June 23, 2011

Sustainable Structures: Actions Worth Replicating

School: Westside High School (www.westside66.org)
Presenters: Denise Wegener, English; Pat Hutchings, Principal; and student-team members
Session Description: Members of the Westside High School Ethical Literacy® team, and high school principal Pat Hutchings, provided an overview of the team’s work in developing a set of sustainable activities across the school year to engage students, faculty, parents, and the school board. In addition, this presentation spotlighted student-led work in developing a core set of shared values, examples of those values in practice, and the formation of a new student code of ethics. Click here to learn more about this session >>

RESPECTfully Playing a Role: How to Utilize Role Playing to Solve Ethical Dilemmas

Organization: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2 (www.respect2all.org)
Session Description: Presenters  utilized role plays developed from audience input that   targeted ethical dilemmas experienced by students, administrators and/or others in a variety of environments/situations. In order to build the most effective role playing scenarios, audience members were asked to share specific problems and dilemmas for presentation and discussion. Click here to learn more about this session >>
Duration: 1.5 hours

Leading with Dilemmas: A Peer Approach

School: CFS, The School at Church Farm (www.gocfs.net)
Presenters: Doug Magee, Social Studies and Head Coach for Strength and Conditioning
Session Description: This interactive session  highlighted a student-led exploration of right-versus-right ethical dilemmas and how story-telling and communication helps fuel relationships in a highly diverse culture. At CFS, The School at Church Farm, students gathered, shared and led discussions about ethical dilemmas with peers. Doug Magee provided ideas for replicating this process in your school, discussed his observations of the negative and positive outcomes of this activity, and suggest ways to measure the efficacy of this activity in the future. Click here to learn more about this session >>

Growth, Not Punishment: How One School Is Restoring Justice

School: The Global Learning Collaborative (www.theglcnyc.org)
Presenters: Jennifer Zinn, Principal
Session Description: This interactive session explored the implications of Restorative Practices and Ethical Literacy as cultural frameworks at a growing high school in New York City. The Global Learning Collaborative has been working to develop a school culture based on the student-selected core values and balance it with a restorative approach to all things academic and cultural. Click here to learn more about this session >>

June 24, 2011

Cross-Cutting: A Scope and Sequence Approach to Infusing Ethics Across the Curriculum

School: Clairbourn School (www.clairbourn.org)
Presenters: Clementine Suiffet, 4th Grade Teacher
Session Description: This interactive session charted a process for Ethical Literacy® curriculum mapping at the Clairbourn School. The Clairbourn Ethical Literacy team, by utilizing its established set of five core ethical values, produced a Scope and Sequence for ethical values integration across grade levels, collaborating with faculty during in-service. The result is a “Primer” outlining ethics opportunities, PK – 8. Click here to learn more about this session >>

Latin American School for Young Social Action

School: Latin American School for Young Social Action
Presenters: Coco Nunez, Executive Director
Session Description: This presentation focused on the development of the virtual Latin American School for Youth Social Action, a school with roots planted when Paula Mirk, Director of Education at the Institute for Global Ethics, facilitated training at the “Youth Formation for Youth Social Action in Latin America” Conference in Bolivia (January 21-26, 2007). Click here to learn more about this session >>

Values in Action: GO HDR!

School: St. George’s Independent School (www.sgis.org)
Presenters: Chris Cooper, Music Teacher & Jill Reilly, 6th Grade Teacher
Session Description: Inspired by the 2010 Ethical Literacy Conference featured presentation, “Embedding Social Responsibility into School Culture,” this interactive session will illustrate how students can be empowered to contribute and take responsibility for the culture of their school. Chris Cooper and Jill Reilly will explore ways to promote student ownership and social responsibility by using a student-centered approach to positive behavior intervention, called GO HDR! Click here to learn more about this session >>

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