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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
IN CHARACTER
EDUCATION®

LACE® educational services, programs and workshops are provided to school administrators in the United States and internationally.

The Leadership Academy in Character Education is an award winning, complex and comprehensive year-long professional development experience for school leaders.

Since 1998, LACE and the Leadership Academy in Character Education programs have helped school leaders develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to create, implement and evaluate programs and processes that make their schools true learning communities in which character education is a vital part of the curriculum and culture. LACE is supported by the Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Chair in Character Education.

 

LACE® is a registered trademark of The Curators of the University of Missouri. Leadership Academy in Character Education® is a registered trademark of The Curators of the University of Missouri.


 

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A framework for effective character education and a set of professional development experiences for educators

The PRIMED℠ framework, created by Marvin W Berkowitz, Ph.D., incorporates 6 fundamental pillars to improve the social emotional education strategies of an educational institution.

Priority

Relationship building

Intrinsic motivation

Modeling goodness

Empowering students

Developmental Pedagogy


 


 

PRIMED Institute in Character Education

June 23 through June 27, 2025 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Five days that will change your life at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The PRIMED Institute in Character Education is a five day immersion experience in character education for teams of school leaders.

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ceel

CEEL℠, Character Education Focused Emerging Leaders educational services incorporate servant leadership into character education for K-12 school leaders.

CEEL is supported by the Kern Family Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.

Graduate Degrees

The CCC offers and/or supports masters and doctorate degrees through the University of Missouri College of Education.