MOLDING MINDS, SHAPING HEARTS: The Crucial Role of Character Formation in School Success by Emmanuel Mann Rentoy Presented by FilPass and CATALYST PDS Key Highlights: Insights for Success: Learn why character formation is the linchpin of academic triumph and personal growth. Teacher Training Revolution: Discover innovative strategies to empower your educators in fostering character development within the classroom. Real-world Impact: Understand how schools can become incubators for future leaders, instilling values that extend far beyond textbooks. Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your school's approach to education. Elevate your institution, empower your teachers, and shape a future generation of leaders through the power of character-driven teaching.

3. MY PRINCIPLES OF
EDUCATION

4. Every Teacher is a
Character Formator

5. Not just another subject

6. Education is not just
covering curriculum

7. No other better way to
teach character than
through the power of
our example

8. The teacher is the most
important teaching tool

9. The school is only as
good as its teachers.

10. NOW MORE THAN
EVER

11. Digital Culture
Technocentric Lifestyle
Pornography
Teen Pregnancy
Depression
Suicide
Self-Absorbed
Drug/Alcohol Addiction

12. Vanity
Loss of Empathy
Immersed in Media
Materialism
Hedonism
Mental Health Issues
Highly Sexualized
Culture
Loss of Sense of Sin

13. Self-centeredness/Vanity
- at an all-time high

14. The word "idiot" ultimately
comes from
the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs '
a private person, individual’
(as opposed to the state)

15. The Character
Solution

16. Now more than
ever, the students
need us.

18. When people, students and adults, authentically
want to be there because it is an inclusive,
empowering, and responsive place where you
feel that you are safe, you matter, and the
people care about you and model what they
want all of us to be, then you engage more, work
harder, and learn more.

19. GOOD EDUCATION IS GOOD
CHARACTER EDUCATION.

20. GOOD CHARACTER EDUCATION IS
GOOD EDUCATION.

21. CHEATING
PLAGIARIZING
BULLYING
HARMFUL COMPETITION
PUT DOWNS
SHORT CUTS

25. SOLUTIONS IN OTHER
COUNTRIES:
METAL DETECTORS
CCTV
HOME-SCHOOLING

26. The Character
Solution

27. Five
Definitions

28. Martin Luther King Jr.
the deliberate effort to nurture
virtues that are central to the
moral fabric of society

29. Eleanor Roosevelt:
the foundation upon which we
build a life of purpose and
meaning.

30. Nelson Mandela:
the moral compass that guides
individuals toward ethical
decision-making and social
responsibility.

31. Aristotle:
the process of habituating individuals
to virtuous actions, whereby they
develop moral virtues through
consistent practice and reflection…
leading to a life of flourishing and
fulfillment.

32. Marvin Berkowitz
Nurturing the flourishing of
human goodness.

33. 2 Bonus Definitions:

34. Hal Urban
Bringing out the best in children.

35. “We were hired to impact lives.
We were hired not so much to teach
third grade, or history, or physical
education, as to influence lives. ”
www.characterconferences.

36. BEING GOOD,
DOING GOOD

40. “Character education is a way of being.”

41. “Leadership is a matter of how to
be, not how to do”

45. APHORISMS

46. Character education is way of
being, more than it is a way of
doing.

47. Look where the keys are, not just
where the light is best

48. Character education is rocket
science.

49. Good character education is good
education.

50. Every problem is an opportunity in
disguise.

51. Kids don’t care how much you
know until they know how much
you care.

52. Be the character that you want to
see in your students.

53. IN SHORT:
How the world will be in the
future will depend on how we
prepare these young people
now!

55. I AM ENGAGED IN THE
BUSINESS OF ENHANCING
LIVES

57. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

58. MAKE CHARACTER FORMATION
A TOP PRIORITY

59. 1. When was the last time
your Faculty spent time
discussing CHARACTER,
VALUES, VIRTUES?

60. 2. In your INSET to prepare
for the new SY, was there a
seminar on CHARACTER,
VALUES, VIRTUES?

61. 3. In every Faculty Meeting, is
there reference to the school’s
CORE VALUES?

62. PRIORITY

63. (1) rhetoric,
(2) resource allocation,
(3) school climate/culture,
(4) structures, &
(5) leadership

64. •never lose sight of the
reasons you began
your teaching journey

65. I CHOOSE
TO BE THE
BEST
TEACHER I
CAN BE.

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