🔥 How can we promote values like courage, commitment, and sacrifice in our learning communities?

🔥 What is the Medal of Honor Character Development Program, and how can it impact your school?

Join me for this conversation with California middle school teacher and trainer Marilynn Alford-Walsh as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions.

About This Guest

Marilynn has been in education for over 30 years, teaching all grade levels from preschool through middle school. Today, she teaches middle school science, college and career, technology, and education courses.  She’s also been a national curriculum trainer for the Medal of Honor Character Development Program for the past 13 years, and uses the program regularly with her middle school students. 

You can find out more about the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s

• Character Development Program at cmohs.org/lessons and the
• Path to Honor at pathtohonor.cmohs.org/introduction.

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In This Conversation

• 0:28 – Who is Marilynn Alford-Walsh?
• 1:28 – Marilynn’s story: Building connections with middle schoolers
• 4:31 – Six Core Values: Courage, Commitment, Integrity, Sacrifice, Citizenship, Patriotism
• 5:21 – What is courage?
• 6:09 – What is integrity?
• 6:51 – What is citizenship?
• 7:31 – What is sacrifice?
• 10:11 – How the Character Development Program has impacted Marilynn’s students
• 12:43 – How the CDP supports writing and thinking skills
• 14:35 – How Marilynn plans to use the CMOHS Path to Honor this year
• 16:02 – How schools can connect with Medal of Honor recipients
• 18:55 – A tour of FREE teacher resources at cmohs.org
• 32:54 – A recommended teaching resource: EduProtocols
• 34:33 – A new resource to check out: WeWillWrite.com
• 35:34 – A book recommendation: The Shark and the Goldfish by Jon Gordon
• 38:14 – How teachers can connect with the FREE Character Development Program

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