The 2010 BigTent Conference Guide by Search Institute

2010 Conference Guide

Hosted by Search Institute

Events and Workshops, pages 14–47

Welcome to the world’s leading

Schedule At-a-Glance, pages 26–27

conference for people who care

Facility Maps, pages 48–49

about schools, youth, families, and communities.

N O V E M B E R 1 8 – 2 0 , 2 0 1 0 • H O U S T O N , T X | George R. Brown Convention Center

www. BigTentConference .com

founding partners of the Search Institute is both a Founding Partner and the host of the BigTent Conference. See next page for a welcome message from Peter Benson. America’s Promise Alliance is

pleased to be a Founding Partner for Search Institute’s 2010 BigTent Conference. This conference reflects myriad principles that personify the Alliance’s work and encourages the provision of holistic supports— the Five Promises—for young people by working to improve classrooms, communities, and homes. Earlier this year, the Alliance launched the Grad Nation Campaign to mobilize Americans to end the dropout crisis and prepare young people for college and a 21st century career. By engaging business leaders, parents, young people, and other stakeholders, we believe this vital initiative will serve as a catalyst for a national movement on behalf of our young people and their access to more opportunities for an excellent education. I hope you have a great time at this exciting conference, connecting with and learning from like-minded colleagues from across the country, and that your time here will inform and inspire your important work in your own communities. Marguerite W. Kondracke, President and CEO America’s Promise Alliance

American Association of School Administrators is committed to educating

the total child through creating the conditions necessary for all students to become successful, lifelong learners. AASA is proud to be a Founding Partner of this conference, as the important work of educating the total child requires a BigTent approach, i.e., broader partnerships that support positive youth development. Schools can only have a real chance of helping children succeed now and in the future when we, as a community, ensure that they have access to the full range of Developmental Assets. Sharon Adams-Taylor, Associate Executive Director American Association of School Administrators

American Institutes for Research is delighted to be one

of the Founding Partners of the BigTent. We share Search Institute’s commitment to pulling groups together across multiple perspectives to focus on our strengths, and we are excited to connect with such a diverse array of partners. AIR’s purpose is to conduct and apply behavioral and social science research to improve people’s lives and well-being, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged. We look forward to seeing how the BigTent informs and helps contribute not only to our mission but also to the big picture of America’s public policies toward children and youth. David Osher, Ph.D., Vice President American Institutes for Research

The Forum for Youth Investment

is proud to be a Founding Partner in this unprecedented convening. The Forum and its partners are committed to ensuring that all young people are Ready by 21—ready for college, work and life. “Building broader partnerships” – or building a Big Tent—is one of the four leadership building blocks at the heart of our Ready by 21 strategies, so we salute Search for its leadership and vision. Our tag line at the Forum is “Moving ideas to impact”—and that’s exactly what each of us must pledge to do as we step into the Big Tent and then bring our learning back home. Here’s to a great conference, and to working together across systems and sectors in the months and years ahead! Karen Pittman, Co-Founder, President and CEO Forum for Youth Investment

National Collaboration for Youth is a coalition of the National Assembly member organizations that have a significant interest in youth development. Its mission is to provide a united voice as advocates for youth, to improve the conditions of young people in America, and to help young people reach their full potential. Thanks for joining us at this momentous gathering. This is the only conference owned by the youth development field to build the youth development field, all of us working together to achieve better outcomes for children and youth. Irv Katz, President and CEO National Collaboration for Youth

United Way Worldwide is proud to

be a Founding Partner of this important gathering focused on the success of young people. We share Search Institute’s belief that the strongest communities are those that develop and cultivate the assets of young people, fully engage them, and come together to provide high-quality supports that all children and youth need for success in life. The mission of United Way is to mobilize communities and individuals to advance the common good in education, income, and health. United Way believes that every community must support young people so they can enter school ready to succeed; read proficiently by the 4th grade; succeed in middle school; graduate from high school on time; and succeed in college, work, and life. We hope that the next few days inspire you to continue your hard work on behalf of our nation’s youth. Brian Gallagher, President and CEO United Way Worldwide

Welcome to the Search Institute is honored to host the first BigTent Conference, bringing together people from across the country and around the world who care about young people, schools, families, and communities. The BigTent is a place where we all can come together across our different approaches, perspectives, skills, and agendas. We will challenge each other’s assumptions. We will expand each other’s horizons. We will give each other great new ideas. The real challenge comes on Saturday, when we will return to our communities reenergized and ready to take action on the priorities that matter to all of us. Thanks to all the Founding Partners, Convening Partners, Sponsors, and especially to Search Institute staff who worked intensely to make this event possible. Together, we can make the BigTent a reality not only for these three days, but throughout the year as we take actions together that ensure that all young people are valued and thrive. Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., President and CEO Search Institute

Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities.

Table of Contents Founding Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Welcome to the BigTent . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Welcome to Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Convening Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Additional Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Full Schedule of Events and Locations . . 8–13 Pre-Conference Sessions . . . . . . . . 14–16 Assemblies and Keynoters . . . . . . . 18–19 Featured Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21 Nightlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Houston’s Hot! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sharing and Networking Opportunities . . 24 Call to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 What’s in it for Youth? . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Conference Schedule at a Glance . . . . 26–27 Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-47 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Emergency Information . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Site Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48–49 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 BigTent Conference 2011 . . . . . back cover

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A Message from the Mayor of Houston As mayor of Houston, I want to welcome each of you to the most vibrant and progressive city in the nation. Thank you for investing your time and talent in America’s youth by attending the BigTent Conference. I am especially proud that Houston was chosen as the host city for this first-ever conference, which is destined to have a meaningful impact on education across America. Houston has a great history of leadership in education and we are thrilled that you are here. I applaud the collaboration that brought The BigTent Conference into existence. It is only by working together that we can create truly meaningful change. The future of our nation depends upon the quality of education that we provide for our youth. I wish you great success at this conference as you help chart a new course for public education and positive youth development. Welcome to Houston. The Honorable Annise Parker, mayor of the city of Houston

Houston Conference Team Sheena Abraham, Holthouse Foundation for Kids Lisa Caruthers, Cooperative for After-School Enrichment, Harris County Dept. of Education Ann Clark, ABC Education Consultants Therese Cole-Hubbs, Houston Independent School District, Strategic Partnerships Cindy Ferguson, YMCA of Greater Houston Tracy Gillin, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Houston, TX Mary Glover, Cooperative for After-School Enrichment, Harris County Dept. of Education Caroline Holcombe, Children at Risk Michael Holthouse, Holthouse Foundation for Kids Gina Murphy, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Houston, TX John Reyes, Youth Advisory Coordinator, BigTent Conference Pat Rosenberg, Community Volunteer Karen Washington, Houston Independent School District, Student Support Services

Convening Partners at the BigTent The spirit and mission of the BigTent is truly to capture, expand, and embrace the collective power of all the organizations and groups that do youth-serving work in communities. Over 40 national and Texas-based organizations have exemplified the BigTent spirit as Convening Partners by supporting, promoting, encouraging, and participating in this inaugural BigTent Conference. Thank you, Convening Partners, for being part of the BigTent! BigTent Convening Partners are Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth, a Search Institute initiative*, along with: Afterschool Alliance All Kids Alliance American Camp Association American Leadership Forum Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Boy Scouts of America Boys & Girls Clubs of America The Children’s Assessment Center CASEL Children At Risk Children’s Defense Fund, Texas City Year Collaborative for Children Communities in Schools Houston

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

National Youth Leadership Council

Corporate Voices for Working Families

OneStar Foundation

Generations United

One Voice Texas

Girl Scouts of the USA

Parents for Public Schools of Houston

Houston Federation of Teachers

The Salvation Army

Houston-Harris County Joint City-County Commission on Children

Texas Association of School Administrators

Houston Independent School District

United Way of Greater Houston

The Indiana Youth Institute

Voices for America’s Children

National 4-H Council

West Houston P-16 Council

National Child Protection Training Center

What Kids Can Do

National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education, and Families

Youth Advocate Programs

Communities in Schools

National School Climate Center

The Y of USA (YMCA) Youth Service America

*These were our Convening Partners when we went to press. Visit www.BigTentConference.com to see a full listing.

What Does It Mean to Get “On Board” for the BigTent? We would like to thank our On Board for Houston groups, who made an early commitment last spring to bring larger groups to this inaugural BigTent Conference. We provided additional support and resources to help them coordinate their efforts, and their early input and enthusiasm was invaluable. Thank you, On Board for Houston champions! YMCA of Silicon Valley/Project Cornerstone (San Jose, California) City of Indio Youth Advisory Council (Indio, California) YMCA and Sterling High School (Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois) THRIVE (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) Greater Omaha HC • HY (Omaha/Kearney, Nebraska) Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance (Titusville, New Jersey) Care Team Collaborative (Zanesville, Ohio) Metro Nashville – Davidson County (Nashville, Tennessee)

Goodwill Industries of Central Texas (Austin, Texas) Corpus Christi ISD (Corpus Christi, Texas) Garland ISD (Garland, Texas) Dallas ISD (Dallas, Texas) Building the CORE Kerr County (Kerrville, Texas) Prince William County Public Schools (Manassas, Virginia) Westfield High School (Westfield, Wisconsin)

Watch for your chance to get “On Board for Omaha” in 2011!

