{"id":4013,"date":"2016-09-26T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T18:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/?page_id=4013"},"modified":"2016-10-25T05:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T05:21:18","slug":"the-5-cs-of-character-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/?page_id=4013","title":{"rendered":"The 5 C&#8217;s of Character Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cherry on the top<\/h1>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the aspects of American Prep International School that distinguishes us from most other international schools in Thailand and abroad is our emphasis on <u>5 very specific cross-curricular focus points.<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">American Prep has adopted an exceptionally strong and useful curriculum in the world renowned California State Education Department Curriculum. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hundreds, perhaps even thousands of schools in California and across the world follow this curriculum with great educational results. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">American Prep International School, however, has added a \u201ccherry on the top\u201d by identifying <u>5 cross-curricular focus points<\/u>. These cross-curricular focus points span across the curriculum and are emphasized in every classroom and in every lesson.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>The 5 cross-curricular focus points<\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The 5 cross-curricular focus points (sometimes referred to as the 5 \u201cC\u2019s\u201d of character development) are:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4018 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Logo_final\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C-255x255.jpg 255w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/web-logo-and-5C.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Creativity,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">critical thinking,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">collaboration,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">communication and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">compassion<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We, the educators and staff of American Prep are fully committed to teaching and modelling these cross-curricular focus points. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"height: 52px; width: 512.729px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 494.729px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We believe that developing these characteristics in the lives of students is <u>the real essence<\/u> of education.<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0The knowledge and skills that are transferred with the help of the California Curriculum are of great value, but the character development that comes with the adoption of these character elements is what will make a person stand out in the crowd and equip him or her to be notable citizens and leaders in our modern world.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Defining the cross-curricular focus points<\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What do the we, the educators of American Prep International School, have in mind when we teach and model the cross-curricular focus elements?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Creativity<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We believe that every student in our school carries within him or herself a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">divine spark of creativity<\/span>. This creativity can be stifled \u00a0(squashed) or encouraged (developed) by the teacher in the classroom<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We, at American Prep, have pledged ourselves to search for and to encourage every and any form of creativity that we find in our students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This includes artistic forms of creativity as well as creative thinking and problem solving<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Critical thinking<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Closely related to the concept of creativity, is the matter of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">critical thinking<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Educators at American Prep believe that every human being has the ability to think for himself rather than to be a \u201cmere reflector\u201d of the thoughts and opinions of other people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> It requires great educational skill to identify and to develop independent and critical thinking in the young mind. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The pervasive influence of modern media and traditional teaching methods tend to force all people into a certain mold. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And in this mold they dress, speak, behave and think the same as the great majority of people in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, at American Prep we want our students to break out of this mold and become truly independent in their thinking and behavioral patterns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Collaboration<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">to attain a specific goal is essential to human survival. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At American Prep we find many ways to teach and to demonstrate to our students that collaboration and working together as a team to accomplish a worthwhile goal is something good, something that we all should strive to achieve. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This particular emphasis is also reflected in our school motto for 2016: \u201cLet\u2019s move the elephant together!&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Communication<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Effective <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">communication<\/span> is foundational to all of the 5 \u201cC\u2019s\u201d of character development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Effective communication between opposing parties can solve problems and lead to enduring friendships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Communication is a skill that every leader needs in order to lead effectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At American Prep International School communication &#8211; teaching students to use the English language properly and effectively &#8211; is a challenge that we focus on every day inside and outside of the regular teaching times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/2016\/10\/06\/teaching-compassion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Compassion<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">love for our fellow man &#8211; is something that is lacking in the world today. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lack of compassion is the result of selfishness and leads to manipulation, fighting and war. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At American Prep we are continually looking for opportunities to teach compassion and caring for all people. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The world tends to focus on self-serving. At American Prep we focus on serving others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Finally, We, at American Prep International, really believe that the 5 \u201cC\u2019s\u201d of character development that are daily taught and emphasized in out classrooms and on our campus are the \u2018cherry on the top\u2019 that makes our school stand head and shoulders above other international schools in our part of the world!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4822\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4822\" class=\" wp-image-4822\" src=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Avatar.jpeg\" alt=\"End of Page\" width=\"161\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Avatar.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Avatar-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Avatar-180x180.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Avatar-200x200.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">End of Page<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cherry on the top One of the aspects of American Prep International School that distinguishes us from most other international schools in Thailand and abroad is our emphasis on 5 very specific cross-curricular focus points. \u00a0 American Prep has adopted an exceptionally strong and useful curriculum in the world renowned California State Education Department Curriculum. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/?page_id=4013\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4013","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanprepschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}