The quality of the classroom teacher is the single most important factor in predicting student success, yet schools face a tremendous struggle to retain the high-quality teachers who are essential to student achievement. Addressing the alarmingly high rate of teacher burnout and job turnover,...
Offering indispensable advice to anyone seeing to integrate empowerment into their youth work, this guide demonstrates how youth leaders, teachers, peer program advisors, adults who work with teens and adolescents, and any professional organization with a youth focus can foster leadership...
Engage Every Parent! Encouraging Families to Sign On, Show Up, and Make a Difference will guide you from your first contacts with parents to a full and rewarding working relationship with them—and answers your questions about all of the steps in between.
Life is hard for teens, but it can become even more difficult when they experience serious challenges. Removing the adversity from a teen's life may be out of our control, but we can help them deal with these experiences and build on their natural talents, goodness, and strength.
Focusing on the power of positive relationships and promising “best
practices,” this guidebook teaches prevention program leaders how to implement Developmental Assets in their organizations. It emphasizes particular prevention areas that assets can affect most, such as early
sexual...