Houston Youth Involvement Committee Lee Alcantara TeAdora Alexander Davion Antwine Ashly Bammel Jazzment Brown Andre Burrell Mirian Carranza Christine Contreras

Daisy Cortez Eduardo Cortez Cristina Coy Bryshanna Curtis Wendy Diaz Stephanie Gil Danae Green Josh Green

Simone Holloway Katalina Iribarren Chelsey Izegbu Tiffany Le Elizabeth Lippman Eddie Luster IV Kassandra Martinez TyShonique Mayes

Kaylin McNary Shelly Morales MyMy Nguyen Janie Porras Pablo Portillo Avis Rodriguez Madeleine Roman Clay St. Clair

Jose Sanchez Daniel Santillian Jourdain Thrash Jose Vanogas Codye Williams Raqueal Williams Andrea Wistuba Christopher Wong

College Ambassadors Brittany Dotson (Lamar University)

Abel Garza (Texas Southern University)

Linda Pham (University of Houston)

Lawrence Fenton (University of Houston)

Gilbert Gonzalez (University of Houston)

Robert Santillian (San Jacinto College)

Nick Gachie (Sam Houston State University)

Elena Marroquin (Webster University) Becca Pel (University of Houston)

National Youth Panel Nicholas Briggs (Rochester, New York)

Charles Jackson (Rochester, New York)

Caitlyn Puzio (Pennington, New Jersey)

Daniel Butler (Omaha, Nebraska)

Emma Jackson (Kettering, Ohio)

Mercedes Siegle-GaitherLa Crosse, WI

Nick Campion (Cottage Grove, Minnesota)

Adam Joslin (Washington, DC)

DeVonte Singer (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Leah Carlisle (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Amanda Krebs (Florence, Kentucky)

Jessikah Smith (Washington, DC)

Leslie Mamula (Dayton, Ohio)

Whitney Weadock (Hilliard, Ohio)

Alexa Pfeiffer

Jessica Wuensch (Kettering, Ohio)

Sara Chehreh

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Full Schedule of Events and Locations Tuesday, November 16 Pre-Conference Sessions

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

All Pre-Con Workshops Located in Hilton Americas Pre-conference registration open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilton 340B PC2: Training of Trainers: Building Developmental Assets in School Communities (day one of two-day session) . . . . . . . . . . . Hilton 342 PC3: Building Developmental Assets in School Communities . . . . . . Hilton 342 PC4: Training of Trainers: Essentials of Asset Building (day one of two-day session) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilton 344A PC8: Helping Kids Thrive in the 21st Century—Helping Kids Thrive in a YouTube World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hilton 344B

Wednesday, November 17 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3

Pre-Conference Sessions and Meetings in Conjunction. All Pre-Con Workshops Located in Hilton Americas 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 7:15 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Pre-conference registration open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC1: Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . PC2: Training of Trainers: Building Developmental Assets in School Communities (day 2 of two-day session) . . . . . . . . . . . . PC4: Training of Trainers: Essentials of Asset Building (day 2 of two-day session) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC5: Peer Helping with an Asset Twist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC7: Bank It: Make Your Money Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC9: Helping Kids Thrive in the 21st Century—Say Yes to No: A Parenting Program to Raise Happy, Self-Reliant Kids . . . . . . . . . PC6: Sparks: Igniting the Hidden Strengths of Teens . . . . . . . . . .

Registration Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hilton 340B Hilton 346A . Hilton 342 Hilton 344A Hilton 340A Hilton 339B Hilton 344B Hilton 346B

GRBCC Upper Entrance Lobby

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Welcome Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exhibit Hall B3

Exhibit Hall Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 BigTent Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

General Assembly Hall B

Youth Center Grand Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRBCC Room 310

Pre-conference sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday are in the Hilton. All other conference events take place in the George R. Brown Convention Center. Denotes a session that is being recorded.

Full Schedule of Events and Locations Thursday, November 18 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Conference Office Open (closed during assemblies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRBCC Cafe 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration Open (in Conference Office after 12:00 noon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRBCC Upper Entrance to Lobby 7:45 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. BigTent Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall B 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Sunrise Energizer with KidTribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. A-1: Opening Assembly: What’s the Big Challenge of the BigTent? (see page 16) Speakers: Peter Benson, Joe Castillo, and Alfonso Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break, Exhibit Hall, Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Youth Center and Art Studio Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310, Exhibit Hall B3 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Featured Forum 1: What Works: Leading Effective Community Change? (page 20) . . . General Assembly Hall B

Featured Forum 2: What Works: Engagong and Supporting Families (page 20) . . . . .

General Assembly Hall A

A-2: Youth Assembly: Youth-Led Change (see page 18) Speaker: Roberto Rivera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Assembly Hall C

Workshop Session 1 (See pages 28–30)

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m 1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Th-101: Addressing the Social and Emotional Needs of All Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-102: Addressing the Whole Child within High Stakes Accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-103: Best Practices in Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-104: Connecting Teachers and Students with Entrepreneurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-105: Creating Community-Wide Impact through Shared Data Tracking . . . . . . . . Th-106: Cultivating Courageous, Compassionate Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-107: Developing a Youth Leadership Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-108: Developmental Assets 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-109: Engaging the Court System for Positive Youth Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-110: Engaging Youth as Decision-Makers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-111: How to Be an Asset-Building Leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-112: Improving Academic Achiemevent with Social and Emotional Learning . . . . . . . . Th-113: Integrating Developmental Assets and Ready by 21 Strategies . . . . . . . . . . Th-114: Key Findings on Assets around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-115: Leading Schools to Succeed: Perspectives from Principals . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-116: Motivational Interviewing in Drug and Alcohol Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-117: Raising Resilient, Strong Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-119: Semester of Service and Global Youth Service Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-120: Sparks: Lighting the Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-122: The State of America’s Schools and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-123: Tools for Building Financial Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-124: What Brain Science Says about Helping Kids Thrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-125: Preparing Civic-Minded Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-126: Ten Lessons in Sustaining Asset-Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

320B 320C 330A 340A 332A 320D 320E 351E 320F 342E 332B 351D 351B 351C 351A 350D 350E 350F 330B 352D 340B 332C 350B 342D

Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 Youth Center and Art Studio Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310, Exhibit Hall B3

Full Schedule of Events and Locations Thursday, November 18 continued 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Featured Forum 3: What Works in Texas . . . and What Needs to Change (page 20) . . .

General Assembly Hall A

Featured Forum 4: Be Heard! Share Your Ideas on Federal Youth Policy Policy (page 20)

General Assembly Hall B

Workshop Session 2: (see pages 31–33)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. 3:45 – 5:15 p.m.

Th-201: Asset Building in School Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-202: Building a Safe School Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-203: Building Character through Literacy, Creativity, and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-204: Corporate Perspectives on Corporate-Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . Th-205: Creating 21st-Century Global Citizens through Hip-Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-206: Creating Community Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-207: Creating Young Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-208: Effective Communication for Tough Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-209: Equipping Youth to Bridge the Asset Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-210: Findings from Assets-GTO Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-211: Foundations of a Healthy Youth Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-212: Houston Youth and the Developmental Assets Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-213: Learning with Problem-Based Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-214: Listening Skills for Mentoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-215: Preparing Youth for Post-Secondary Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-216: Reaching Parents and Caregivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-217: Reconnecting Youth to Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-218: Regarding Leadership: A Youth Summit Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-219: Strategic Planning and Increasing Organizational Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-220: Take Charge of Your Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-221: Teaching Self-Discipline: The DNA of Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-222: Using Data to Support School Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-224: We Attended a Training—Now What? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-225: Teaching Kids Parenting Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

351E 330A 350D 332B 352D 320B 350F 320C 320D 340B 350B 351A 350E 320E 351B 342D 342E 320F 332C 351D 340A 351C 330B 332A

Break, Exhibit Hall, Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 Featured Forum 5: What Works to Boost Graduation Rates (see page 20) . . . . . . . .

General Assembly Hall B

Workshop Session 3 (see pages 34–36)

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

7:30 – 11:00 p.m.

Th-301: Building Assets through Parent Involvement in Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-302: Challenging Myths about Community Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-303: Coming of Age Ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-304: Creating a Program Landscape Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-305: Developmental Assets and Children in Foster Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-306: Empowering Youth through Inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-307: Empowering Youth to be Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-308: Encouraging Youth Engagement through Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-310: Improving Program Quality to Increase Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . Th-311: Preparing Educators and Students for the College Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-312: Promoting Resiliency through Gender-Responsive Programs . . . . . . . . . . . Th-313: Rethinking School-Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-314: School-Community Collaborations and Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . Th-315: Securing a Federal Drug-Free Communities Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-316: Successful Transitions from High School to College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-317: SuicideTALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-318: Technical Assistance in Assets-GTO Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-319: Teen Asset Building with Community Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-320: Texas Superintendent Panel on Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-321: The 8-Ring Circus of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-324: What Makes Strong Families? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-326: A Toolbox for Creating Assertive Asset Ambassadors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Th-327: Integrating Assets into Congregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A-3: BigTent Banquet: Driver’s Ed for the Internet Highway!

