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Interesting and Useful Links
We have attempted to identify and provide links to web sites on this page that educators, parents, students and community members may find interesting and useful. However, the listing of links here does not imply endorsement by the Maine Department of Education of the organizations that sponsor or maintain these web-sites. For the most part, the descriptors following each link are taken from the actual web sites that the link connects to.
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ADD VERB Productions |
ADD VERB Productions is dedicated to using theatre as a socially relevant educational tool. ADD VERB conducts workshops and trainings, does community-building, and writes plays that have been commissioned. |
All About Respect |
This site provides tips, strategies, and best practices for cultivating a culture of respect k-12. |
The American Jury Bulwark of Democracy |
"The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy is an on-line resource guide for teachers, students, and citizens devoted to explaining the American jury system and its role in American legal, social, and political life." |
America's Promise |
"Mission: To mobilize people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of our nation's youth by fulfilling Five Promises for young people." |
American School Counselor Association (ASCA) |
". . . ASCA supports school counselors' efforts to help students focus on academic, personal/social and career development so they not only achieve success in school but are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society." |
Annenberg Institute for School Reform |
"The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University develops, shares and acts on knowledge that improves the conditions and outcomes of schooling in America, especially in urban communities and in schools serving disadvantaged children." |
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention |
". . .the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) announces the release of the 216 page publication, entitled Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (Best Practices). |
Building Community Institute |
This web site serves as a resource for curricula and professional development opportunities that center around the idea of community-building based upon the "Eight Habits of the Heart." |
Building Community Through the Arts in Our High Schools |
"Creative and collaborative activities in the arts can build a sense of community and break down social barriers. For two weeks last October students at five high schools in the Bangor area took part in community building artist residencies in theater and dance that will be integrated into their curriculum." |
Celebrating America's Freedoms |
"Fourteen essays about America's most beloved national symbols and customs, plus a list of possible school activities for Veterans Day. Teachers will find them useful as handouts and to plan curricular material." |
Celebration USA
"Celebration U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization established in 1992 to encourage young people to honor the principles of democracy, good citizenship, and patriotism." |
Center for Disease Control, Division of Adolescent and School Health
"In 1988, CDC established the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), within which it created the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH). DASH includes the Office of the Director (OD), the Program Development and Services Branch (PDSB), the Research Application Branch (RAB), and the Surveillance and Evaluation Research Branch (SERB). The mission of DASH is to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents and young adults." |
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
"It is the mission of the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice to support and promote a reoriented national preparedness to foster the development and the adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance. To achieve that goal, the Center is dedicated to a policy of collaboration at Federal, state, and local levels that contributes to and facilitates the production, exchange, and use of knowledge about effective practices." |
Center for Learning
"The Center for Learning is a nonprofit educational publisher committed to integrating academic learning and universal values through the humanities." |
Center for Prevention Research and Development
"The Center for Prevention Research and Development is a unit within the University of Illinois dedicated to the application of research to public service. The mission of CPRD is to improve the lives of children and families, especially those in disadvantaged environments, by serving as a resource for local communities, state and national agencies, and foundations." |
Center for Social and Emotional Education
"The Center for Social & Emotional Education (CSEE) is a nonprofit, international organization founded in 1996 by leading educators, parents and health care professionals. We help youth prepare for healthy, responsible and productive lives by using social and emotional education to help transform problems into opportunities. We also provide parents, educators and mental health professionals with resources and tools that promote social and emotional skills and knowledge in our children and adolescents. " |
Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics
"Mission: To better understand the role of ethics and values in the practice of leadership and administration in schools; To develop and disseminate instructional materials for use in pre-service and in-service education; To conduct collaborative research on the significance of values and ethics in education." |
Channing Bete Company: Prevention Science
"What is prevention science?
Just as we know the predictors of heart disease, and the effective prevention strategies to combat it, we now know the predictors of health and delinquency among young people -- and effective ways to influence kids' development." |
Character Development Group
"Character Development Group is the country's leading provider of character education staff development resources, including Dr. Philip Fitch Vincent's Character Education Series of books, curricula, and workshops. We also publish materials from other leading character education experts. The company distributes the best-selling Developing Character in Students: A Primer for Teachers, Parents and Communities, and 19 other publications used extensively in schools throughout the U.S." |
Character Education Partnership
"The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society." |
Character Works
"CharacterWorks is a comprehensive resource designed to help make character education work for you and your schools, families, and community!" |
ChildStats.gov
" This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Reports of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics include America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the Nation's children." |
Child Trends
"Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis." |
Civics Online
"Civics Online is a collaborative, online project providing a rich array of primary sources, professional development tools, and interactive activities to help in the teaching of civics." |
Civics Online
"Civics Online is a collaborative, online project providing a rich array of primary sources, professional development tools, and interactive activities to help in the teaching of civics." |
Committee for Children
" Committee for Children's mission is to promote the safety, well-being, and social development of children. . . .Committee for Children now provides award-winning social skills curricula for the prevention of bullying, youth violence, and child abuse. We also provide family education, training and technical assistance to educators throughout North America, and conduct original research." |
Community Builders: Teens Turning Places Around Community Builders is a Project for Public Spaces (PPS) initiative. "At Project for Public Spaces, we believe it's important to highlight accomplishments of young people. In our work around the U.S., we witness all too often how young people are shunned and treated almost like undesirables by the owners and managers of public spaces. On top of that, there seems to be continuous press coverage of negative activities undertaken by teens. This makes it even more important to tell stories of youth who are doing positive things to improve their communities. In addition, these examples of teens' success can provide inspiration to other youth who are struggling to make a difference, and trying to create public places that are comfortable for them and their peers - places where they have a sense of ownership and involvement." |
Communities in Schools, Inc.
