We find that the Character and Leadership curriculum works well for transitioning students from middle school to high school. It opens dialog between students and their new teachers and faculty, as well as, community members who serve as guest speakers. Conversations that usually wouldn’t happen in traditional classroom environments lead to students making better connections with the people and resources …

A training & development resource that fully engages high school students because it is fun, interesting and applicable to their lives. The curriculum, which focuses on leadership and character development, is directly related to the areas of qualitative development that are essential for the young adult growth process. I would highly recommend this resource to anyone working with young adults …

I am in my third year using Dr. Hoedel’s curriculum and could not be happier. The information provided allows for great conversation among our students and the role models open their eyes to what it takes to be a great leader.

My associate and I have been team teaching a Leadership class for a couple of years. We felt our curriculum was great until we attended one of your conferences. Thirty minutes into the conference, we both realized the curriculum you were offering was high quality and immediately approached our director for approval. We only meet with our Leadership class one …

The staff of our continuation school was concerned about the poor decision making skills, as well as a low standard of morality on the part of our students. In addition, the English teachers felt that reading selections in the adopted literature textbook were not engaging our students. Dr. Hoedel’s Character and Leadership curriculum has helped us address both of these …

As District Manager of the Professional Opportunities Program for Students, Inc., I am most proud of the investment into the Character Development and Leadership curriculum. The structure of the session allows for more open communication with my students. This viable tool is a win-win for any youth program.

I have been teaching your Character & Leadership Education curriculum for the past 6 years. This is my favorite class to teach. I am excited every day to come to this class, and hear what the students have to say about the subjects we cover. Each trimester the students in these classes form a unique bond that we just don’t …

Thank you so much for creating this curriculum. I am so excited about all the changes that are happening here because of it! The leadership curriculum has been such a powerful and impacting tool to helping young people learn how to deal with situations and dilemmas they face in everyday life. Again, thank you.

Your class was a hit for our school last year, I got a lot of positive feedback from the one semester that I taught Character Development, and Leadership. This coming year I will be teaching two semester classes due to the popularity of the class.

FYI, this class is what I was born to teach, but I am normally the art teacher. My students love the class, they love it when I talk real life with them, and you’ll notice from my survey results that it is needed. I am so proud that our freshman are required to have this class to graduate and it …