342D 332B 320B 320C 351A 320D 342E 320E 332C 320F 330A 351D 340A 332A 330B 351E 340B 350D 352D 350E 350F 351B 351C

Speakers: David Walsh and Erin Walsh (see page 18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 BigTent GiveBack Sponsored by Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 7:45 pm Cora Dunham pre-concert warmup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 8:00 pm Concert: The Septien Pop Velocity Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 8:45 pm GiveBack Literacy Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hallway Outside Grand Ballroom

Full Schedule of Events and Locations Friday, November 19 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Conference Office Open (closed during assemblies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRBCC Cafe 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. On-site Registration in Conference Office 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. Sunrise Energizer with KidTribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. A-4: Morning Assembly: Beyond Battles: How We Can Come Together to Get Education Right

Speaker: Kathleen Cushman (See page 18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break, Exhibit Hall, Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Youth Center and Art Studio Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310, Exhibit Hall B3 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Featured Forum 6: What Matters: Readiness Mean Academics and Beyond (see page 21) Gen. Assembly Hall A

Featured Forum 7: Be Heard! How Can Communities Come Together to Reduce School Dropouts? (page 21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gen. Assembly Hall B

Workshop Session 4: (see pages 36–39)

F-101: A Strength-Based Diversion Program for First-Time Juvenile Offenders . . . . . . F-102: Adventure-Based Ways to Reach Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-103: Asset Mapping for Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-104: Citywide Gang Prevention Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-105: Community Peace Dinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-106: Creating Connections that Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-107: Creating Effective Partnerships with School Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-108: Creating School Engagement Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-110: Encouraging Kindness with Rachel’s Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-111: iKids: Taming the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-112: Improving School Attendance through Partnerships and Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . F-113: Increasing Engagement with Motivational Interviewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-114: Making Our Children Socially and Emotionally Smarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-115: Parenting with Love and Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-116: Preventing Unhealthy Relationships through Positive Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-117: Reconnecting Communities and Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-118: Setting an Example: Youth-Adult Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-119: So! How Are the Adults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-120: Supporting Academic Success through School Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-121: Supporting Sparks and Thriving with New Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-122: Teaching Youth about Living Healthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-123: Teen Voice 2010: Relationships That Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-124: Understanding Youth through Brain Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-125: Using the Developmental Assets Profile in Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-126: Sweeten Your Community with Lemonade Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-127: Youth-Adult Partnerships: What Kids Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

340B 320B 320D 340A 330A 320E 342E 320F 330B 332B 350B 351B 350D 350E 352D 351D 332A 351E 352A 342D 352B 351A 332C 350F 351C 320C

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Special Luncheon – seating by state and country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 1:30 – 11:00 p.m. Art Studio Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. Youth Center Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310

Full Schedule of Events and Locations Friday, November 19 continued 1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Featured Forum 8: What Works: Reaching Hard-to-Reach Youth (see page 21) . . . . . . . .

Workshop Session 5 (See pages 40–42)

General Assembly Hall B

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. 3:45 – 5:15 p.m.

F-202: Assets Get Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340A F-203: Biz Kid$: A Youth Enterpreneurship Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320C F-204: Building Assets through School-Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350E F-205: Choose Your Own Service-Learning Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350F F-206: Creating Conditions for School Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340B F-207: Creating Effective Programs with FAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320D F-208: Culturally Competent, Connected Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320E F-209: Developmental Assets and HIV/AIDS Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350D 330A F-210: Developmental Dashboards for Children and Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-211: Driving Community Action with the Enhanced Student Gallup Poll . . . . . . . . 332A 351A F-212: Engaging Middle-School Students through Apprenticeships . . . . . . . . . . . . F-213: Engaging Youth with Social Change Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320F F-214: Involving Youth in Community Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342D F-215: Nurturing the Spirit of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350B F-216: Planning Community-Wide Asset-Building Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342E 332C F-217: Reducing Bullying through Safe School Ambassadors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-218: Restoring Community: A Report from the Hull World Conference . . . . . . . . . 351B 332B F-219: Search Institute’s Developmental Assets Profile: What It Is and How to Use It . . F-220: Straightlaced: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330B F-222: The Power of Story Telling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351D F-223: Using New Media to Engage Communities in Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351E F-224: Whole Children Begin with Whole Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351C F-225: Youth Master Planning: A Community Success Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320B Break, Exhibit Hall, Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 Featured Forum 9: What Matters: Youth Voices on Today’s Pressing Priorities (See page 21) . General Assembly Hall B

Workshop Session 6 (see pages 42–44)

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. 6:00 – 11:00 p.m. 9:30 – 11:00 p.m.

F-301: Applying the Developmental Assets in Community Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . 332C F-302: Building Partnership-Driven Education Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320B F-303: Business Engagement Strategies for Community Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340B F-304: Communities & Agencies Collaborating for Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320C F-305: Culture-Specific Youth Development Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320D 330A F-306: Developing a School Prevention Plan through Youth Asset Councils . . . . . . . . F-307: Developing Healthy, Vibrant Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342E F-308: Turn Your Great Idea into a Great Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330B F-309: Getting Low-Income Students to College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351B F-310: Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332B F-312: Making After-School Programming for All a Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320E F-313: Nourishing the Spirit of Community Change Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320F 342D F-314: Prevention through Parent Engagement and Family Strengthening . . . . . . . . F-315: Reintegrating High-Risk Youth into School Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332A F-316: Strengthening and Linking Community Leadership Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350F F-318: Transforming Lives, Schools, and Troubled Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . 340A F-319: Using Peer Mentoring to Ease the Transition to High School . . . . . . . . . . . . 351A F-320: Great Group Games for Kids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352D F-321: What Is Parent Education? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351C Youth Center Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310 Houston’s Hot! (see page 23) Sponsored by the Holthouse Foundation . . . . . . . . . . First Floor, GRBCC Youth Center Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310

Full Schedule of Events and Locations Saturday, November 20 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Conference Office Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRBCC Cafe 7:30 – 8:15 a.m. The Great Idea Swap (includes continental breakfast) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 7:30- 9:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. Sunrise Energizer with KidTribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. A-5: Morning Assembly: Who Will Our Youth Become? Speaker: Clifton Taulbert (See page 19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom 10:00 a.m. – 12:15p.m. Exhibit Hall Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Youth Center Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Room 310 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Art Studio Open for Pick-Up Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall B3 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. Featured Forum 10: Answering the BigTent Call: Making Your Plan for Action (page 21) . . . . . . . Room 360

Featured Forum 11: Here in Houston: Our Own Call to Action (Houston attendees only) (page 21) .

Workshop Session 7 (See pages 45–47)

S-101: A Conversation with Clifton Taulbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320C S-102: Asset-Based Training for Peer Support Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330A S-103: Childhood Trauma and the 40 Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332A S-104: Community Collaboration for After-School Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320B S-105: Connecting Dreams and Education for Life Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342E S-106: Creating a Bully-Free School Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330B 340A S-108: Empowering Youth for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-109: Evaluation and Assessment through Theatre and Role-Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320D S-110: Lessons Learned from a Community-Wide Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320E S-111: Let’s Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340B S-112: Overcoming Poverty, Violence, and Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332B 351A S-113: Positive Ticketing: A New Approach to Community Change . . . . . . . . . . . . S-114: Reframing Resilience for Adults and Adolescents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320F S-115: Relationships and Their Influence on Young People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332C S-116: School- and Community-Based Youth Development in Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350D S-117: Understanding Adults, Understanding Youth: Strategies for Supporting Positive Behavior 350E S-118: Supporting Academic Success through Educational Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . 351D S-120: Technologies for Supporting Community Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350F S-121: The Now Church of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350B S-122: Tools for Creative Problem-Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351E S-123: Tracking Personal and Academic Growth with Portfolios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351C 351B S-124: Understanding Family Civic Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-125: BARR: A Positive Transition to High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342D

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Lunch pick-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. A-6: Closing Assembly: Taking the BigTent Back Home

Room 361

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom

Speakers: Henry Lozano and Tristan Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Ballroom

Pre-Conference Sessions Cancellation Policy: Pre-conference session registrations are transferrable. Registrations that are cancelled less than 30 days prior to the event will be refunded less a $100 cancellation fee. PC1 | Getting to Outcomes with Developmental

Assets: Ten Steps to Measuring Success in Youth Programs and Communities

Presented by Deborah Fisher, Search Institute Trainer, Vision Training Associates

Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hilton Room 346A This training introduces a straightforward ten-step planning, implementation, and evaluation process grounded in Developmental Assets® research and proven prevention strategies. It will help youth program and initiative leaders understand how to get results that demonstrate to stakeholders (including funders) and communities that time, money, and resources are being well spent. Assets-GTO includes cultural competence, sustainability, and is designed to meet widely-accepted accountability criteria. This one-day introductory training will help participants • Understand the basic Assets-GTO ten-step process; • Learn about the latest research on what works in asset building and prevention; • Learn about critical asset-based measures in education, prevention, health, and other fields; and • Acquire tips for using Assets-GTO in practical ways. This training is recommended for those who feel ready to bring their work into an Assets-GTO plan and includes some pre-training preparation to aid in the development of participants’ own plans. Prior knowledge of the Developmental Assets framework is useful but not required $299 session fee includes training materials and book Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets at a dramatically reduced cost only available through this training.

PC2 | Training of Trainers: Building Developmental Assets in School Communities*

Presented by Marilyn Peplau, Search Institute Trainer, Vision Training Associates

Tuesday, November 16, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hilton Room 342 Are you committed to a strength-based approach to student success? On the first day of this two-day Training of Trainers, you will attend a brief training introduction before experiencing Building Developmental Assets in School Communities (see PC3 for full description). Day two will provide opportunities for practice and feedback. You will • Learn to successfully facilitate the one-day popular assetbuilding workshop for school staff, Building Developmental Assets in School Communities; • Examine how to accurately and effectively respond to questions about asset building in school communities; • Practice training delivery; and • Receive trainer input and peer feedback on key training components.

This is a two-day training. The first day of the training is shared with participants of PC3 (see below). $999 session fee for both days (on-site registration $1,049). Includes Training Master Curriculum and one Resource Library.** OR $599 session fee for Wednesday only (on-site registration $649). Includes one Training Master Curriculum only ($604 value). * This training is not recommended for people new to Developmental Assets. CEU (Continuing Education Units) application is available onsite for most pre-conference workshops. ** One Resource Library may be purchased per individual, or multiple attendees from the same organization may share a library. The complete list of library contents is available at www. search-institute.org/training/sessions.