"Communities In Schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life." |
Community of Caring
" Through training for teachers, values discussions, student forums, parent involvement and service learning, Community of Caring addresses destructive attitudes that lead to early sexual involvement, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, delinquent behavior, and dropping out of school." |
Coordinating School Health Programs
" The Coordinating School Health Programs (CSHP) initiative is a joint collaboration between the Maine Department of Education and the Maine Department of Human Services. A Coordinated School Health Program is an effective system designed to connect health with education. This coordinated approach to school health improves students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities, and schools working together." |
The Cyber Citizen Partnership
"The Cybercitizen Awareness Program educates children and young adults on the dangers and consequences of cyber crime." |
Developing Responsible Behavior in Schools
"Teaching young people to be responsible and self-disciplined is central to Jim Fitzpatrick's, Developing Responsible Behavior in Schools programs. It is a positive, constructive way to teach young people, K-12, to make good choices and be responsible without tying the school and classroom up in volumes of policies, rules and procedures." |
Developmental Studies Center
"Since its beginnings as a non-profit organization in 1980, DSC has developed programs and research to foster children’s intellectual, social, and ethical development." |
Don't Laugh at Me Project (DLAM)
"The Don't Laugh at Me Project (DLAM) is working to transform schools, camps and other youth organizations into more compassionate, safe and respectful environments for children. Founded by Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, the project disseminates educational resources that are designed to establish a climate that reduces the emotional and physical cruelty some children inflict upon each other by behaviors such as ridicule, bullying and - in extreme cases - violence." |
Education Commission of the States
"The Education Commission of the States (ECS) is an interstate compact created in 1965 to improve public education by facilitating the exchange of information, ideas and experiences among state policymakers and education leaders. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization involving key leaders from all levels of the education system, ECS creates unique opportunities to build partnerships, share information and promote the development of policy based on available research and strategies." |
Education Development Center
"At EDC, we are committed to education that builds knowledge and skill, makes possible a deeper understanding of the world, and engages learners as active, problem-solving participants. We believe that authentic education begins with questions: a teacher wanting to know a new way to solve a mathematics problem; a doctor wondering how to ease the transition for the family of a dying patient; a teenager wanting to know why school matters in life and career; a principal searching for better ways to meet the needs of students with disabilities; a mother considering whether to breastfeed. Over the decades, the best of EDC’s projects have helped people raise and explore questions of importance in their lives." |
Education World
A wealth of resources for k-12 teachers and administrators. The search engine on this site can be used to find lessons and themes related to Character Education, Conflict Resolution, Social Skills, etc ... |
Educators for Social Responsibility
"ESR's mission is to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education so that young people develop the convictions and skills needed to shape a safe, sustainable, democratic, and just world." |
EQ.ORG
A directory of web resources related to emotional intelligence. |
Ethics Resource Center
"Our mission is to be a leader and catalyst in fostering ethical practices in individuals and institutions. |
Facing History and Ourselves
"Our Mission: To engage students of diverse backgrounds in citizenship education; To teach that the study of history is a moral enterprise; and To provide interdisciplinary programs, resource materials, and speakers for middle and high school educators to relate past to issues in the world today." |
Families and Work Institute
"Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a non-profit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workplace, changing family and changing community." |
Family Cares
" We are a non-profit, multiracial, non-denominational organization dedicated to the development of compassion and the spirit of charity in children. To that end, we provide children, families, schools, and religious groups with meaningful opportunities to help others in their local and global communities." |
FamilyEducation.com
"Launched in 1996 as the first parenting site on the Web, Family Education has become the Internet's most-visited site for parents who are involved, committed, and responsive to their families' needs. Parents find practical guidance, grade-specific information about their children's school experience, strategies to get involved with their children's learning, free email newsletters, and fun and entertaining family activities." |
Freedom Forum
"The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity." |
Friendship Through Education
"The Friendship Through Education Consortium is committed to creating opportunities that facilitate online and offline interactions between the youth of the world, inside and outside of classrooms, in order to build a culture of peace in which the dignity and rights of all human beings are respected." |
Giraffe Heroes Program
"You've discovered the territory of real heroes,
people who stick their necks out for the common good. The nonprofit Giraffe Heroes Project fosters active citizenship by telling the stories of these "Giraffes" in the media, on podiums and in the K-12 Giraffe Heroes Program for schools." |
Girl Power! |
"Welcome to the homepage for Girl Power!, the national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 14- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls." |
