HCHY List: Asset Building Outcomes for schools

[Deborah Fisher]

It will come as no surprise to anyone that I, too, am interested in  
seeing what the responses are to Barbara's request, so I hope anyone  
who responds will share with the listserv.

I wanted to offer a few resources that Barbara and others may find  
useful, as follows:

1. I am a big fan of a program started in Minnesota originally called  
the St. Louis Park High School 9th Grade Program. It was designed to  
address what was perceived at the time as a "culture of failure"  
among incoming 9th graders and specifically addresses reducing school  
failure, substance abuse rates, truancy and disciplinary referrals.  
The program blends increasing assets -- through relationship building  
-- with targeted risk reduction to achieve its goals. Originally  
developed under a SPF-SIG grant, the program has gotten specific,  
measurable outcomes and is now being marketed through the Minnesota  
Institute of Public Health under the title Building Assets --  
Reducing Risks. Program designers have also applied to have the  
program listed in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs  
and Practices (NREPP).

To see the original reports, including process, outcome and summative  
evaluations, go to:
http://cehd.umn.edu/CAREI/Reports/SIG/Eval-plans/ and scroll down to  
Saint Louis Park. To find out more about Building Assets -- Reducing  
Risks, contact Katie Zientara at the Minnesota Institute of Public  
Health at (763) 427-5310.

2. This next resource has been around for awhile, but at a recent  
training I just did, I heard it mentioned again as still a good  
resource. In 2002, the Orange County (California) Dept. of Education  
conducted The A.P.I. Study: Academics and Prevention Inseparable. The  
study was designed to test how prevention and youth development  
activities correlate with academic achievement. The report is full of  
specific assets measured as well as strategies piloted in a youth  
development framework program using promising practices. And isn't  
the Internet a wonderful thing? You can find the complete report at:

www.ocde.k12.ca.us/assetbuilding/downloads/API_study_pages.pdf

3. Another possible source to look at for descriptive indicators tied  
to specific assets is the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)  
Standards and Benchmarks for the Anchorage School District. This  
report gives a very short primer on SEL and crosswalks specific  
assets with SEL goals. The report then delineates indicators and  
sample activities for each asset/SEL goal by age group from early  
elementary to late high school. This report can be found at:

www.asdk12.org/depts/SDFS/SEL/SEL_Standards.pdf

Barbara, I would love to see a copy of your school system's strategic  
plan with asset development embedded in it. I know many of the  
educators and I others train are always looking for ideas like this  
and want to see what it looks like.

I hope folks find these resources useful.

Regards,
Deborah

Deborah Fisher
Search Institute author
National Trainer, Vision Training Associates
(425) 641-4785 (PST)
deborah1701 at fishernyberg.com



On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Barbara Bridgwater wrote:

> Our school system includes asset development in its strategic  
> plan.  They are hoping that other school corporations which  
> practice asset development will share specific, measurable outcomes  
> they've identified to help them assess the success of asset  
> development.
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> Thanks in advance for any info you can share.
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> Barb
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> Barbara Bridgwater
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