Character Development Center

For more than a decade, the Center’s purposes have been and are:

• To foster the character development of children and youth;
• To serve teacher educators, students in teacher education programs, K-12 teachers, administrators, counselors, parents and caregivers who desire to participate in the character development of children and youth;
• To promote among the young and those who work with them the development of life skills necessary for a good/productive personal and social life such as, reasoning skills, emotional skills, social skills and positive character traits including respect, responsibility, courage, perseverance, honesty, fairness, caring, civility, and citizenship.

Specialist Certificate in Character Development
The Center offers an online certificate program for educators who want to become certified character educators.

2009 Conference (TBA)

Character Matters Essay Contest
The Center offers an annual essay contest called “Character Matters” for students in grades 4 to 12.

Resources
The Center offers educators the use of programs, projects, units, and lesson plans in its resource file.           

Partnerships
Currently the Center is engaged in partnerships with San Diego Unified School District, San Diego County Office of Education, Volunteer San Diego, Shinnyo-en Foundation and Area 3 schools  

Newsbriefs
Providing updates on resources, information, events and news.
Consultant services
The Center staff has contacts with many local and national character educators, teachers, and administrators with exemplary character education programs, who can help schools and school districts implement, maintain, and evaluate character education efforts.

Contact us:
Ed DeRoche, Ph. D., Director, deroche@sandiego.edu
619-260-2250

CJ Moloney, M.Ed., Coordinator, cmoloney@sandiego.edu
619-260-2250