Personal and Professional

COURSE: Early Childhood Education I UNIT A

Preparation

COMPETENCY: 1.00 B2
4% Understand factors related to personal growth.
1.01 0% Classify character traits and their influence on
OBJECTIVE: B2
SUPP personal growth.
Essential Question: What part do character traits play in personal growth?
UNPACKED CONTENT

Character traits are ethical values that enable individuals to form personal standards of conduct.
These six character traits are the foundation of the Character Counts youth ethics initiative
found at http://charactercounts.org:

- Trustworthiness
Living up to the expectations of others
Refraining from lies and self-serving behavior
Practicing honesty, integrity, reliability, and loyalty

- Respect
Treating others with dignity
Following the Golden Rule (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you)
Showing civility, courtesy, decency, dignity, autonomy, tolerance, and acceptance

- Responsibility
Being in charge of ones choices and ones life
Being accountable for what we do and recognizing that our actions matter
Being accountable, pursuing excellence, and showing self-restraint

- Fairness
Adhering to a balanced standard of justice disregarding ones feelings, inclinations
Practicing process, impartiality, and equity

- Caring
Showing genuine concern for the welfare of others
Consciously causing no more harm than reasonably necessary in performing duties
Showing benevolence and altruism

- Citizenship
Knowing the laws and obeying them
Volunteering and staying informed on issues, giving more than taking
Valuing civic virtues and duties as a contributing member of a community
 0% Classify character traits and their influence on
OBJECTIVE: 1.01 B2
SUPP personal growth.
UNPACKED CONTENT

Four major aspects of personal growth are:

Achievement of goals
Self-satisfaction
Positive relationships
Ability to appreciate
Each character trait has the potential to influence each of the four aspects of personal growth.

CHARACTER TRAITS influence ASPECTS OF PERSONAL GROWTH

Trustworthiness
Respect Achievement of goals
influences
Responsibility Self-satisfaction Fairness
Positive relationships
Caring Ability to appreciate
Citizenship