Values-Based Discipline:

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

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.

Engaging Students:

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

Authentic Student Input:

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

Faculty Development:

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

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:

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

Our Annual Conference:

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

Ethical Literacy®:

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

Our Annual Conference:

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

The Hidden Curriculum:

Educators consider how to connect values to the hidden curriculum.

Our Annual Conference:

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

Ethical Literacy®:

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

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?”

Ethical Fitness®:

Educators across Latin America explore Ethical Fitness for their schools.

This area of the website is a portal for community members to access member only resources. If you are not yet a member learn more here. Otherwise, begin browsing these resources to continue integrating ethics in the classroom and across your school culture.

Culture Building Activities

The Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) creates a variety of culture building activities that connect to the learning outcomes of Ethical Literacy. Each activity is designed to continue the culture build in your school have a look at these as you are building your action plan >>

Curriculum

The Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) offers a variety of downloadable K-College level curriculum, to members of the Ethical Literacy Learning Community, based on a hands-on, interactive classroom model for teaching ethics. Each curriculum guides teachers and students through a practical and conceptual process for making ethical decisions and defining shared values. Start downloading curriculum now >>

Ethical Literacy Assessment Process

When each Ethical Literacy team has evidence that it’s reaching all constituents with concepts and skills to contribute to the Ethical Literacy outcomes, the team can be confident that it’s promoting ethical behavior and a culture of integrity steadily, deliberately and coherently. The Ethical Literacy Assessment process is designed to chart the progress of each Ethical Literacy team, and we’re going to use this as one way to gauge the depth and reach of activity at your school. This process should both guide your work and inspire your work.  Get inspired>>

Online Learning Session Archive

IGE is committed to providing affordable ways to support the professional development of educators. Our Online Learning Sessions Archive features nearly 30 one-hour long sessions. Sessions are designed for leadership and for classroom teachers to learn ways to integrate ethics in the classroom and across their school cultures. Browse the archive now>>

Participating School Archive

Each school that participates in Ethical Literacy is encouraged to share artifacts for the benefit of other community that documents their schools work in Ethical Literacy. These artifacts can take many forms: videos, images, lesson plans, conference presentations, etc. Begin exploring the archives to get ideas for next steps at your school>>