Summer Activities August 2020

Summer is a time to have fun! This August, join The Character Effect™ Characters to explore the strengths of leadership, humility, humor, honesty, fairness, perspective, and sense of meaning. 

Spotlight On My Strengths

Each of us has an essential strength profile as unique as our thumbprint. When you discover your strengths, you can use them and enjoy life more, as well as handle stress and deal with life’s challenges. Take the Spotlight on my Strengths survey to discover YOUR strengths today!

The Character Effect™ Has Been Designated as Evidenced-based by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Earlier this week we received notice that The Character Effect™ a universal social-emotional learning program for elementary school students has been designated as evidence-based by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Character Effect™ is a flexible developmental framework for the classroom that combines mindfulness and character strengths in an effective curriculum that […]

A Former Teacher Shares His Unique Perspective on The Character Effect™

By Sean Guiliano, The Character Effect™ Specialist Most people who become teachers do so because they are hoping to help students beyond just providing an academic education. I, like most teachers, want to be able to help students grow into strong, well-rounded individuals. To accomplish this, teachers need a knowledge base and access to resources […]

Swapping Discipline for Strength Spotting Creates A Positive Learning Environment

Discipline is one of the most difficult, time consuming, and stressful aspects of teaching. Taking time to discipline a student interrupts learning and continues the disruption initially caused by the unwanted behavior. It’s also not always effective. Different learning styles, varying levels of social maturity and emotional well-being, and a variety of other factors dramatically […]

What are ACEs?

Adverse Childhood Experiences, commonly referred to as ACEs, is the broad term that is used to describe all types of abuse, neglect, and other potentially traumatic experiences that occur to people under the age of 18. The initial questionnaire in the study of ACEs identified and measured ten traumatic incidents that significantly impacted the course […]

The Importance of Self-Care

Teaching is an incredibly difficult, and often thankless job. Long hours, noisy classrooms, crowded hallways, constant lesson planning (check out some of the great lessons in The Character Effect™ curriculum to save you some time and energy!), and of course hours of grading make self-care even more critical! What is self-care? Quite simply, self-care is […]