PC3 | Building Developmental Assets in School

Communities: One-Day Workshop*

Presented by Marilyn Peplau, Search Institute Trainer, Vision Training Associates

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hilton Room 342 This workshop describes the connections between Developmental Assets and student achievement, and it shows you how to build assets for every student and empower educators to initiate, increase, and strengthen the asset-building efforts that already exist in your school. During this training, you will • Learn the connections between the Developmental Assets framework and academic success; • Explore powerful strategies for moving students toward raising standards of achievement levels; • Begin to implement the Developmental Assets framework in your school community; and • Commit to build mutually respectful, caring, and genuine relationships with students. This session is recommended for school administrators, teachers, counselors, school board members, parents, students, and youth development professionals. $149 session fee, includes training materials, the book Great Places to Learn, and the video You Have to Live It at a dramatically reduced cost only available through this training. * NOTE: This is a stand-alone training, but it is also the first day of PC2. You MUST register for the second day to be trained to deliver this workshop yourself.

Pre-Conference Sessions PC4 | Training of Trainers: Essentials of Asset

Building* Presented by Flora Sanchez, Search Institute Trainer, Vision Training Associates

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hilton Room 344A Do you want to spread the asset message in your communities and organizations? Inspire and support asset-building individuals and organizations in this two-day Training of Trainers event that empowers you to deliver two core Search Institute communitycentered training workshops: • Everyone’s an Asset Builder: introduces the Developmental Assets framework and the powerful role of individual asset builders in the lives of youth; and • Sharing the Asset Message: trains community members and groups to deliver a variety of asset-building messages to multiple audiences. Special training features include: 1) instruction for innovative and effective training strategies; 2) resources, including interactive, hands-on designs, as well as a complete training curriculum; and 3) personal coaching from a Search Institute master trainer. $1,049 session fee (on-site registration $1,099). Includes Training Master Curriculum and one Resource Library**

helping program that taps into the power of peer-to-peer support. This peer helping program will utilize 30 of the 40 Developmental Assets, while strengthening school climate, building social competency skills, and establishing a context for effective listening to impact programs like tutoring, mentoring, support, mediation, conflict resolution, counseling, and ministry. Using Training Peer Helpers: Coaching Youth to Communicate, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions, participants will learn how to establish a program with real-world strategies and tools that build assets through peer helping.

PC6 | Sparks: Igniting the Hidden Strengths of Teens Presented by Nancy Tellett-Royce, Senior Consultant, Search Institute, and Tim Duffey, President, Vision Training Associates

Wednesday, November 17, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Hilton Room 346B This pre-conference session highlights the power of Search Institute’s latest concept innovations: sparks and thriving. For the past five years, we’ve been studying young people who are thriving—not just surviving, not just getting by, but truly doing well. Young people who are aware of their interests and using their talents and abilities, achieving their goals, and living up to and beyond their potential.

* This training is not recommended for people new to Developmental Assets. CEU (Continuing Education Units) application is available on-site for most pre-conference workshops.

In this session, we’ll explore the three key things we’ve discovered that, when present in young people’s lives, almost guarantee that they will thrive. We’ll explore how, in today’s fast-paced world, it’s more important than ever that the adults closest to young people intentionally slow down and engage in conversations that matter—conversations rooted in the young people’s passions and interests. In addition to learning what we’ve discovered about the sparks of America’s youth, you will also receive practical strategies for engaging young people in important dialogue.

** One Resource Library may be purchased per individual, or a team from the same organization may share a library. The complete list of library contents is available at www.searchinstitute.org/training/sessions

Key content of this session will include details on the concepts of sparks and thriving, the latest research by Search Institute on the topics, consideration of the value this information holds for each participant, and useable tools to apply the information to their work with youth.

PC5 | Peer Helping Programs with an Asset Twist

$299 session fee, includes training materials and Dr. Peter Benson’s book, Sparks: How Parents can Help Ignite the Hidden Strength of Teenagers.

$649 session fee (on-site registration $699) includes only one Training Master Curriculum.

Presented by Barbara Varenhorst, Ph.D., Varenhorst Center on Relationships, and Margaret Jones, M.Ed., RAND

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hilton Room 340A When young people have troubles, frustrations, concerns, worries, or troubling experiences that affect them, they often turn to peers, rather than adults, for help. Having a strong, vital peer helping program in place can make a real difference in the lives of youth. Whether you are considering starting a peer helping program, incorporating peer helping into another program, or revitalizing your existing program, this session will train adults to meaningfully engage young people in the delivery of an asset-based peer helping curriculum. Led by the “Mother of Peer Helping,” Barbara Varenhorst, and awardwinning storyteller and peer helper trainer, Margaret Jones, participants at this interactive session will learn how to build, and enhance, a peer

Pre-Conference Sessions PC7 – ONE DAY | Bank It – Make Your Money Count

A Financial Literacy Curriculum for Parents and Teens Presented by Jim Conway, Senior Trainer, Search Institute, and Bert Davis, Senior Community Relations Associate, Capital One

Wednesday November 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hilton Room 339B For many families, it’s easier to have the “birds and bees” talk than it is to have meaningful conversations about managing money. Financial literacy begins with parents becoming more comfortable talking with their teens and giving them guidance about finances: learning how to make positive money choices; discovering how to avoid common money traps, identifying steps to realizing financial dreams, and finding the people and resources to support wise financial choices.

In this interactive one-day workshop, participants will learn about the Bank It free downloadable 72-unit curriculum and dedicated website. Led by Jim Conway, Search Institute Senior Trainer, and Bert Davis, Community Affairs, Capital One, this pre-conference session will guide participants in building the skills necessary to successfully organize and facilitate Bank It sessions for youth and parents in their community.

$99 session fee, includes training materials.

Bank It, a financial literacy program, was collaboratively developed by Capital One and Search Institute. Bank It integrates a strength-based approach to youth and family development into a curriculum for parents and teens to understand, talk about, and manage their money. It affirms that families that talk together about financial challenges, values, and choices are stronger and make better financial decisions.

Made possible by generous support from Capital One.

PC8 and PC9 | Kids Thrive in the 21st Century – Two Days with Search Institute Senior Advisor Dr. David Walsh!* The 21st century is presenting new possibilities and new challenges to young people and those who work and live with them. Explore their promise and peril with one of America’s most popular speakers, bestselling author Dr. David Walsh, by participating in one or both days of this pre-conference session. Pre-conference session attendees will leave with resources to help equip youth to thrive in this exciting time of change. Attend either or both days.

PC8 (Day One) | Helping Kids Thrive in a YouTube

World Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hilton Room 344B The Internet, social networking, cell phones, video games, and other technology marvels have changed the youth experience. We see examples of this new lifestyle every day as young people multitask, play online video games, create their own YouTube videos, text their friends, and post on their Facebook pages. This pre-conference session will explore the ways in which technology is changing how kids learn and socialize. It will also describe both the possibilities and the pitfalls of new technology so that youth can maximize the benefits while avoiding problems like video game and Internet addiction and cyberbullying.

$149 session fee, includes training materials.

PC9 (Day Two) | Training of Trainers in Say Yes to No: A Parenting Program to Raise Happy, Self-Reliant Kids Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hilton Room 344B Self-discipline is the key to a young person’s success and happiness. A culture of “more, fast, easy, and fun” makes it difficult for many young people to develop the skills of perseverance, patience, tenacity, and service to others. This full-day training is for leaders of the groundbreaking parenting program called Say Yes to No. Attendees will be trained in the entire five-session program and receive the Leadership Kit so they can help parents learn how to build real self-esteem based on competence, distinguish effective praise from ineffective praise, and set appropriate limits while avoiding power struggles.

$599 session fee, includes training materials and Say Yes to No Leadership kit

Conference Assemblies All assemblies except for Youth-Led Change (A-2) and Driver’s Ed for the Internet Highway (A-3) will take place in the Grand Ballroom.

A-1 | Thursday, November 18, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

A-3 | Thursday, November 18, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

What’s the Big Challenge of the BigTent?

Driver’s Ed for the Internet Highway

Peter Benson, President and CEO of Search Institute and Alfonso Wyatt, Vice President of the Fund for the city of New York, call us together to start this important and powerful discussion around how to bring issues concerning our children and youth to the center of our nation’s conversation. Joe Castillo, Mr. “SandStory,” will bring his magic to this session.

Dr. David Walsh, founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family, and his daughter, Erin Walsh, principle architect of the MediaWise movement, will describe both the promise and peril of media and technology.

Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., President and CEO of Minneapolis-based Search Institute, is one of the world’s leading authorities on positive human development. He weaves together rigorous scholarship with a passionate commitment to understanding and influencing society to be more attentive to children and adolescents. His insight, vision, and passion have made him a widely sought speaker, writer, and consultant for major national and international events and policy initiatives. Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, Vice President of the Fund for the city of New York, has worked with three generations of young people as an educator, counselor, program developer, administrator, mentor, and advocate. Alfonso has also received numerous awards and accolades and has served as an advisor to government, foundations, faith communities, universities, and nonprofits across the nation. SandStory is the most compelling new art form to come around in decades! Sand scattered on a light box is formed and reformed into ever changing shapes and images that tell visually powerful stories. Set to music, they inspire, challenge, and motivate in a captivating way. Joe Castillo is one of the first and certainly the premier SandStory artist in the world today! This art performance is done live and projected on screens for a powerful, standing ovation experience! Joe has a passion for promoting the visual arts as a way of touching the heart.

