Strong Staff, Strong Students: Professional Development in Schools and Youth Programs

Good schools start with good teachers, and the thoughtful, positive approach found in this staff-development guide provides teachers, school administrators, and program leaders with step-by-step ways to inspire and motivate. Full of personal inventories and food for thought, this resource provides a comprehensive set of tools for incorporating the Developmental Assets®, a research-based framework for healthy child development, into a school or youth program. A CD-ROM of handouts from the book and supplementary assessment tools, as well as a Power Point presentation, is also included.

Angela Jerabek, MS, developed the Building Assets, Reducing Risks program to address academic failure, truancy, discipline, school climate, and chemical use in schools utilizing the Developmental Assets® as its foundation. She has presented at more than 50 conferences including the National Prevention Network Conference and the National Superintendent’s Conference. She has a master of science in counseling and is a licensed primary and secondary teacher. Nancy Tellett-Royce is community liaison at Search Institute and a community- and youth-development expert. She is the former cochair of Children First and the creator of the Speaking of Parenting kit. They both live in Minneapolis.