ABSTRACT
Character education is about being. This applies not only to how individuals be, but also to how larger social entities be. It matters deeply how the classroom, the middle school academic team, the high school grade level, the entire school, and even the school district function. One of the common laments from both school leaders and teachers is that they cannot get sufficient buy-in from staff. They detect apathy about character education, even some antipathy. Part of Prioritization, particularly a school-wide focus, is increasing the buy-in of all stakeholders. Many educators ask people how they can effectively educate for character development when they have high mobility rates with half of their students not beginning and/or ending the school year in the same school. As a motive, it is understood as a drive to fulfill one’s greatest potential. Such people have a wide array of mature and desirable characteristics, such as accurate understanding of the world, trusting their own judgment.