A-2 | Thursday, November 18, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Youth-Led Change In this assembly designed just for youth participants, Roberto Rivera will bring a challenge to youth to become 21st century global citizens dedicated to working toward justice and peace. Roberto Rivera is president of the Good Life Organization. He is a hip hop artist, youth advocate, and trainer for Vision Training Associates. *General Assembly Hall C

David Walsh, Ph.D., is a highly sought after international speaker. His presentations focus on the impact of mass media and advertising on children, and the implications of that influence for school performance, literacy, violence prevention, and other public health issues. He describes the impact of mass media in the context of the recent discoveries about children’s brain development. He is able to effectively explain to both professional and lay audiences how and why media is as influential as it is. Erin Walsh, M.A., is a popular, dynamic, and knowledgeable speaker on topics related to the media’s impact on children, families, and communities. Erin combines the latest research with warmth, humor, and practical advice. In 2003 she organized a nationwide video game accountability campaign with twenty colleges and universities. Her experience with young people and up-to-date knowledge of youth culture and trends makes her an invaluable translator on issues that often split parents and their kids along a generational divide. Erin has special expertise in a variety of subject areas, including body image and the media, brain development, adolescence and youth development, social media, and video game violence. *Exhibit Hall B3

A-4 | Friday, November 19, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Beyond the Battles: How We Can Come Together to Get Education Right Kathleen Cushman, journalist and co-founder of What Kids Can Do brings authentic youth voice into this important conversation. Kathleen Cushman, co-founder of What Kids Can Do, is a writer who has specialized in education and school reform for almost two decades. Her work has appeared in the Harvard Education Letter, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and many other national magazines. Cushman has been writer and editor of two school reform journals, Horace and Challenge Journal. She is also the author or co-author of ten books, including her newest title, written with the students of WKCD Fires in the Mind: What Kids Can Tell Us About Motivation and Mastery (Jossey-Bass, June 2010).

Brought to you with generous support from nFocus.

Conference Assemblies A-5 | Saturday, November 20, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

A-6 | Saturday, November 20, 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Who Will Our Youth Become?

Closing Assembly: Taking the BigTent Back Home

Our last morning at the conference will begin with a proclamation from the Honorable Judge Ed Emmett of Harris County, Texas. Then Clifton Taulbert will address the powerful impact of an unlikely entrepreneur upon the life of a thirteen-year-old boy growing up in the Mississippi Delta during the era of legal segregation.

Join us for an inspirational sendoff as Henry Lozano and Tristan Love team up to share their life experiences and vision with BigTent attendees. These two living examples of positive transformation will help us ponder one final question: What will be different when we leave the BigTent?

Clifton Taulbert is President of the Building Community Institute and a Pulitzer-nominated author. He will introduce us to the timeless and universal entrepreneurial mindset lessons he personally experienced while working at the Ice House.

Brought to you with generous support from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Henry Lozano is the Executive Director of the Shinnyo-en Foundation, where he has been instrumental in promoting the foundation’s “Six Billion Paths to Peace” initiative—both in the U.S. and around the world. Lozano’s years of public service culminated in his post at the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps. He is a graduate of Teen Challenge, a recovery program, and has been a champion for many causes, especially those related to substance abuse prevention and recovery programs. At the age of 12, Tristan Love was involved in drugs and gang-related activity. Through a series of setbacks including friends dying, a house fire, and new school environments, Tristan decided he needed to make changes and turn his life around before he became another statistic. With the introduction to the 40 Developmental Assets and mentorship, he was able to turn his life around. Tristan currently attends Wiley College—home of the Great Debaters, modeled after the Hollywood movie starring Denzel Washington, and has a full scholarship to debate. He has also received numerous community service awards. Recently, he received the Youth Superstar division of the National Jefferson Awards for Public Service. Tristan continues to mentor and give back to communities through his speaking on the power of mentoring.

Made possible by generous support from

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video wall BigTalk Wall BigTalk is a virtual change agent for young people and adults who interact and work with them. It’s a platform where:

o Youth speak their minds and their truth—unedited. o Adults listen and learn. o Both youth and adults share and declare their commitments to make positive, relevant change happen.

During the Big Tent Conference, youth and adult attendees will be posting their ideas and thoughts via web cam at the BigTalk booth near the Youth Center. Their videos will be instantly broadcast on big screens throughout the Conference. Located outside the Grand Ballroom

Speak your mind!

Featured Forums Are you interested in the big questions at the BigTent? Then you’ll want to pay special attention to our Featured Forums. Running concurrently with workshops, these special sessions take on the larger challenges of our work together.

Thursday, November 18 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Thursday, November 18 | 1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

FF-1 | General Assembly Hall B

FF-3 | General Assembly Hall A

What Works: Leading Effective Community Change

What Works in Texas . . . And What Needs to Change

Larry Pasti, Forum for Youth Investment

Are you interested in what the status of youth is in the Lone Star State? Join engaging, diverse, and informative speakers who will cover a plethora of issues that affect Texas youth, both positively and negatively. This Texas Featured Forum will feature six engaging panels with public officials, members of the media, and professionals representing areas of education and health. It will also include a New Texans/New Americans and a Youth Panel. Get informed and inspired by our statewide analysis covering the state of our youth, presented by partners, youth, and officials who work on these issues daily.

All communities face the challenge of making sure that all youth are Ready by 21: Ready for College, Work, and Life. This session will examine the key leadership capacities: building broader partnerships, setting bigger goals, using better data for decision making, and implementing bolder strategies. These 4 Bs are the building blocks for leaders who are passionate about their efforts to implement and sustain successful initiatives to improve outcomes for children and youth. Ready by 21 National Partnership has tools and services that help leaders build and strengthen these critical capacities. An overview of these tools and services will be provided. Presenters will include leaders from communities that are successfully using these strategies to assist them to move their work further and faster. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

Hosted by the Forum for Youth Investment

Hosted by CHILDREN AT RISK and a wide range of panelists from across Texas FF-4 | General Assembly Hall B

Be Heard! Share Your Ideas on Federal Youth Policy David Osher and Mary Thorngren, American Institutes for Research

FF-2 | General Assembly Hall A

What Works: Engaging and Supporting Families Eugene C. Roehlkepartain and Amy Syvertsen, Search Institute; Karen Key, National Collaboration for Families; Ayeola Fortune, United Way Worldwide; and John-Anthony Mesa, Corporate Voices for Working Families

Parents and families are critical to children and teenagers growing up successfully, doing well in school, and launching successfully into adulthood. Yet building partnerships between families, schools, businesses, and other community-based organizations remains a difficult challenge. Several national organizations are starting a national conversation on what works to engage and support families throughout the community. This Featured Forum will provide opportunities for dialogue about best practices and innovations in supporting and engaging families. Participants will also leave with tools to help them begin similar conversations in their own communities and networks.

Hosted by Search Institute

This listening session gives youth and adult conference participants a chance to share their ideas for improving youth outcomes nationally with the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Participants will learn about plans to improve the coordination, effectiveness, and efficiency of national youth programs and policies, then discuss key priorities that they believe should be included in an overarching strategic plan for federal youth policy.

Hosted by American Institutes for Research

Thursday, November 18 | 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. FF-5 | General Assembly Hall B

What Works to Boost Graduation Rates: Plans from Race to the Top and i3 Grant Recipients Gwen Watson, Urban Education Specialist, Tennessee Department of Education; Angela Jerabek, Search Institute; and Forrest Moore, Senior Vice President, Knowledge Management, America’s Promise Alliance (facilitator)

Major initiatives from the U. S. Department of Education are pressing for innovative ideas to boost graduation rates, turn around low-performing schools, and increase college and career readiness. Learn how recipients of two of the highly competitive national grants Race to the Top and Investing in Education (i3) plan to tackle the issue of graduation rates and how their approaches integrate best practices and evidence-based approaches. You’ll also learn how these grantees engaged stakeholders to develop competitive proposals as well as other lessons learned and strategies that could be applied in other communities and states.

Hosted by America’s Promise Alliance

Featured Forums Friday, November 19 | 10:30 – 12:00 a.m.

Friday, November 19 | 3:45 – 5:15p.m.

FF-6 | General Assembly Hall A

What Matters: Readiness Means Academics and Beyond

What Matters: Youth Voices on Today’s Pressing Priorities

Kris Minor, Forum for Youth Investment; Sara Toland, Corporate Voices for Working Families; Bryan Joffe, American Association of School Administrators

Presented by the Houston Youth Involvement Committee

Young people need a range of supports, skills, and competencies in order to thrive. Readiness for life should be viewed broadly—from academic achievement and attainment to developmental skills to risk management and avoidance. This session will explore the multiple strengths youth need to thrive in tomorrow’s world, and how we measure and talk about readiness broadly so everyone sees their role in helping young people be ready for college, work, and life.

Hosted by American Association of School Administrators

FF-9 | General Assembly Hall B

This session is an interactive intergenerational session designed to hear from both youth and adults on the challenges and opportunities we face as we work to actualize our vision of a world where all youth thrive. The Conference’s Youth Engagement Leaders have crafted a session designed for anyone who wants to make this change!

