Our Annual Conference:

Explore ethics and whole-school approaches that advance education for all students.

Our Annual Conference:

Educators and students brainstorm creative ways to put values into action.

Faculty Development:

Independent school faculty in Pennsylvania examines how better to model ethical values to students and to each other.

Our Annual Conference:

Conference attendees outside Omaha's Josyln Art Museum after their "Art and Ethics" walk.

Ethical Fitness®:

Educators across Latin America explore Ethical Fitness for their schools.

Engaging Students:

The Institute's late Founder and President, Rushworth M. Kidder talking to elementary aged students at the Catherine Cook School in Chicago.

Ethical Literacy®:

Students at a Vancouver (British Columbia) public high school brainstorm and build a communication plan as part of their Ethical Literacy Training.

Our Annual Conference:

Annually we convene educators worldwide to share and learn from each other about building school cultures centered on the broadest purpose of education: “what kind of people will lead us in the 21st century?”

Our Annual Conference:

The Ethical Literacy Conference brings together educators and students to participate in meaningful discussions.

Authentic Student Input:

Students at Omaha's Westside High School visually promise to stamp out negative language at their school.

Ethical Literacy®:

Represent everyone's voice in the shared values process by using a Wordle to display the consensus process.

Our Annual Conference:

Our annual conference brings educators together to try out materials and tools to further their work in ethics and school culture building.

Ethical Literacy®:

Students from a Chatanooga, TN middle school read about ethics during their Ethical Literacy training.

The Hidden Curriculum:

Educators consider how to connect values to the hidden curriculum.

Values-Based Discipline:

New ideas on Values-based Discipline Referral Forms from conference attendees.

The Institute for Global Ethics’ hours of operation are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday. Because our team is located across the United States and Canada and often on the move, email is usually the best way to be in touch with us.  A member of our team looks forward to responding to your request.

Primary Telephone

+1 (207) 236.6658

Toll-free Telephone

+1 (800) 729.2615

US and Canada only

Facsimile

+1 (207) 236.6614

Physical Address

Institute for Global Ethics
18 Central Street, Suite 2B
Rockport, Maine 04856
USA

Mailing Address

Institute for Global Ethics
PO Box 39
Rockport, ME 04856-0039
USA

Contact Directory

  • Amber Kruk, Associate Director of Education  
    akruk@globalethics.org– +1 (207) 542.1546 >> Contact Amber for an overview of the Ethical Literacy Learning Community and the Institute for Global Ethics, communications, services, contract questions, memberships, general inquiries, permission requests, and web site assistance.
  • Harry McBrien, Media Relations Consultant  
    hmcbrien@comcast.net - +1 (860) 597.0950 >> Contact Harry for day-to-day media inquiries including press releases, bylined articles, interviews with Ethical Literacy Community officials, and press materials.
  • Paula Mirk, Director of Education  
    pmirk@globalethics.org - +1 (207) 730.2775 >> Contact Paula to learn more about the Ethical Literacy approach, for interviews, bylined articles, trends and issues in ethical development for educational institutions, partnership inquiries and special projects.