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40 Developmental Assets
(Search Institute)


Group Background
Developmental Assets and Service-Learning

Usually, one plus one equals two, but when you combine asset building with service-learning, the two quickly lead to three, four, five, or more--more assets, that is!

Either one on its own has been shown to have strong positive outcomes for young people, but together, service-learning and asset building provide potentially even more benefits to the young people we care about.

Service to Others has shown itself to be a "gateway" asset, as well-designed service-learning experiences can help connect young people to caring adults, boost their sense of being resources to the community, and have an impact on numerous internal assets like Personal Power and Sense of Purpose. In addition, having multiple, sustained service-learning experiences--as well as high levels of assets--can contribute to young people's school success and healthy development.

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Featured Changemaker


Verna Price
President, The Power of People Leadership Institute
Robbinsdale, Minnesota


Positive Change I'm Working to Achieve
I want to see motivated and inspired urban youth that value education as a core ingredient for success in life. I wrestle daily with finding the answers to how to make that dream come true. In 2004, I founded Girls in Action in response to a local Minneapolis high school that was experiencing a significant increase in the number of female students, mostly African American, getting suspended, fighting, joining gangs, and failing academically. Like many urban youth, particularly urban youth of color, they had disengaged, given up and/or walked away from k-12 education.

I started Girls in Action to engage the girls, during the school day, in an interactive curriculum based on the core principles of personal power, leadership, service-learning and career development. Women mentors are trained to deliver the curriculum while giving the girls a vision for what it means to be a positive woman leader in their community.

I believe that girls are powerful and that when we teach them how to positively use that power, they will use it to change their life for the good. In the process, they will apply that power to service-learning and begin to create positive change in their community and world. I see a future where our Girls make positive social decisions, successfully complete high school on time, and go to college without first becoming teenage mothers.

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Newly Added

James Toole has contributed a Article titled Now Dad Feels as Stressed as Mom for Sustaining the Service Leader. June 22, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Article titled NYU Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Top Students for 21st Century Learning/ Global Education. June 21, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Childrens Literature titled The Quilt Maker's Journey for Philanthropy Education. June 21, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Childrens Literature titled Field Trip Day for Environment/ Sustainability and Health. June 20, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Childrens Literature titled Planting the Trees of Kenya for Environment/ Sustainability and 21st Century Learning/ Global Education. June 19, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Article titled Studying Engineering Before They Can Spell It for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). June 15, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Bundled Resource titled Roots of Empathy for Peacemaking/ Violence Prevention and Socio-Emotional Learning. May 29, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Article titled Many Faiths, One Truth for Interfaith Service-Learning. May 25, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Bundled Resource titled Advocacy-Based Service-Learning for Social Justice and Civics-Based Service-Learning. May 7, 2010

James Toole has contributed a Bundled Resource titled Middle Schools and Service-Learning: A Perfect Fit for Middle Schools. May 7, 2010


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Network News

Service-Learning as a Strategy to Close the Achievement Gap

The National Youth Leadership Council and their Youth Advisory Council produced a provocative professional development PowerPoint presentation for the Providers' Network on service-learning as a strategy to help close the achievement gap. Take a look in the Urban Service-Learning interest group and download the presentation, the handouts and facilitator notes!


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Posted on March 16, 2010.

How to Transform Really Bad PowerPoints into Effective Presentations
PowerPoint is the most used and abused communication tool in the world. We spent six months preparing this PowerPoint on effective presentations.
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    Posted on December 8, 2008.

    What Do Service-Learning Professional Developers Want?
    In 2007, the Providers' Network surveyed 250 people involved in service-learning professional development about how we could be most helpful.
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    Posted on December 8, 2008.

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    Posted on December 8, 2008.




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