Hosted by the BigTent Youth Involvement Committee

Saturday, November 20 | 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. FF-10 | Room 360

FF-7 | General Assembly Hall B

Be Heard! How Can Communities Come Together to Reduce School Dropouts? Peter Hahn, United Way Worldwide

United Way Worldwide (UWW) has put a stake in the ground to cut the dropout rate in half by 2018 by engaging and mobilizing individuals and communities. A major part of this effort is helping local United Ways and other community-based organizations facilitate community conversations to drive meaningful change in education. In this listening session, you will have the opportunity to learn about United Way’s Campaign for the Common Good, find out how you can get involved, and—most importantly— engage in a conversation on the challenges and solutions for the most pressing educational issues facing our nation today.

Answering the BigTent Call: Making Your Plan for Action Presented by Gene Roehlkepartain and Terri Sullivan

In the past few days, you’ve joined with others in the BigTent to raise a call to action. Now it’s time to answer the call! Before our closing assembly inspires us to consider collectively what will be different after the BigTent, use this session as time and structure for processing your own conference experience. Consider what you’ve been inspired to do, and how you’ll do it when you return to your community or organization. How will the challenge, messages, and vision of the BigTent come to life in your community or organization? How will you join with others to accomplish what we must and can only accomplish together? You’ll leave this session with a concrete course of action and some tools to help you answer the call in your own way, meeting your individual, organizational, and community goals—as well as inspiring others to join you.

Hosted by United Way Worldwide FF-11 | Room 361

Here in Houston: Our Own Call to Action

Friday, November 19 | 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. FF-8 | General Assembly Hall B

What Works: Reaching Hard-to-Reach Youth Bob Woodson, Center for Neighborhood Enterprise; and Michael Clark, Center for Strength-Based Strategies

Learn innovative and effective models for reaching and turning around the lives of young people at high risk due to poverty, violence, gangs, and other intractable problems. This session will highlight two models, one that is neighborhood focused (macro) and one that emphasizes one-to-one engagement (micro). The first model is the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise’s approach to building the capacity of people in low-income communities and schools to address the challenges they face. Second, the work of the Center for Strength-Based Strategies looks at human motivation and the mechanics of healthy behavior change. Stop the arguing and lectures! Learn how to increase the readiness to change with challenging youth or those involved in the juvenile justice system.

Sherea McKenzie, Executive Director of the Houston/Harris County Joint City County Commission on Children

Houston thought and action leaders will gather for engaging discussion and identification of action items. In addition to Houston youth who are attending the conference, all youth-serving sectors: education, healthcare, afterschool programming, athletics, ministry, community services, family services, juvenile justice, and parent education will convene to initiate a Blueprint for Houston’s Youth.

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You’ve Arrived!

After a full day of learning , it’s time to cut loose!

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Welcome Reception—Come reconnect with friends, meet new ones, and see the array of resources and programs to help you in your work. Lone Star Attitude will provide Texas-style entrance music for all of us! Exhibit Hall B3 6: 15 – 7:00 BigTent Orientation General Assembly Hall B 7:15 –10:30 Youth Center Grand Opening—Youth, come see your home away from home! See page 25 for details. Room 310

6:00 – 7:30 BigTent Banquet and Assembly – Enjoy your dinner while Dr. David Walsh and Erin Walsh present Driver’s Ed for the Internet Highway. Exhibit Hall B3

7:45 – 11:00 An evening of music and volunteer work hosted by drummer Cora Dunham. Grand Ballroom 8:00 – 8:45 p.m. The Septien Pop Velocity Tour performs. 8:45 – 11:00 A hands-on literacy project. Lobby outside of the Grand Ballroom.

Friday Night

Houston’s Hot—And It’s All Right Here! Our hosts have planned a full evening to showcase of all that Houston hast to offer—an event that is too big to describe in a few sentences! See page 23 for full details.

Made possible by generous support from Target.

About the Presenters and Special Guests Lone Star Attitude is a unique, live show that pays tribute to the legends of Texas music. The show features Lone Star legends that have impacted popular music. From Stevie Ray Vaughn and ZZ Top to Waylon & Willie, Lone Star Attitude is a one-of-a-kind show that you’ll only experience in Texas. Texas Music Project is a proud sponsor of the Lone Star Attitude, helping to ensure that the proud tradition of Texas music and the Lone Star Attitude will continue into future generations. Septien Pop Velocity Tour is part of Septien Entertainment Group, the music industry’s top training facility, offering private and group classes, camps and workshops on singing, songwriting, guitar, keyboarding, drums, mixing, artist promotion and stage presence.

Past students include Demi Lovato, Jessica Simpson, Ryan Cabrera, Beyoncé, Nick Lachey, Brooklyn Sudano, four American Idol Finalists, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and many more. Houston’s own Cora Dunham began playing music in the 9th grade. She has since found opportunities to perform with a wide range of acts, from her early experience with the Washington Ballet to her more recent work as a drummer for Prince. Cora and her husband, Joshua Dunham, have officially become known as the “After Party” house band for performances following major events such as the Grammy’s, the Academy Awards, and the NAACP Image Awards. Cora has been a member of Prince’s band for three years.

There’s a place for FUN and for YOU at the BigTent.

Photo from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau (photographer: Jim Olive)

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Conference Proudly Presents:

Houston’s Hot! We brought the BigTent to Houston. Now we’re bringing Houston to the BigTent!

This is your chance to experience Houston from the inside out. It takes a big town to host the BigTent, and we’re excited to showcase all that our city has to offer.

An entire evening of affordable fun! o Food vendors

o Dancing

o Art

o Cultural activities

o Musical performances

o GREAT door prizes!

Y’all come and e njoy a full night o entertainme f nt a this one-of t -akind event.

Made possible by generous support from the Holthouse Foundation for Kids.

Don’t miss out! Friday, November 19, 2010, 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm Location:

The BigTent Conference, George R. Brown Convention Center First Floor, Exhibit Hall B.

Photo from the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau (photographer: Jim Olive)

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Special Activities & Networking Opportunities Orientation Sessions

What Makes Your Family Strong?

Wednesday evening and Thursday morning the Houston Youth Involvement Committee will give you the orientation to make the most of these three days. Important for all chaperones and youth teams! General Assembly Hall B

Look for Twin Cities Public Television cameras and your chance to contribute to a future public television broadcast about the strengths of families. These interviews are part of Search Institute’s General Mills Family Strengths Study.

Sunrise Energizers

You Should Be in Pictures!

Join us each morning at 8:15 for pre-assembly warm-ups led by Kellee McQuin of KidTribe! Since 2002, KidTribe has activated over 2 million kids and teachers in thousands of schools across the US and the UK through its award winning fitness programs and high-octane live fitness concerts. Grand Ballroom

Many BigTent attendees received generous scholarships, and we want to thank those funders with photos. And we’ll also have open times when your group can schedule your own photo shoot! Watch the video monitors and the Daily News for a schedule of photo opportunities.

Art Studio Here’s your chance to get creative, engage in conversation, and express yourself visually at the conference. We’ll also be using this space for literacy projects in conjunction with Thursday night’s GiveBack event. Exhibit Hall B3

Author/Speaker “Meet and Greet” Come meet some of the creative minds and hearts behind the latest resources available at Search Institute’s BigStore. Select keynoters and other authors will have book signings, and some of them will hang out in the store to spend a little more time informal conversation. Watch for announcements on video monitors and in the Daily News for a schedule of author meet-and-greets and details about the book signings.

The Great Idea Swap Saturday, November 20, 7:45–8:30 p.m. (includes continental breakfast). This is an opportunity for partners, communities, and programs to share their best strategies, ideas, and innovations with those who are looking for inspiration. Exhibit Hall B3

State and Country Luncheon Find your people on Friday! The lunch tables will be set up so you can seat yourself according to state or country. Exhibit Hall B3

BigTent Journal Designed for both youth and adults, this journal is your working document to reflect on the conference experience and put your thoughts into action plans.

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Call to Action

Join Featured Forum 10 on Saturday morning if you want to make an action plan for taking the BigTent Call to Action back home with you.

As we gather at the BigTent to learn how we can move forward our individual agendas, it is important to also identify collective goals— things we must do together if we are to succeed in reaching our individual goals. Stop by the wall across from the registration desk to answer this big question:

What MUST we do together that none can do alone? Add new ideas as they occur to you throughout our time together. A youth/adult team will do a real-time theme analysis of responses to identify a BigTent Call to Action. While these concerns may be beyond our individual control, we have a collective capacity to change almost anything.

What’s in it for YOUTH???

Making the Most of Your Conference Experience Orientation Sessions – Start off your BigTent adventure with an overview of all the conference has to offer. Join us on Wednesday night from 6:15 to 7:00 or on Thursday morning from 7:45 to 8:15. This is especially important for youth and chaperones. General Assembly Hall B BigTent Youth Field Activities – Have you checked out our downloadable curriculum for young people to work on before, during, and after the BigTent? Visit our website for more info: www.bigtentconference.com/who/youth. Youth Assembly on Thursday Morning (A-2) – This session is your introduction to Roberto Rivera and his challenge to global citizenship. (See page 18) General Assembly Hall C

Youth Center This is a gathering place for youth (and their favorite adults!) to kick back and relax. Enjoy board games, Wii, snacks, a comfy conversation pit, and more! Join us for the Grand Opening at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday night or stop by in the evenings or in between workshops. Room 310

Spark•a•Vision – Interactive video equipment allows you to put your best ideas into an audio-visual format. Young people, come create your own video about your spark and how it can have an impact on others. Adults, come create a vision for your community. These inspiring images will show that together we can change the world! Training sessions will be offered as an alternative activity during the five workshop times on Thursday and Friday. Room 320A Friday Featured Forum for Youth (FF-9) – Created by youth to engage youth and adults in the important conversations that can bring us together to make real change. (See page 21) General Assembly Hall B Did you receive a scholarship? If so, watch the Daily News to find out when your funder’s Thank You photo is scheduled.

