• Character Education

    Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Positive Character Traits

    As stated in Texas Administrative Code Chapter 120, character education presents students with character traits that empower them to be good citizens who are trustworthy, responsible, and caring. The character traits reflect positive beliefs, attitudes, and mindsets; deliver opportunities for self-reflection; and allow students to apply practical strategies to make decisions, solve problems, and behave responsibly (TAC, 2021). 

    The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Positive Character Traits is the foundational framework for building character in students by aligning with the strands: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Caring and Citizenship.

    Plano ISD supports this work through character programs CharacterStrong (K-8) and School-Connect (9-12).

     
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  • Trustworthiness

    The ability to understand how personal choices and actions and personal responsibility can relate to being trustworthy and building trustworthiness. The ability to understand how trustworthiness is viewed in society, politics, and the local and global community.

    Traits include:

    • Loyalty
    • Integrity
    • Reliability
    • Punctuality

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  • Responsibility

    The ability to understand the concept of responsibility and how personal actions, choices, beliefs, and feelings associate and influence our sense of responsibility. The ability to understand how leaders demonstrate responsibility in relationships, families, societies, politics, and the global community.

    Traits include:

    • Accountability
    • Perseverance
    • Diligence
    • Self-Control

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  • Caring

    The ability to understand how personal actions demonstrate characteristics of caring and how it impacts personal relationships. The ability to understand how characteristics of caring influence society and impact the global community.

    Traits include:

    • Kindness
    • Empathy
    • Charity
    • Generosity
    • Patience
    • Consideration
    • Compassion

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  • Citizenship

    The ability to understand how personal actions and responsibilities can demonstrate and be associated with good citizenship, which impacts personal relationships. The ability to understand how character traits of citizenship influence our personal view of society and the local and global community.  

    Traits include:

    • Respect
    • Courtesy
    • Concern for the common good and the community
    • Fairness
    • Freedom from prejudice
    • Justice
    • Patriotism
    • School pride
    • Respect for authority and law
    • Gratitude 

4 TEKS Positive Character Traits Strands

  • Grade Levels Standards and Curriculums
  • Elementary (K-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High & Senior High (9-12)