GoodCharacter.Com |
if your character education program is cruising, and you just want some additional ideas and materials, this is also where to start! This content-rich website is loaded with free resources to help you do the job." |
Gratz Cluster Service Learning Center |
"Mission: to serve as a catalyst for community development by facilitating partnerships among community members. These members - agencies and organizations, higher ed institutions, teachers and students (K-12), businesses and concerned citizens - working in partnership, will positively impact our students and their communities." |
Hamilton College Youth Polls |
"The Hamilton College Gay Issues Poll is the latest in a series of Youth Opinion Polls conducted by Hamilton Students and faculty in collaboration with the polling firm Zogby International. The poll was funded by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College and is being co-released with MTV." |
Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine |
"The Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine grew out of a seminar, "Teaching About the Nazi Holocaust in Maine Schools," held at Bowdoin College in 1984. The participants found the seminar to be a powerful and compelling commentary on the fragility of democracy. They resolved to carry on the work. Under the leadership of Gerda Haas, herself a survivor and author of a book on the Holocaust, they formed the Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine." |
The Hyde School |
"At Hyde, we’re guided by these Five Words—COURAGE • INTEGRITY • LEADERSHIP • CURIOSITY • CONCERN and the belief that each individual is gifted with a unique potential. Our emphasis on attitude over aptitude, effort over ability, and character over talent creates a learning environment where students experience success with integrity—the kind of success that lasts a lifetime." |
I Like Me |
"I Like Me! was founded by Vern Wheeler and is dedicated to children's self-concept development through literacy. Over a half million children have enjoyed the benefits of the one and only, research-based I Like Me! program! I Like Me! is a product of Kindergartners Count, Inc., a U.S. 501(c)(3) international not-for-profit organization." |
Institute for Global Ethics |
"The Institute actively works with schools, community members, state departments of education, and educational organizations. The Institute also has developed curricular materials for use in K-12 settings. These materials are based on Dr. Kidder's book, How Good People Make Tough Choices." |
Institute for the Study of Civic Values |
"The Institute for the Study of Civic Values was established in Philadelphia in 1973 to promote civic idealism--the ongoing effort of citizens and government to help America achieve its historic civic ideals." |
Integrating Structure and Content in Moral Education
Copyright © 1997 Marvin W. Berkowitz |
"Paper presented in, L. Nucci (Chair), Developmental perspectives and approaches to character education. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997." |
International Institute for Humane Education |
"The Center for Compassionate Living (CCL) was founded in June, 1996 and is a project of the International Institute of Humane Education (IIHE). IIHE/CCL is dedicated to creating lasting social change through compassionate choices for the Earth, other species and all people. IIHE/CCL continues and expands the work for which its co-founders, Zoe Weil and Rae Sikora, have gained international reputations. IIHE/CCL offers training, consulting, workshops and outdoor experiences for people who want to help the planet and all its inhabitants" |
Jireh Publishing |
Jireh Publishers provides books, not only for individual reading pleasure, but also for educational institutions. |
Josephson Institute of Ethics |
"The Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics is a public-benefit, nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization founded by Michael Josephson in honor of his parents to improve the ethical quality of society by advocating principled reasoning and ethical decision making." |
Junior Achievement: Business Ethics |
" Junior Achievement teaches students how to be successful in our free enterprise system. The students understand business, and they value ethics. Lessons illustrating ethical business and personal behavior can be found woven throughout our K-12 curricula. Recently, Junior Achievement has rolled out a reinforced "Excellence through Ethics" program designed for grades four and higher, thanks to a collaboration from Deloitte & Touche." |
KIDS Consortium |
"KIDS (Kids Involved Doing Service) Consortium moves education beyond the classroom as students apply academic knowledge and skills to real community needs. Working with teachers, schools, and communities, we promote a learner-driven process that results in better educated, civic-minded, and responsible students." |
Kids for Saving Earth |
"The mission of KSE is to educate, inspire, and empower children to protect the Earth's environment. KSE Worldwide provides action-oriented educational materials to kids, families, groups, classrooms and schools." |
Kids Voting USA |
"Kids Voting USA® is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization working with schools and communities to enhance civics education and provide youth a voting experience at official polls on election day." |
Laws of Life Essay Contest |
"The Laws of Life Essay Contest is special because the program emphasizes reflection and writing. The contest encourages students to think about the people and experiences that have helped to shape their values. It challenges them to take a stand for what they believe in." |
Learning First Alliance |
"The Learning First Alliance represents an unprecedented, self-initiated commitment by its members to work in concert to improve student learning. The Alliance will strive to deliver a common message to all parts of the education system, align priorities, share and disseminate success stories, encourage collaboration at every level, and work toward long-term systemic change based on solid research evidence." |
Learning In Deed: National Commission on Service-Learning |