KidTribe Sunrise Energizers Even if you aren’t a morning person, you won’t want to miss this chance to get up and move! Show up 15 minutes before the morning assembly to join the fun. Grand Ballroom

Scavenger Hunt

Houston’s Hot

The Houston Youth Involvement Committee created this challenge! Come to the Youth Center to get started.

Join us on Friday night for a fabulous taste of all the best Houston has to offer. See page 23 for more details.

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BIG FUN!

Watch for this logo to identify workshops that are being led by youth or are designed especially for youth participation.

Institute staff and volunteers are here to help you. Look for our nametags Do you have a question? Search that say STAFF or VOLUNTEER. If you have a question, we will find an answer!

The TUESDAY, Nov 16

Conference 2010—At-a-Glance WEDNESDAY, Nov 17

THURSDAY, Nov 18

7 am 7:45 – 8:15 am

8 am

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

PreConference Meetings

BigTent Orientation 8:15 – 8:30 am Sunrise Energizer 8:30 – 10:00 am

Opening Assembly 9 am 10:00 am – 10:30 pm 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Youth Center AND Art Studio Open

11 am

Featured Forum-1 Featured Forum-2 Youth Assembly Workshop Session-1 (24)

Youth Center AND Art Studio Open

10:30 am – 12pm

1:00 – 6:30 pm

10 am

Break

12 pm

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

1 pm

Break

3:45 – 5:15 pm

7 pm

7:15 pm

BigTent Orientation

Youth Center Grand Opening

3:00 – 8:00 pm Registration Open

6 pm

6:15 – 7:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

5 pm

5:00 – 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Welcome Reception with Lone Star Attitude

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

4 pm

Featured Forum-5 Workshop Session-3 (23)

6:00 – 7:30 pm

BigTent Banquet and Program

7:30 – 11:00 pm

BigTent GiveBack

8 pm

7:45 pm

Cora Dunham 8:00 pm

9 pm

Concert: The Septien Pop Velocity Tour 8:45 pm

10 pm

GiveBack Literacy Projects

7:30 am – 5:30 pm Registration Open

3 pm

3:15 – 3:45 pm

Exhibit Hall Open

2 pm

Featured Forum-3 Featured Forum-4 Workshop Session-2 (24)

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

1:45 – 3:15 pm

www.BigTentConference.com FRIDAY, Nov 19

Saturday, Nov 20 7 am

7:30 – 8:15 am

Closing Assembly

12 pm

12:15 – 1:30 pm

State & Country Luncheon

7:30 am – 12:00 pm On-site registration

Exhibit Hall Open Exhibit Hall Open

Pick-up Lunch

12 noon – 1:30 pm

Youth Center Open

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Featured Forum-10 Featured Forum-11 Workshop Session-7 (23)

10:00 – 11:30 am

Youth Center AND Art Studio Open

Featured Forum-6 Featured Forum-7 Workshop Session-4 (26)

10:15 – 11:45am

11 am

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

10:30 – 12 noon

10 am

Break

9 am

10:00 – 10:30 am

Art Studio Open for pick up only

Morning Assembly

10:00 am – 12:15 pm

8:15 – 8:30 am Sunrise Energizer 8:30 – 10:00 am

8 am

8:15 – 8:30 am Sunrise Energizer 8:30 – 10:00 am

7:30 – 9:30 am

The Great Idea Swap

1 pm 7 pm

All Day On-site registration

Youth Center Open

5:30 – 6:30 pm

6 pm

Houston’s Hot

5 pm

6:00 – 11:00 pm

4 pm

Featured Forum-9 Workshop Session-6 (19)

Exhibit Hall Open

3:45 – 5:15 pm

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Break

3 pm

3:15 – 3:45 pm

2 pm

Featured Forum-8 Workshop Session-5 (23)

Youth Center AND Art Studio Open

1:45 – 3:15 pm

Youth Center Open

9:30 – 11:00 pm

10 pm

Art Studio Open

9 pm

1:30 – 11:00 pm

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WORKSHOPS The BigTent has over 160 workshops in seven timeframes from Thursday through Saturday morning. There are more than 20 workshops during each time slot. Running concurrently are the larger sessions called Featured Forums (see pages 20–21). You may choose to attend either Workshops or Featured Forums. Please note that we are audio-recording the Featured Forums, so you will be able to hear them even if you don’t attend them. Look for these audience descriptors by each session: • • • •

All Business/Entrepreneurship (Business) Community Collaborations (Community) Education

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Faith/Spirituality Health International Out-of-School Time (OOST)

• Parenting/Family • Youth ( Youth )

Th-104 | Room 340A | Education, Business

Thursday, November 18 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon Th-101 | Room 320B | Community, Education

Addressing The Social And Emotional Needs Of All Children Elizabeth Warner, United Way of Morris County, Morristown, NJ; Rachel Bonnema, Eisenhower Middle School, Morristown, NJ

This session will focus on how one community initiative was able to engage constituents from an entire county to address the underlying needs of the children in the county by providing a framework, creating a structure for community engagement, clearly articulating objectives and strategies, and engaging strong collaboration partners resulting in tangible, measurable impact on children’s lives. Participants will learn how the initiative addresses kids of all ages; assesses kids, staff, and faculty; and engages the community.

Th-102 | Room 320C | Education

Addressing The Whole Child Within High Stakes Accountability

Connecting Teachers And Students With Entrepreneurs John Box, Junior Achievement Worldwide, Colorado Springs, CO; Horace Robertson, Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education; Michael Holthouse, Holthouse Foundation for Kids; Cathy Ashmore, Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education

The Youth Entrepreneurship Alliance is proposing an innovative way to prepare teachers to teach entrepreneurship at all levels of the lifelong learning process. Participants in this session will experience the entire process, including 1) asking students about interests and related opportunities, 2) defining related problems and options for market solutions, 3) trying out ideas, individually or in groups, 4) targeting curriculum choices to student needs, 5) reaching out to the community for mentors, coaches, and finances, 6) testing and revising product decisions, and 7) choosing future directions.

Th-105 | Room 332A | Community, Education

Creating Community-Wide Impact Through Shared Data Tracking Ananda Roberts, nFocus Software, Phoenix, AZ

Participants will gain an operational definition of “whole child,” consider rationale for self-efficacy and collective efficacy, and envision an educational practice that serves the whole child even in the midst of highstakes accountability. This knowledge will help participants create both academic and behavioral success in their communities through the use of the Basic School Research Framework.

Collaboration between school districts and community-based organizations, with the ability to aggregate longitudinal data, enables schools and organizations to align resources with needs and provide targeted interventions that achieve desired results. For a community data-sharing model to be successful, communities and school districts must develop accountability measures and agree on targeted outcomes. Participants will learn how to collect data on a community-wide scale and aggregate this data to produce meaningful results and achieve the greatest impact and efficacy.

Th-103 | Room 330A | OOST, Education

Th-106 | Room 320D | All

Best Practices In Professional Development

Cultivating Courageous, Compassionate Youth

Victor Herrera and James Miller, Basic School Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Katherine Bihr and Gyla Bell, Tiger Woods Learning Center, Anaheim, CA

In this session, participants will learn about the Tiger Woods Learning Center (TWLC) and its innovative professional development strategies. TWLC staff will also share their evaluation tools and discuss the importance of measuring quality indicators for students and staff. Participants in this session will learn how to build a training program that is relevant to their organization and develop indicators for their own continuous improvement. Discussion of policy supports will be featured as well.

Patty Toombs, Giraffe Heroes Project, Langley, WA

Participants in this session will learn a successful process for engaging kids in service-learning. The Giraffe Heroes model inspires young people and helps them identify a social problem and structure a project around something they care about. Learn how this process directly correlates with youth development as framed by the Developmental Assets, and hear examples of kids’ service projects from around the country.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Th-107 | Room 320E | All

Th-112 | Room 351D | Education

Developing A Youth Leadership Team

Improving Academic Achiemevent With Social And Emotional Learning

Mary Doyle Glover, Harris County Department of Education, Houston, TX

Participants will learn how a high school leadership team worked with a writer and a filmmaker to tell their stories and serve as youth advisors for an after-school organization. The need for youth involvement in programming will be emphasized, and best practices in working with older youth will be examined. The role of technology and arts programming will also feature prominently.

Th-108 | Room 351E | All

Developmental Assets 101

Susan Keister, Lions Clubs International Foundation, Columbus, OH

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs have had great success, showing improved academic achievement, gains in positive attitudes and positive school behaviors, and decreases in conduct problems and emotional distress. Students taught using SEL principles have developed strong bonds to their schools and their peers, demonstrated more prosocial behavior, and shown improved attendance. Participants in this session will understand the need for evidence-based SEL tools, be able to share the research and best practices regarding SEL, and learn strategies for implementing five key SEL components in their schools.

Chris Beyer, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Is your youth-serving organization building Developmental Assets without realizing it? Participants will learn the power of assets and will participate in activities that will help them recognize, name, and celebrate their assetbuilding. Participants will share their experiences and leave this session with ideas for strengthening and expanding their asset-building efforts.

