The Character Development Center is located in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego.
The Character Development Center was established in the late nineties as one of the first organizations focusing on emerging interest in the character development of children and youth, the growing need to implement character education in schools, and the recognized demand to prepare teachers, parents, and others for their role as character educators.
09/13/2022
We're back! Come join us at this weekend's Saturday Morning Seminar. Check out this line up of speakers. Bring a friend (or two) from your school and receive discounted tickets. Hope to see you there!
Character Education Resource Center's Saturday Morning Seminar Who should attend? Teachers, teachers in training, school-based administrators, counselors and instructional supervisors
03/29/2021
This, That and Character - Character Education Resource Center THIS: The headlines: COVID-19 and learning loss—disparities grow and students need help School closures have failed America’s children School closures having “calamitous” impact on kids and parents Families of children with special needs are suing in several states Why children suffer more v...
02/23/2021
A "KEG" for Home, School and Classroom - Character Education Resource Center Watching the Super Bowl commercials, I noticed lots of kegs of beer images. So, I looked up the definition. “A keg is a small barrel. Traditionally, a wooden keg is made by a cooper and used to transport items such as nails, gunpowder, and a variety of liquids.” (Wikipedia) I noticed that “keg...
01/28/2021
Read Ed DeRoche's story of honing his nonacademic skills!
In Defense of Nonacademic Skills - Character Education Resource Center Experts, teachers and students have said that including non-academic factors into grades and not giving students second chances to learn or make progress can contribute to unfair disparities in grades. —SDUSD MY STORY The pressure was on. If things worked out, I would be the first child in our fam...
11/09/2020
There is No Debating Civility by Ed DeRoche
There is No Debating Civility - Academy for Social-Emotional Learning in Schools by Ed DeRoche, Director, Character Education Resource Center, University of San Diego I’m at Starbuck’s. Mask on. In line, six
11/09/2020
Read Ed Deroche's thoughts on the Masks of Character.
The MASKS of Character - Character Education Resource Center
09/17/2020
We are pleased to announce a new essay and poetry contest for all public, private, and home school students in grades 6 through 12 in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
FALL 2020 ESSAY AND POETRY CONTEST - Character Education Resource Center Theme: How My Character Developed During the Pandemic The Character Education Resource Center, in the Department of Learning and Teaching, School of Leadership & Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, is pleased to announce a new essay and poetry contest for all public, private, and home...
The Character Education Resource Center is adapting to the challenges of the pandemic by offering our services virtually this semester. We're here to support you in any way we can. Please email us at [email protected].
08/06/2020
In his August blog post, Ed DeRoche provides insights and resources for teaching current events.
Presentology (The Study of the Present) - Character Education Resource Center Background: Early in my teaching career, I was a junior high school social studies teacher. Part of my teaching assignment was teaching a “current events course.” The texts I used were the local and state newspapers. Our intent, at the time, was to engage students in a study of and conversations...
07/31/2020
07/22/2020
In Ed DeRoche's July 2020 blog he shares ways we can address Gandhi's quote. “If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children.”
Teaching PEACE - Character Education Resource Center In the Center’s July newsletter, we described 25 Steps on becoming a culturally response teacher. Several responses and questions helped me develop the content for this blog. A few respondents believed that “civility is on the decline “and one teacher wrote: “We need a citizens’ peace trea...
06/22/2020
Character Education Snapshots - Character Education Resource Center It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes, and pleasant scents the noses. ― Nathaniel Parker Willis With my camera in hand, I visited the character education gardens where “everything was coming up roses” and took these snapshots for my scrapb...