"The National Commission on Service-Learning will bring a new level of public commitment to service-learning by (1) developing recommendations and an action plan to make quality service-learning available to all K-12 students and (2) encouraging adoption of service-learning among target audiences. These audiences include teachers in K-12 public schools; education administrators in school districts and at the state level; and elected and appointed officials at the federal, state and local levels." |
Lessons of Liberty Initiative |
"The “Lessons of Liberty” initiative is an opportunity for American students to learn more about our country and its values, as well as the people that have been called upon to defend its freedom." |
Living Values |
"Our purpose is to provide guiding principles and tools for the development of the whole person, recognizing that the individual is comprised of physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. " |
Maine Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
"Maine ASCD is an organization for professionals involved in the educational systems of Maine who are committed to equity and quality for all learners. While our commitment is to serve the professional development needs of Maine educators, we welcome membership from all who are committed to Maine schools." |
Mega Skills Education Center of the Home and School Institute, Inc. |
"Mega Skills programs, now in over 4000 schools in 48 states, serve diverse communities by training teachers to conduct workshops and provide home learning "recipes" for families. Evaluation indicates higher achievement scores, decreased TV watching, increased homework time, higher attendance and decreased discipline incidents. New Institute programs focus also on adults as learners. Check this site to learn how you can use Mega Skills." |
Mendez Foundation |
"The Mendez Foundation is a non-profit organization nationally recognized as a leader in prevention education and wellness training. Since 1978, we have been dedicated to helping children and adults develop the skills to live healthy, balanced lives." |
Multicultural Pavilion |
"Through the Multicultural Pavilion, I strive to provide resources for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education. The Pavilion was created by Paul Gorski in 1995 with inspiration from Bob Covert, Charlene Green, Allen Saunders, and other colleagues at the University of Virgina." |
National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) |
"The Founders of NAME envisioned an organization that would bring together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. NAME today is an active, growing organization, with members from throughout the United States several other countries. Educators from preschool through higher education and representatives from business and communities comprise NAME's membership. Members in 22 states have formed NAME chapters and more chapters are currently being organized." |
The National Center on Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) |
CASA's Mission is to: "Inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; Assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; Encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; Provide those on the front lines with the tools they need to succeed; and Remove the stigma of abuse and replace shame and despair with hope. |
The National Center for Student Aspirations |
"The National Center for Student Aspirations offers information that is specific to Educators, Parents, Volunteers, Coaches and Students.
Mission: To make the world a better place for children to learn and develop into well-educated productive citizens." |
The National Center for Youth Issues |
"National Center for Youth Issues is a national, non-profit organization that creates and supplies character education materials and training for schools, youth organizations, parents and community groups. Thousands of schools and literally millions of youth have been influenced by NCYI and our values-based, character education materials and programs." |
National Coalition of Parental Involvement in Education |
"At NCPIE, our mission is simple: to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and to foster relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people." |
National PTA |
"National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. A not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities, PTA is a leader in reminding our nation of its obligations to children." |
National Service-Learning Exchange |
"The National Service-Learning Exchange supports high quality service-learning programs in schools, colleges and universities, and community organizations." |
National Youth Leadership Council |
"The National Youth Leadership Council's mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service-learning. As one of America's most prominent advocates of service-learning and youth service, the NYLC is at the forefront of efforts to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy." |
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: K-12 Education |
"The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation's leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. We work to bring clean electricity, green transportation, and healthy, efficient buildings into everyday use in order to improve the environment, protect human health, and nurture local economies. For more than a quarter century, NESEA has facilitated and enhanced a network of professionals, practitioners, and other citizens in pursuit of responsible energy use. Our programs and activities focus on the northeastern United States (from Washington, DC to Maine)." |
Parenting Press |
"Parenting Press offers books that teach these skills to children and adults. Our books help build a solid foundation of mutual respect, self-esteem, and communication. We encourage you to take your time and read about all of our books. The work you do with children and the skills you learn and teach them are possibly the most important and challenging responsibilities that you have. All of the items we carry are focused toward helping you meet that challenge and be successful in your journey." |
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