Search Institute has identified 40 positive supports and strengths that young people need to succeed. Half of the assets focus on the relationships and opportunities they need in their families, schools, and communities (external assets). The remaining assets focus on the social-emotional strengths, values, and commitments that are nurtured within young people (internal assets). Training, coaching, a PD event will address pandemic learning loss through the use of the Developmental Realationships Framework: express care, challenenge growth, provide support, share power, and expand possiblitiies to ensure the growth of each student.

PRIORITIES
EXTERNAL ASSETS - The supports, opportunities, and relationships young people need across all aspects of their lives.
-Support - Young people need to be surrounded by people who love, care for, appreciate, and accept them.
-Empowerment - Young people need to feel valued and valuable. This happens when youth feel safe and respected
-Boundaries and Expectations - Young people need clear rules, consistent consequences for breaking rules, and encouragement to do their best.
-Constructive Use of Time - Young people need opportunities—outside of school—to learn and develop new skills and interests with other youth and adults.

INTERNAL ASSETS - The personal skills, commitments, and values they need to make good choices, take responsibility for their own lives, and be independent and fulfilled.
-Commitment to Learning - Young people need a sense of the lasting importance of learning and a belief in their own abilities.
-Positive Values - Young people need to develop strong guiding values or principles to help them make healthy life choices.
-Social Competencies - Young people need the skills to interact effectively with others, to make difficult decisions, and to cope with new situations.
-Positive Identity - Young people need to believe in their own self-worth and to feel that they have control over the things that happen to them
-Address Loss of Learning
-Support Recovery

Category

Instructional Learning Redevelopment

Topic

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

For additional information visit:

https://sites.google.com/cesa7.org/cesa7services/home/40-development-assets

Contact for additional information:

CESA 7
Marci Waldron-Kuhn, Ed.D.
Phone: (920)617-5616