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Character Education In-Service
with Dr. Nancy Utterback, Ph.D., CSP
Communicate Institute Training and Development, Inc.
P.O. Box 35543, Canton, OH 44735
phone 330-833-7986   fax 837-1724
E-mail:nku@communicateinstitute.com
web site: http//www.communicateinstitute.com
 
 

All in-service programs are custom designed to meet the specific needs of the group. The program will be developed based on the desired outcomes, the current knowledge of the group, as well as the time constraints.

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"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
(Theodore Roosevelt)
 
"Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

FORMAT
A variety of teaching methodologies are used.  (Lecturettes, small and large group discussions and activities, role plays, videos, and assessments) 

"Throughout history education has always had two main goals: 
1) To help people become smarter  2) To help people to become good." 
(Dr. Thomas Lickona) 

A word about the Presenter:

Dr. Nancy Utterback has a deep passion for the field of character education and has attended character education training all over the U.S. from leaders in the field since1995.

She has attended numerous conferences and seminars from the character education leaders in the field.  A few of the trainings include:

*National Conferences from The Character Education Partnership
*Michael Josephson's Character Counts! Training from The Josephson Institute of  Ethics
    (Nancy is certified as a Character Counts Trainer from The Josephson Institute of  Ethics.)
*Rushworth Kidder's training at The Institute for Global Ethics
*Thomas Lickona's week long workshop at Center for the 4th and 5th R's.

Nancy also:

*Spearheaded the initial Character Counts! movement in Stark County in 1996.

*Served as the Ohio representative for the Character Education Institute in Texas from 1994 to 1998.

*Authored the one week graduate course called Educating for Character  that  is conducted  throughout Ohio. She has turned hundreds of educators throughout Ohio onto the importance of Character Education.

Nancy was a high school speech and theatre teacher for 18 years before she and her husband Kurt started Communicate Institute Training and Development, Inc. in 1984. Today Nancy conducts training for both educators and the corporate world in the area of communication, team building, character education and attitude. She is among a very small percentage of professional speakers to be awarded the coveted Certified Speaking Profession (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association for her proven track record of speaking excellence.
Nancy is one of only six professional women speakers in the U.S. to have both a Ph.D. and a CSP. Fewer than 7 percent of the 5000+ members who belong to the International Federation for Professional Speakers hold the CSP designation.

Nancy has a BS from Miami University in Speech Education, a Masters in Speech Communication and Theatre, and a Ph.D.
in Education with an emphasis in Group Process. Both her Masters and Ph.D. are from The University of Akron.

COMMUNICATE INSTITUTE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, INC.
P.O. Box 35543
Canton, OH 44735-5543
Phone 330-833-7986 Fax 330-837-1724E-mail: nku@communicateinstitute.com

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