Nancy Watters

Activate Noble Qualities
(The Virtues)




True happiness comes from high resolves,
noble purposes, integrity and moral qualities.

What are virtues?


UNIVERSAL VIRTUES
"Powers of the Human Spirit"

Caring
Cleanliness
Compassion
Confidence
Consideration
Contentment
Cooperation
Courage
Courtesy
Creativity
Determination
Dignity
Diligence
Enthusiasm
Excellence
Fairness
Flexibility
Forgiveness
Friendliness
Generosity
Gentleness
Gratitude
Helpfulness
Honesty
Hopefulness
Humility
Idealism
Initiative
Integrity
Joyfulness
Justice
Kindness
Love
Loyalty
Moderation
Orderliness
Patience
Peacefulness
Perseverance
Purposefulness
Reliability
Respect
Responsibility
Reverence
Self-Control
Service
Sincerity
Tact
Thankfulness
Tolerance
Trust
Truthfulness
Trustworthiness
Understanding
Wisdom

Useful Links

Positive Thinking
  1. The Daily Motivator Inspirational quotes; rejuvinating slide show.
Character Education
  1. The Character Education Partnership,  http://www.character.org, Washington, DC, 800-988-8081
  2. Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character,  http://www.bu.edu/education/caec/
  3. Character Education Clearinghouse of the California Department of Education,  http://www.ced.ca.gov/character
  4. ERIC Database on character education,   http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/chared/index.html
  5. Teaching Virtues:Building Character Across the Curriculum,   http://teachingvirtues.net/preface.html
  6. Teaching Values.Com,  http://www.teachingvalues.com
  7. Building Moral Intelligence, Dr. Michele Borba,  http://www.moralintelligence.com
Ethical Leadership
  1. The Moral Leadership Program, Nur University,  http://www.nur.edu
  2. Managing With the Wisdom of Love--Uncovering Virtue in People and Organizations; Dorothy Marcic,  www.marcic.com
  3. Principle-Centered Leadership for Educators, Stephen R. Covey,  http://www.fcpremier.com/articles/000347
  4. The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership,  http://www.greenleaf.org
  5. The Secretan Center, Spirituality and Values at Work.  http://www.secretan.com/
Grantsmanship/Fund Development
  1. The Foundation Center,  http://www.fdncenter.org  Fabulous site! Links to non-profit resources and foundations; proposal writing tips; funding trends analysis, reference materials
  2. The Canadian Center For Philanthropy,  http://www.ccp.ca/directory
  3. U.S. Department of Education,  http://www.ed.gov
  4. Charity Village--extensive links to charitable organizations,  http://www.charityvillage.com
  5. Council on Foundations,  http://www.cof.org.links
  6. School Grants--Samples of successful proposals,   www.schoolgrants.org/proposal_samples.htm
  7. Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance(US),  http://www.cfda.gov
  8. Federal Consumer Information Center--Lists grant programs by governmental departments,  http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/call/loans.htm
Professional Development
  1. National Staff Development Council,   http://www.nsdc.org
  2. Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development,  http://www.ascd.org
Social and Emotional Learning
  1. Collaborative for the Advancement of Social and Emotional Learning,  http://www.casel.org
  2. Council For Global Education,  http://www.globaleducation.org
  3. Committee For Children, publishers of Second Step and anti-bullying programs. Great links.   http://www.cfchildren.org
  4. Six Seconds--Emotional Intelligence Resources for family, school, work.  http://www.6seconds.org/
  5. Understanding Prejudice http://www.understandingprejudice.org/
Violence Prevention
  1. The Search Institute,  http://www.search-institute.org
  2. American Psychological Association; Reference materials on violence prevention,  http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html
  3. BC Safe Schools Center,  http://www.safeschools.gov.bc.ca
  4. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Research on effective programs;  http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
  5. Educators for Social Responsibility;  http://www.esrnational.org
  6. National Alliance for Safe Schools,  http://www.safeschools.org
  7. National School Safety Center,  http://www.nssc1.org
  8. National Coalition on Television Violence,  http://www.nctvv.org/
  9. Mothers Against Violence in America and Students Against Violence Everywhere,  http://www.saveusa.org


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