Character and Citizenship Education 

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Character and Citizenship Education

Educators need a powerful solution that meets these needs:
  • Easy to implement

  • Character and citizenship education

  • Meet funding requirements & life skill competencies

  • Rigorous, flexible, evidence-based content

  • Online testing & reporting

  • Affordable

For more than 15 years, the Charity for Change program has engaged more than 120,000 students by building resiliency, strong life-skill competencies and improving academic performance.

This program serves elementary-school-aged students in afterschool, summer and in-school settings in both face-to-face and virtual learning environments.

“The Charity for Change program is both relevant and necessary given the times we live in. Today’s children and families face ever-challenging traumas. In our quest to educate the whole child, mind, body and spirit, we’ve found an engaging and ready-made curriculum that does it all!”
Dr. Dayana Philippi, Former BridgePrep Academy Principal

How it Works

Character and citizenship education
The Charity for Change curriculum is designed to be inclusive, relevant and accessible for all children, particularly those most systemically marginalized. The content is affirming, encouraging and designed to build self-esteem and self-efficacy. 
Four teaching modalities to ensure comprehension: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing and Kinesthetic and includes:
  • PROJECT-BASED LEARNING activities implementing civic learning and service learning
  • MINDFULNESS EXERCISES to prepare students for learning
  • PEER-TO-PEER reflection that builds compassion and empathy
  • MATH word problems integrating character education and service learning
  • KINESTHETIC activities teaching learners how to accommodate one another’s differences
  • PUZZLES AND READER’S THEATER puppet shows developing a deeper understanding of the character traits
  • FAMILY games and exercises to connect family members and students with real-world experiences and inspire deeper-level conversations about the character traits
Character and citizenship education matrix

How We Meet Life Skill Competencies

Students will gain self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making as evidenced by our pre- and post-program tests, surveys, platform analytics and program observation.

Easy to Implement on Day One!

Educators can implement the Charity for Change program with ease on day one, even if they aren’t  trained in character education and citizenship or service learning.

We do everything for you! The user-friendly online platform walks you through more than 200 hours of flexible content including 37 weeks of content for the school year, and 6 weeks of content for summer programs!

Character and citizenship education as children donate to local food bank
Watching the kids learn about giving back to the community they live in, being able to do it in a fun, engaging way, where they are also improving their academics, is a beautiful thing to watch.”
Charlene Rose, Schoolage Director, YMCA of Collier County

Scientifically-Proven Outcomes

Third-party studies by Progressive Bridges and Educating4Tomorrow have shown significant improvements in academic performance; character trait knowledge; positive behavior; and charitable and community involvement. Here’s what you can expect:

  • 85% of students will increase their understanding and practice of character traits and relevance to their relationships
  • 65% of students will make gains in math
  • 85% of students will increase understanding of the role of charity in the community
  • 75% of students will increase self-efficacy and belief that they can affect a positive change in their classroom, school and community
  • 65% of students will demonstrate increased compassion, empathy and resiliency
  • 85% of students will increase their community and charitable involvement
Helping children thrive through character and civic education

Meeting Your Funding Requirements

The Charity for Change program helps you meet funding requirements for
21st CCLC and ESSER. We provide quarterly performance data, a highly valuable service!

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Online Pre- and Post-Program Testing

We provide results of our pre- and post-program testing, giving you additional data for your planning and reporting requirements.

Affordable

Afterschool

Summer

37 weeks of curriculum (up to 5 hours per week) during school year

6-9 weeks of curriculum (5 hours per week)

We understand grant timing and funding can vary, which is why we’re flexible with creating a plan and price that meets your needs! Special discounts are available for NAA members and 21st CCLC sub-grantees.

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