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40 Developmental Assets
(Search Institute)


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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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Recent Activity

James Toole added the multimedia, Sparks-A new book by Peter Benson, Part 1 in 40 Developmental Assets (Search Institute). June 24, 2009

James Toole added the multimedia, Sparks, a New Book by Peter Benson Part TWO in 40 Developmental Assets (Search Institute). June 24, 2009

James Toole added the multimedia, Dr. Peter Benson Discusses Sparks, Part III in 40 Developmental Assets (Search Institute). June 24, 2009

James Toole added the multimedia, Dr. Peter Benson Discusses Sparks, Part II in 40 Developmental Assets (Search Institute). June 24, 2009

James Toole added the multimedia, The Girl Effect in Philanthropy Education. June 24, 2009

James Toole added the multimedia, CNN Broadcasts PSA on Youth-Led Change in Social Entrepreneurship. June 24, 2009

James Toole added a news link titled At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers in Peacemaking/ Violence Prevention. June 11, 2009

John Busch added the multimedia, University Stuff in Social Entrepreneurship. June 7, 2009

John Busch added the multimedia, University Stuff in Social Entrepreneurship. June 7, 2009

Kia Moua added a post to the topic Resources You'd Like to See in Philanthropy Education. June 2, 2009


 
Network News

Listen to Interviews of Featured Changemakers
On a rotating basis, the Providers’ Network homepage will continue to feature one member as a Featured Changemaker. This provides another avenue to learn in depth about each others’ work. We have now added an audio interview. Listen to Dr. Verna Price talk about her ground-breaking and successful work with girls in urban education.

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    Posted on May 3, 2009.

    Over 100 Members Attend Providers’ Network Luncheon
    The Providers’ Network offered an opportunity in March for members to meet and interact at the National Service-Learning Conference in Nashville. Over 100 people listened to an update, networked with new people, and completed a survey to offer guidance about future development. We also held a drawing to see who the next Featured Changemaker would be (won by Illinois’ Jayne Westerlund).

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  • See How Members Answered the Survey

    Posted on May 3, 2009.

    Professional Development in the Age of Obama, Globalization, Economic Recession, and More
    While we are busy planning service-learning professional development efforts, the world around us is changing. Join a discussion on what you see as key changes that will impact professional development (opportunities or challenges) and what we should do about them.
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    Posted on December 8, 2008.

    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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  • See Results

    Posted on December 8, 2008.

    Providers' Network Web Traffic Up
    The Providers Network traffic has grown this year from 172 unique visitors in January to almost 13,000 unique visitors in October, 2008-a growth of almost 8,000% (the beauty of math when you start with a really low number!).
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  • See the Month-by-Month Growth

    Posted on December 8, 2008.

    Progress on Library and Guidelines
    We are close to a revised draft of the Guidelines for Quality Service-Learning Professional Development. For the library, we are working with diverse partners to produce high-quality PowerPoint presentations that you will be able to download and use. Look for both by July, 2009.
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  • View the Library

    Posted on December 8, 2008.

    Share Your Ideas
    Feedback is the breakfast of champions! Send us an email about what you like about the Providers' Network (so we keep doing it), how we can better support your work (so we can allocate resources wisely), and how we can improve (so your ideas can make a difference).
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    Posted on December 8, 2008.




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