Dunedin schools lead way with award
Dunedin has become the first city in New Zealand with two primary schools awarded a prestigious national award for their initiatives in controlling pupil behaviour.
Symposium '08 Presentations
Another very successful Symposium has now been and gone. Presentations are now available on the symposium '08 page.
Making Sense of Managing Self
Teaching Responsibility to Improve Student Learning and Behaviour in New Zealand Schools
How do busy schools implement the Key Competency Managing Self? This publication has been prepared in the hope that teachers who are already over burdened won’t need to reinvent the wheel. Schools looking for evidence based, teacher friendly and successful strategies for improving student engagement will be interested to know ...
- The background to why we have this set of ‘key competencies’ in the revised New Zealand Curriculum and where these came from
- Why it’s important to promote a behavioural aspect of Managing Self for successful teaching and learning cultures
- The impact of changing family structures on teaching Managing Self
- How Managing Self has been successfully implemented using the Cornerstone Values approach to character education.
This publication by Rod Galloway is now available to purchase as a soft cover from the store or downloadable as a PDF file (932 KB)
Symposium '08 - Developing Cultures of Character
Teachers and Principals and are invited to a presentation of successful practice, recent research, and new resources that will assist secondary schools to implement the values and Key Competencies of the revised curriculum with an emphasis on improving student engagement and developing models of effective student leadership. Further details on the symposium '08 page.
Sample of Education Review Office [ERO] comments
A sample of ERO comments on the Cornerstone Values approach to building character. Check out this page from the SCHOOLS menu.
Symposium '07
All three keynote presentations from the recent Symposium 2007 are now online. Further details on this page.
FAQ
Do you have any questions about Character Education or cornerstonevalues.org?
Our comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions page is now available.
cornerstonevalues.org Store
The store is now online
We will be expanding the range of resources available for purchase during the next few weeks
Connecting Character to Conduct - Teaching values in the new Curriculum
One day symposium to be held Friday 2 November 2007 [update], National Library, Wellington. 9am - 3pm
Further details to follow in the near future
Two new articles
Two new articles have been added to the website:
What is the Cornerstone Values approach to Character Education?
A three part series that was published in NZ Principal
Smart and Good High Schools
A Highly Recommended Webpage for Secondary Schools
To date the restoration of character education has been overwhelmingly in primary schools.
Perhaps this is because it is widely recognised that core values are learned at a young age?
Complete details available on this page
Gael McDonald Ph.D.
In October 2004 Dr. McDonald supervised a study into the effectiveness of character education in New Zealand schools.
Dr. McDonald spoke of the results of that study, Character Education in New Zealand Schools,
at a symposium held in Dunedin in October 2005.
The PowerPoint of this presentation is available on this page
Accredited Schools
Details of Accredited Schools has been added to the SCHOOLS menu.
Website Update
Welcome to the refreshed Cornerstone Values website. This is the third major update to this site in 10 years. Some of the goals for the current updates are to:
- Improve website navigation
- Updated technology used on the site
- Make the site easier to read / print
- Online ordering (available in the near future)
Should you have any comments on the update, please use the form on this page to send us your thoughts.