The Caring School Community™ program actually creates more time for teaching and learning. Because CSC gives students a choice about how the classroom is run and a voice in monitoring it, the overall climate improves. Problems arise less frequently, and those that do arise can be resolved more quickly. When the time spent on interruptions and discipline decreases, the time for learning increases.

Not only is the program’s holistic approach to teaching and practicing values less time-consuming than an approach of teaching character traits in isolation, using values in daily practice is also more powerful than simply learning about them.

Here’s what teachers are saying:

Class meetings help with management.

Behavior isn’t the focus of the classroom.

Spend time on community up front.