Action Research in Alberta
www.uleth.ca/edu/research/arnia/
This Web site, developed by David Townsend of the University of Lethbridge , provides an overview of action research in the Alberta context. It includes references to projects undertaken by teacher-researchers in recent years.
Alberta Education, Effective Behaviour Supports — Safe and Caring Schools Initiative — Phase 2
www.education.gov.ab.ca/safeschools/supports.asp
Effective Behaviour Supports (EBS) is a system of school-wide processes and individualized instruction designed to prevent and decrease problem behaviour and to increase and maintain appropriate behaviour. This Web page provides newsletters with related information.
Alberta Education K–9 Health and Life Skills Guide to Implementation
www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/healthpls/healthgi.asp
This PDF resource offers sample learning and assessment activities, background information for teachers and student information sheets for many skills and concepts related to character and citizenship education and bullying prevention.
Alberta Education, Safe and Caring Schools
www.education.gov.ab.ca/safeschools/
Includes PDF versions of the following Alberta Education resources
- Supporting the Social Dimension: Resource Guide for Teachers, Grades 7–12 (2002). This resource provides support for the teaching and learning of social skills and behaviours across Alberta Education’s grades 7–12 programs of study.
- Working Together for Safe and Caring Schools, Grades 7–12: Resource Manual for Students, Staff and Parents (2003). This resource was developed in collaboration with the Calgary Board of Education to encourage students to take a leadership role in promoting safe and caring schools.
Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA)
www.teachers.ab.ca
This site contains a variety of resources for teachers, including the Action Research Guide for Alberta Teachers. From the home page, click on Publications, then Other Publications.
British Columbia Ministry of Education, Special Education
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/#Anti
Provides PDF versions of two British Columbia Ministry of Education resources: Focus on Bullying: A Prevention Program for Elementary School Communities and Focus on Harassment and Intimidation - Responding to Bullying in Secondary School Communities.
Bully Free Alberta, Government of Alberta
www.bullyfreealberta.ca
This Web site provides information and tips for parents, teens and community members to help them prevent or intervene in a bullying situation. It also includes a link to the children’s Web site, teamheroes.ca.
Center for the 4th and 5th Rs
www.cortland.edu/character/index.asp
The Center for the 4th and 5th Rs at the State University of New York at Cortland was founded by Dr. Thomas Lickona to promote a comprehensive approach to character education. This site provides information about the 12-point approach and resources to support character education.It also includes a variety of assessment tools such as the School as a Caring Community Profile-II, a set of Likert-scale questions to assess perceptions of school climate.
The Character Education Partnership
www.character.org/
Character Education Quality Standards (2003)
This United States-based website provided information and resources to support character education.
Citizenship & Character Education in Edmonton Public Schools
http://charactered.epsb.ca/
Provides Edmonton Public Schools’ framework for character based citizenship education, which includes a list of character traits under the umbrella of integrity. The site also includes links to related Web sites.
Community of Caring
www.communityofcaring.org
Community of Caring is a values-based K-12 character education program with an emphasis on positive decision making. The program also has a unique focus on students with disabilities. This Web site offers information on the program, resources and professional development opportunities.
Moral Intelligence: Nurturing Kids’ Hearts & Minds
www.moralintelligence.com
The Web site of Dr. Michele Borba, a leading author, speaker and education consultant in the area of character education and moral intelligence.
Reclaiming Youth Network
www.reclaiming.com
This Web site offers training opportunities, publications, research and advocacy to support children and youth in conflict. The underpinning of the Reclaiming Youth Network is the Circle of Courage philosophy, a model of youth empowerment based on a Native American approach toward life.
Search Institute, Introduction to Assets
www.search-institute.org/assets/
Developmental assets are critical factors that are positive building blocks for young people’s growth and development. The Search Institute Web site identifies 40 internal and external developmental assets, and provides ideas on building these assets in students.
Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities
www.sacsc.ca
This Web site offers information and resources on character education and bullying and violence prevention, as well as conflict management and respecting diversity. The site includes information about and samples from the Toward a Safe and Caring Curriculum. It also includes the Supporting a Safe and Caring School: What Students surveys designed to assess students’ perceptions of school climate, as well as directions for administering and scoring the survey.
Thrive!, The Canadian Centre for Positive Youth Development
www.thrivecanada.ca
The Canadian Centre for Positive Youth Development aims to provide leadership, knowledge and resources to develop healthy, capable young people of strong character. This Web site includes information about and access to Lions-Quest programs.
