Services
Long-Term Culture Building
Ethical Literacy®
Ethical Literacy® equips school-based teams to educate the entire school community about ethics, engaging all constituents in building school culture where “doing the right thing” is top priority. Central to Ethical Literacy® is the Institute for Global Ethics cognitive behavioral approach:
- Awareness that ethical behavior matters
- Commitment to the shared, core values that underpin ethical behavior
- Critical thinking skills to effectively address and articulate the gray areas of ethics, particularly ethical decision making
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Professional Development Workshops
Building School Culture™ Workshop
Our day long, highly interactive workshop will help the educational community build awareness about why ethics matters. Staff will come together around their core ethical values and common purpose in schools to consider ways to advance ethical literacy.
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Building School Culture™ Train-the-TrainerWorkshop
This 2-day workshop puts capacity in place to roll out the Building School Culture™ Workshop, district wide.
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Decision Skills for Colleges Training
This 2-day course for a maximum of ten college instructors provides specific opportunities for exploring and learning to use the Institute for Global Ethics® Decision Skills for Colleges curriculum. Participating instructors will experience and practice activities from all ten sections of the curriculum, while discussing ways to effectively adapt these tools for the content areas they teach.
Ethical Fitness® Seminar
Our 4-hour or full-day Ethical Fitness® Seminar will provide educators with new tools and the confidence required to resolve tough, values-based dilemmas. Hundreds of people connected to schools—including students, teachers, adjunct personnel, and administrators—are using the Institute’s dynamic decision-making model to improve their personal and professional lives.
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Ethical Fitness® Seminar Train-the-Trainer Workshop
This 3-day workshop puts capacity in place to roll-out the Ethical Fitness® Seminar, district wide.
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Tone-at-the-Top Seminar
Our 4-hour highly interactive Tone-at-the-Top Seminar will guide administrative leaders through the tough ethical dilemmas inherent in running a school. Educators will consider new approaches to building cultures where trust and self-regulation are the norm.
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Keynotes & Talks
Community Forum
A positive community connection is essential to improving school climate. A key starting point is identifying the shared ethical values that all adults can agree to model and to uphold. Conducted during the afternoon or evening, this forum engages community members and educators around the importance of ethics education. Participants identify a set of ethical values that everyone can endorse and use to guide furture planning.
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Online Learning Sessions (formerly Webinars)
The Institute for Global Ethics is committed to providing affordable ways to support the professional development of educators. Our new Online Learning Series features 20 one-hour online learning sessions. Leadership and classroom teachers collaborate with their peers nationwide, actively learning ways to integrate ethics in the classroom and across their school cultures. Click to learn more >>
Consulting
School Culture Assessment
Based on the Schools of Integrity findings we have developed a simple user-friendly assessment instrument to gain an understanding of how your culture rates. The instrument is adminstered electronically; once all data is collected, the Institute will provide a short analysis of your culture based on responses. Student and adult versions are available.
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Curriculum
Elementary Decision Skills Curriculum (Grade K-5)
Elementary Decision Skills provides a hands-on, interactive classroom model for teaching ethics in educational public and indpendent, K-5, classrooms. Each curriculum guides teachesr and students through a practical and conceptual process for making ethical decisions and defining shared values.
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Building Decision Skills Curriculum (Grade 6-12)
Building Decision Skills provides a hands-on, interactive classroom model for teaching ethics in educational public and independent school, grade 6-12, classrooms. Each curriculum guides teachers and students through a practical and conceptual process for making ethical decisions and defining shared values.
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Themocracy