In October of 2017, CNG established a Character Education Task Force to lead the school's Character Education program in alignment with Character.org’s 11 Principles of Effective Character Education. As an extension of said Task Force, the Character for Parents Planning Team was formed in January 2019. Since then, this group of parents, with representation of all grade levels, has been meeting on a monthly basis to develop a Plan of Action to help support CNG’s character education program within the parent community. The purpose of the group has been to dig deeper specifically into Principle 10 of the 11 Principles of Effective Character Education: The school engages families and community as partners in the character initiative.
After a semester of an in depth examination of Principle 10, the group identified some areas for improvement to increase the level of parent partnership at CNG in support of their children’s character education. This Parents As Partners website is the resulting outcome of the past year and a half, which serves parents to access all the relevant information to become more involved in their children's education.
Several opportunities for parents to promote CNG’s character education initiatives emerged as part of this process, including:
The Character for Parents Planning Team has been led by the Core Planning Team members, with guidance from the school administration.
Core Planning Team:
Administration Support:
Character for Parents Planning Team:
