administrators to create
effective character education programs and enhance their leadership skills.
It will be a one to three day per month training for approximately twelve months
following proven protocols and design.
Academy Model
This Academy model is being implemented successfully in St. Louis, Missouri.
A description of this program can be viewed at
www.characterplus.org. A publication is available for purchase on the CEP
website
www.character.org.
Funding Considerations
We believe that with the cooperation of the Academy in St. Louis, WCEP can
parallel their program and sponsor a one-year academy for 30-40 principles for
$100,000. This includes materials and one to three day monthly sessions
for one year. Feedback from participants who have received this training
makes it a highly desirable endeavor for WCEP in its goal to create successful
schools with highly effective character education programs. We will be
seeking development support and would require potential funders to make a three
to five year commitment to have a significant impact and to create an ongoing
program.
