Federal Character Education Grant Available

Federal Character Education Grant
Released February 14 - Due April 1

Dr. Joe Hoedel and Dr. Phil Vincent, authors of 3 previously funded federal grants, will soon write a grant for Michigan high schools. The focus of this grant will be on the freshmen transition. Specifically, they want to include 4 high-performance, 4 average-performance and 4 low-performance high schools in the state of Michigan that meet the following criteria:

1) Have a freshmen academy (school within a school concept) or would be willing to begin a freshmen academy by the 2009-2010 school year.

2) As part of that freshmen academy, this school would like to include character education as part of the curriculum, either as a stand-alone course, homeroom concept or strategically integrated into one or several core courses.

3) Develop a mentoring program between the upper-classmen and the freshmen.

Benefits of participating in this grant:

1) The grant will provide one funded teacher allotment for each school included in the study.

2) Each school will receive free curricula, books and staff developments, including funds for substitute teachers.

3) The authors believe that this three-pronged approach will help engage freshmen, increase student success and decrease the dropout rate.

To express interest, please call Dr. Joe Hoedel at 336-462-7834 or email him at jhoedel@characterandleadership.com. He currently lives in Williamston, MI.