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 one’s choices and one’s 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 one’s 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