In this month’s episode I interview Christi Martin, a middle school principal passionate about character. She’s going to share how her staff created an intentional partnership with students in the way of a Student Character Committee. Christi is passionate about character education and attributes her drive to lead, teach life lessons through accountability and discipline, and enhancing the culture of character at her school to her years spent playing college basketball and the lessons she gleaned from her time as an athlete.

In this episode, you'll learn:

-What motivated Christi and her school to focus on character development

-How the 11 Principles Framework guides Homewood Middle School in their work on character development

-The importance of student voice in the middle years

-How and why they created a Student Character Committee (SCC) at their school

-How the SCC has shaped the school’s character education program

-How the focus on character education has changed their school

-Next steps that they will take in their character education journey

-Advice from Christi to school leaders who are considering or just starting out on the journey of building a culture of character in their schools

Resources from the episode:

Homewood Middle School - https://www.homewood.k12.al.us/hms

Hope Institute - https://www.hopeinstitute.org/

Character.org - https://character.org/

11 Principles Framework - https://character.org/11-principles-in-schools/

Episode with Gregory Moore - https://bit.ly/CCpodcast-Ep20

Connect with us!

Email Christi! cmartin @ homewood.k12.al.us

     On Twitter:

Jennifer Hogan - @jennifer_hogan

Communities of Character - @Samford_CCC

Christi Martin - @DIHRD12

     On Instagram:

Communities of Character - @Samford_CCC