Great Places to Learn; An Asset approach to relationships, environment, programs, and practices A school-wide focus on building developmental assets

can reinforce the reasons of the heart that inspire careers in education in the first place, and it can help students K-12 become academic achievers as well as healthy, caring, responsible, productive members of society. This book will help you see how your school can become an asset-building school.

Make a World of Difference; 50 Asset Building Activities to Help Teens Explore Diversity The world todays teenagers will inhabit as adults will differ vastly from they world they live in today. As caring teachers and trainers, we are therefore charged with preparing young people to participate responsibly in a much more global and diverse culture. This book is a unique educational resource for helping young people ages 12 to 18 build understanding and awareness around a variety of cultural competence issues.

Schools that Change; Evidence Based Improvement and Effective Change Leadership Learn from schools that have made meaningful, positive, and lasting changes! This book takes an in depth look at eight schools across the nation- winners of the National School Change Awards- this illuminating resource shows how school can transform themselves from low-performing into holding exemplary national status. Qualitative research, specific examples, and portraiture offer insider view of the day to day dynamics of change in schools. This insightful book examines questions such as: o Why are some schools able to change while other schools cannot? o Why are people challenged by change? o What is the best way to measure change? o What professional characteristics must principals develop to bring about significant and sustainable change? Engage Every Parent! Encouraging Families to Sign On, Show Up, and Make a Difference. Are you a teacher? A coach? A band or orchestra conductor? A principal or volunteer coordinator? Do you wish the parents of all your youth got involved in their childs extracurricular activities and education? This book will guide you from your initial contacts with parents to a full and rewarding working relationship with them- and answers your questions about all of the steps in between. Through tips from teachers and volunteer coordinators and over 40 handouts, Engage Every Parent will help you: o Communicate with parents o Host and entertain a group of parents o Organize volunteer information o Make an impact on hard to reach parents o Show appreciation to parent volunteers Whether you need strategies to simply help parents be more hands on with homework or advice about maintaining a positive relationship with overzealous helicopter parents, this book

will empower you to connect with families and make a difference in their childs lives. *Includes more than 40 Handouts on CD ROM

Walking Your Talk; Building Assets in Organizations That Serve Youth This book highlights the importance of empowering and enabling youth to reach their full potential, because they are the future. They are the ones who will need to emerge as leaders and see to it that the world continues to flourish. This book gives real life examples of programs that work, and how you can implement them in your current group or organization.

How to Discover and Develop Your Childs Strengths: A Guide for Parents and Teachers For too long, parents, teachers and the billion dollar tutoring and test-prep industries have been committed to pinpointing and fixing kids weaknesses to improve academic performance. Add to this the negative effects of standardized testing on school curricula and students motivation, and it becomes clear that were operating within a seriously flawed education system. Your Childs Strengths turns this outdated thinking on its head. In this groundbreaking work, Jenifer Fox reveals how progress can be achieved by maximizing kids natural inclinations in three linked areas: Activity Strengths, Relationship Strengths, and Learning Strengths. Pairing inspiring firsthand accounts of success with practical workbook tools, alongside an outline of the award winning Affinities Program Fox has implemented in her own school. Your Childs Strengths is a user friendly and indispensable guide that will improve performance and provide a clear way forward for our strained education system.

Great Preschools: Building Developmental Assets in Early Childhood Are you looking for ideas to give your time with preschoolers even more meaning? Do you wish you had an easy way to connect with parents? Would you like to incorporate not only learning skills but concepts like integrity, responsibility, and self-esteem? Then Great Preschools is the perfect guide for you! Packed full of activities, games, songs, and tips, Great Preschools provides teachers and childcare providers with hundreds of strategies for helping children through their first years of school.

The Possible Dream: What Families in Distressed Communities Need to Help Youth Thrive This study draws from and builds upon previous work at Search Institute and the work of many others in related fields to help us begin to understand some specific and important elements of that equation, such as: o How families help young people grow up to be competent, caring, principled adults. o How neighborhoods and informal social networks support and hinder families in this task o The unique challenges and opportunities facing families

Mentoring for Meaningful Results: Asset Building Tips, Tools, and Activities for Youth and Adults What can you do to reenergize your mentoring program? How should busy mentors make the most of their time with mentees? What strategies can mentees use for communicating with their mentors? What is the role of parents and caregivers in the mentoring relationship? Packed with the answers to these questions and many more, Mentoring for Meaningful Results is the perfect roadmap to the mentoring experience. Comprehensive in scope and organized around common mentoring issues, this book addresses the needs of the entire mentoring team: program leaders, mentors, mentees, and the families of mentees. Over 50 easy to use, reproducible handouts help program leaders speak to each participant with practical tolls they can distribute in their programs. This books is a must-have for schools, organizations, and communities starting new mentoring programs or seeking fresh ideas to enhance and existing program.