Character Initiatives at North Central College

Character Initiatives have been designed to:

1. Enhance the master of education in educational leadership program with scholarships, internship fellowships, and cultures of character curriculum
2. Establish a Character Education Institute with a Principal Academy and Character Education Certificate

As a student in the educational leadership program, you can apply for a fellowship which will cover the costs of a substitute for your role in schools so you can engage in a full-time, semester-long internship with a principal-mentor. Learn how to lead a school with character by working as part of the administrative team—all without disrupting your regular employment income.

The Kern Family Foundation is enabling North Central to provide scholarships to students who are underrepresented in administrative ranks or who currently serve underserved communities. Look for details and application requirements to be announced in Winter 2019.

This academy, open to principals and other administrative leaders, shows you how to use character education to facilitate school improvement. You’ll work with character and culture coaches who support you onsite, and you can apply for mini-grants to help you implement culture of character projects in your school.

This certificate program is open to eligible undergraduate education majors, practicing teachers and principals, and other community stakeholders interested in studying a virtue ethics core that addresses both pedagogy and content.