Strategic Initiative Development

The Strategic Initiative Development (SID) Committee has been created to support Strategic Initiative proposals that

The Strategic Initiative Development (SID) committee has been created to support proposals that further the mission of the Association for Moral Education (AME) “to foster dialogues, training, resources, and research that links moral theory with practice” and “to support self-reflective educational and other practices that value the worth and dignity of each individual as a moral agent in a pluralistic society.” The AME is committed to fostering a climate of full inclusion, diversity, interdisciplinarity, and internationalism. Each accepted project will receive funding to carry out their work, based on budgetary review.

The 2024 $5,000 Grant is awarded to Francesca Pileggi, the principal investigator, and her team for the project Teachers4Skills (T4S): Training Teachers to Foster Critical-Creative Skills at the University of Turin in Italy.

The 2025 (First round) $5,000 Grant is awarded to Jamie Brunsdon for Coaching With Character at the University of Memphis in the United States.

Submissions for 2025 grants (Second round) are now open, with a November 15, 2025 deadline. Grant recipients will be announced at the next AME Annual Conference in 2026. See below for link to guidelines.

AME is committed to fostering a climate of full inclusion, diversity, interdisciplinarity, and internationalism. Submissions that include a team of AME members who represent diversity in race, ethnicity, home country, religious/spiritual orientation, and/or theoretical perspectives and methodologies are preferred.

**For information, please see the application procedures**

** Please submit your proposal to ame.sid.committee@gmail.com **


Current Projects

  • 2024

    • Training Teachers to Foster Critical-Creative Skills (PI: Francesca Pileggi).

  • 2025 (First round)

    • Coaching With Character (PI: James Brunsdon).

Previous Projects (Link)

  • Experiencing Authentic Dialogue on race and intersections with culture and religion to enhance teaching and learning in schools and colleges (Team members: Vishalache Balakrishnan (PI), Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, Janet Orchard).

  • Leveraging Colegios Mayores for moral development in higher education through the Just Community approach (Team members: Juan Dabdoub (PI), Aitor Salaverria).

  • The International Expressions of Kindness: Multimedia Showcase (Team members: Darcia Narvaez, Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady, Marilyn Cohen, Levy Farias, Educator).