filling your bucket: community service and legacy projects
DESCRIPTION
Orrville has a long and distinguished history in partnership with the Institute of Global Ethics. To perpetuate a sense of ownership in shaping the character of our youth, the Character Education Committee of the Heartland Education Community, Inc. worked with the Institute of Global Ethics to conduct a series of seminars that lead to the development of “shared values”. These seminars were held in 1994. Experts from The Institute of Global Ethics facilitated the process to identify shared values. More than 25 seminars were held with more than 300 community members attending. In each seminar, the question was asked: If you could post ethical character traits over the door of our school, which traits would you select for the children and educators to model? The nine traits mentioned most often during the seminars became the “Words of the Month” for our community. The “Words of the Month” program is the foundation of our character education program and is an integral part of our yearly theme. The theme for 2012-2013 “Filling Your Bucket with Good Character” integrated the words of the month and books by Carol McCloud to provide students with opportunities to create and support a caring community while providing moral actions. The service learning continued throughout the year, as students participated in 4 community service projects during the year.TRANSCRIPT
Presented by
Beverly Waseman - Orrville Elementary Principal
Dave Sovacool - Orrville High School Principal
Background
• Heartland Education Community, Inc. is a
nonprofit 501( c)(3) developed in 1991 as a
supporting organization for the Orrville City
School District
• Heartland Steering Committee incorporates
members from a cross section of the
community
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Heartland Consortium
• Institute for Global Ethics
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
• Kepner-Tregoe
• Kettering Foundation
• Kent State University
• University of Akron, Wayne College
• College of Wooster
• The J. M. Smucker Company
• Orrville City Schools
• City of Orrville
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Foundation of Heartland
Shift the focus from school to
education and shift the responsibility
from school to community
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Basic Beliefs - The Five C’s
• Community
• Connecting Learning to Life
• Critical Thinking
• Character Development
• Continuous Improvement
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Character Education
• The “C” of Character Development becomes Character Education program
Increase understanding of ethics and values
Improve school building atmosphere
Encompasses community
• Shared values defined Community consensus through IGE
More than 300 community members participated
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Words of the Month
• One shared value featured each month Originally nine words for school year only
Three additional words to continue the concept all year
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• January - Self-Control
• February – Commitment
• March – Fairness
• April – Moral Courage
• May – Cooperation
• June – Sportsmanship*
• July – Patriotism*
• August – Integrity*
• September – Honesty
• October – Respect
• November – Responsibility
• December - Compassion
Words of the Month
• Communicating the words Student posters in school buildings and
around the community
Character banners in downtown Orrville
Character words and events featured in OrrViews Community Paper
Character Education Week with theme
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Character Education Week
• Theme each year to engage students
• Kick-off at home football game
• Community service project
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Helping Hands Build
Good Character
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All Aboard the Character Express
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Filling Your Bucket
with Good Character
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2012-13 Kick-Off Week
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Beyond the Kick-Off
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Part of the Culture
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• Visual demonstration (also used in the Middle School)
• “Have you filled a bucket today?”
Award Winning Character
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• Builds upon Orrville designation
• Encourage students to behave in an
award winning manner
• Will award students for practicing good
character
• Will encourage students to acknowledge
the good character of others
Questions?
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