Welcome to Character International, Inc.
Character International, Inc is a nonprofit initiative to promote
character education among youth and young adults in the global community with
special emphasis in Russia and Eastern Europe.
American teachers are trained to go and teach
Character For Kids ® seminars to teachers and university
students who are training to be teachers. Through a series of seminars future
teachers learn the developmental process of acquiring moral values and how to
instill these traits in children. There is particular emphasis on the
teacher being a model of character.
A Real Need Exists
Throughout the global community of nations, thoughtful leaders and
educators are becoming concerned about the lack of character development during
the formative years. There is general agreement among scholars that good
character traits are not innate and must be acquired through teaching and
practice. Ideally, this teaching is done in the home environment and
reinforced in the schools. However, due to societal changes around the world and
the decline in morals, many children today are not receiving adequate moral
training and guidance at home. Consequently, it is becoming necessary for
educators to respond to this challenge. If we want our future world to be one of
peace and prosperity, teachers must be equipped to teach and model good
character.
We are committed to teaching and reinforcing seven basic universal tenets of good character:
Honesty
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Caring
Courage
Fairness