1. Purposeful, planned schoolwide character education curriculum
helps ensure a more consistent experience for students across
their years of attendance. To be effective, character education
must be comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent, providing a
uniform structure that guides teachers in how to model the
appropriate values and assist their students.
For this assignment, select a character education program
appropriate for your school’s culture. In a 12-15 slide digital
presentation, develop a proposal to the curriculum director or
site administrator proposing that the character education
program be implemented schoolwide. Your proposal must
incorporate school-based data and evidence-based research to
substantiate what you are proposing.
Include the following in your digital presentation:
Key research showing the effectiveness of character education
programs for improving student outcomes.
A rationale for the proposed program based on how it supports
the vision and mission of the school.
An original diagram or graphic organizer that displays the
character traits included in the program.
An explanation of the comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent
manner in which character development is addressed at each
grade level.
A description of goals for the program including the evaluative
data sources that would demonstrate if those goals are met.

2. An explanation of how school progress in the program would be
evaluated and how school stakeholders could support the
program.
A brief comparison to two other character education programs
implemented in other schools that have demographics similar to
yours, and a rationale explaining how the one you selected best
supports the school’s vision and mission and meets students’
current needs.
Steps you would take as a principal to implement the program
including professional development for teachers,
communication with parents, etc. Consider the current obstacles
you might encounter as you implement these steps, and explain
how you will manage uncertainty, risk, competing initiatives,
and politics of change.
Title slide, presenter’s notes, and a references slide.
Support your program with 3-5 scholarly resources
demonstrating that your recommendations are reflective of
current initiatives.
While APA style format is not required for the body of this
assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text
citations and references should be presented using
documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style
Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.

3. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A
link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in
Class Resources if you need assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following
programmatic competencies and professional standards:
MEd in Educational Administration
MEd in Educational Leadership
1.4: Evaluate school progress and revise school plans supported
by school stakeholders. [ELCC 1.4; PSEL 10b; GCU Mission
Critical 2, 4, 5]
2.2: Create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and
coherent curricular and instructional school program. [ELCC
2.2; PSEL 4a; GCU Mission Critical 2, 4]
6.2: Demonstrate the influence of local, district, state, and
national decisions affecting student learning in a school
environment. [ELCC 6.2; PSEL 8h; ISTE-A 1c, 5c; GCU
Mission Critical 1, 4]