Th-109 | Room 320F | Juvenile Justice, Community

Engaging The Court System For Positive Youth Development Megan Kelly, Great KIDS Make Great COMMUNITIES, Fort Wayne, IN

Participants will hear the story of Great KIDS Make Great COMMUNITIES, the nation’s only positive youth development initiative run by a court system. In addition to hearing about how this community-wide initiative developed and its ongoing events and activities, participants will receive suggestions and tools for engaging their local court systems and communities.

Th-110 | Room 342E | All

Engaging Youth As Decision Makers Cody Ruxton, America’s Promise Alliance, Washington, DC; Victoria Church, United Way Worldwide

Many youth engagement opportunities focus on the program or participation level but fail to include young people in decision making and long-term strategy. Participants will learn effective practices and hear accounts from the field from two national organizations encouraging this approach throughout the country: Americas Promise Alliance and United Way Worldwide.

Th-113 | Room 351B | Community

Integrating Developmental Assets And Ready By 21 Strategies Terri Sullivan, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Mary Shissel, Mason City Youth Task Force; Joan Bickweat, Monroe County Youth Bureau; Susan Ragsdale, YMCA Center for Asset Development

Veteran Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth coalition builders will share experiences integrating grassroots, “bottom-up” mobilization work to engage leaders in “top-down” strategies. Presenters will explain the assets- and Ready-by-21-based tools used for this work, present their plans for the continuation of this work, and discuss implications for participants.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21. Th-114 | Room 351C | International

Key Findings On Assets Around The World Peter Scales, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Flora Sanchez

Two senior members of Search Institute will share findings and experiences from projects in Albania and Armenia, where Search Institute partnered with World Vision International to translate and contextualize the Developmental Assets Profile survey for use as a tool in understanding youths’ developmental status and in evaluating program effectiveness. Results of similar DAP adaptation and cultural contextualization projects conducted in Bangladesh, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, and the Philippines will also be highlighted.

Th-115 | Room 351A | Education

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

Leading Schools To Succeed: Perspectives From Principals

Th-111 | Room 332B | All

J. C. Harville, Berky Hernandez, Spring Independent School District, Houston, TX

How To Be An Asset-Building Leader

Two experienced school principals from Spring ISD will share their experiences in leading schools to succeed. Both schools use different learning activities to instill a community approach in the school. Presenters will discuss expectations required of teachers, students, and parents in order for students to be successful in school, develop positive relationships, and to develop a positive school climate.

Sharon Mast, United Way of Berks County, Reading, PA

Exemplary leaders create an environment that empowers others to engage and unleash their potential, as well as provide support and expectations. Participants will learn about the five practices that the best leaders have in common: modeling, inspiring, challenging, enabling, and Encouraging. The thought-provoking and inspiring exercises in this session will give participants tools and techniques that promote leadership development.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Th-116 | Room 350D | Health, Education

Th-123 | Room 340B | Parents/Families

Motivational Interviewing in Drug and Alcohol Interventions

TOOLS FOR BUILDING FINANCIAL LITERACY

Ryan Paul Carruthers, Abintra Counseling Center, Omaha, NE

Jim Conway, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Bert Davis, Capital One

This presentation will detail the use of motivational interviewing in drug and alcohol interventions and how it can improve retention and engagement. This best-practice technique can be used with substance-abusing adolescents, and strategies for countering resistance will be discussed. A discusion of Millard Schools’ Suspension Reduction Program will also be included.

This session will introduce participants to tools designed to empower teens and parents to understand, talk about, and manage their money, including financial values, goals, and strategies for making smart money decisions. Based on the new Bank It curriculum developed by Search Institute and Capital One, this session will equip participants to incorporate financial literacy as part of a strengths-based approach to supporting youth and families.

Th-117 | Room 350E | Parents/Families

Brought to you with generous support from Capital One.

Raising Resilient, Strong Children Deborah Havert, Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence, Houston, TX

The social and emotional skills of resiliency and optimism are key abilities in enabling our children and youth to thrive and flourish. In this interactive session, participants will learn research about the importance of optimism, strategies for building a resilient family, and healthy practices for school, home, and communities.

Th-119 | Room 350F | OOST, International

Semester Of Service And Global Youth Service Day

Th-124 | Room 332C | All

WHAT BRAIN SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT HELPING KIDS THRIVE David Walsh, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

How can we raise kids’ IQ? What foods are brain foods? How is technology rewiring kids’ brains? How can U.S. kids catch up with kids in other countries on those international tests? Participants will learn the answers to these questions and many others as Dr. Walsh translates the latest findings from brain science into practical strategies that parents, teachers, and other caring adults can put to use immediately.

Susan Abravanel, Youth Service America, Washington, DC; Michael Minks

Th-125 | Room 350B | Community

Presenters will introduce Semester of Service, Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), and a service-learning implementation process. Participants will plan a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project utilizing a Youth Service America (YSA) grant application, which can be submitted when participants return home. All participants will receive copies of YSA’s Semester of Service Strategy Guide and a GYSD Project Planning Toolkit.

PREPARING CIVIC-MINDED YOUTH

Th-120 | Room 330B | All

Sparks: Lighting The Fire

Adriana Noyola, Collegiate High School, Corpus Christi, TX; Daniel Noyola Sr.; Daniel Noyola Jr.

Participants will learn how to provide and prepare college- and careerreadiness opportunities that enhance and promote self-efficacy amongst local area youth. Students and teachers will learn how to form partnerships that will produce community improvements and enhance student civic prowess. These strategies will improve class behavior, grades, and standardized testing scores.

Nancy Tellett-Royce, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Th-126 | Room 342D | All

Learn how Search Institute’s research on thriving and work in pilot sites have influenced new tools and insights into the idea of sparks (the qualities, skills, or interests that move people). Participants will see a sample of lesson plans, after-school activities, videos, and other resources for nurturing sparks, and learn how working with sparks can improve your asset-building efforts.

TEN LESSONS IN SUSTAINING ASSET-BUILDING

Th-122 | Room 352D | Education

The State Of America’s Schools and Children Robert Sanborn, Children at Risk, Houston, TX; Mandi Kimball, Caroline Holcombe

Presenters will discuss data that shows the status of America’s schools and children. Data on demographics, poverty, and education will be discussed, with a focus on student engagement, dropout prevention, and educational innovations. Participants will see six examples of pioneering schools in America that use successful models that can be replicated.

Deborah Fisher, Search Institute, Bellevue, WA

You need money to keep going, but money alone won’t guarantee that you can sustain your asset-based work. Participants will learn about the latest in sustainability research and how to apply it. Whether you’re starting a new project or trying to keep one going, this session will help you assess what you have to build on and how to use the practical experience of others to strengthen your work.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

Thursday, November 18 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

Th-204 | Room 332B | Business, Community

Best Practices: Business Impacting Future Generations Th-201 | Room 351E | Education

ASSET BUILDING IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES Chris Beyer, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Participants will learn how Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets framework has potential for long-lasting organizing and galvanizing efforts in today’s schools. Participants will engage in fun and informative activities to gain an understanding of the importance of relationships and intentionality when building assets for and with youth, and learn simple asset-building strategies that they can apply in their personal and professional lives.

Th-202 | Room 330A | Education

John-Anthony Meza, Corporate Voices for Working Families

What do corporations seek to accomplish through their work with nonprofit organizations, community collaborations, and other efforts to support children, youth, and families? This panel of corporate leaders will describe how they seek to partner in communities (from employee engagement to cause-related marketing), then discuss with session participants how to make these partnerships into win-wins for everyone involved. Panelists are Mayerland Harris, H-E-B Houston, Dean Kephart, Target Corporation, Emily Talley, Capital One, and Bill Young, MillerCoors Brewing Company.

Th-205 | Room 352D | All Youth

BUILDING A SAFE SCHOOL CLIMATE

Creating 21st-Century Global Citizens Through Hip-Hop

John Vandenburgh, Peer Leaders Uniting Students (PLUS) Program, Murrieta, CA

Roberto Rivera, Goodlife Organization, Chicago, IL

Participants will gain a strong understanding of how group identity affects the development of a safe school environment, especially related to gangs, violence, and bullying. They will also learn about developing a culture of communication in which students feel connected to one another and responsible for their campus culture. This session will emphasize the importance of developing programs that foster relationships and develop a sense of belonging among youth. John Vandenburgh is a nationally recognized speaker, program developer, and trainer on the topics of violence prevention and youth development in education. He has served on the California Department of Education’s Gangs Task Force, and is the creator of several anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying tools.

Th-203 | Room 350D | All

BUILDING CHARACTER THROUGH LITERACY, CREATIVITY, AND PLAY Susan Ragsdale, YMCA Center for Asset Development, Nashville, TN; Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development, Pleasant View, TN

How do you present complicated lessons about character to children in your home, classroom, or after-school program? You play games, act out storybooks, and draw and paint—and while they’re busy having fun, you ask kids questions that help them think about and develop positive values. Children will be having so much fun looking for hidden treasures or trying to balance on one foot that they won’t realize they’re also learning conflict resolution, responsibility, and other valuable life skills. This interactive session will explore creative and playful methods for building assets from the book Building Character from the Start: 201 Activities to Foster Creativity, Literacy, and Play in K–3.

Brought to you with generous support from Target

Roberto will expand upon his keynote speech by using poetry, music, media, and dialogue to engage his audience. Participants will learn how hyper-individualism and over-consumption hinder democratic citizenship in youth, and how a transformative form of rebellion can bring about the radical healing of self and society. Participants will also hear about how the hip-hop culture has allowed youth to create a social movement to transform society both in the past and the present.

Th-206 | Room 320B | Community Youth

CREATING COMMUNITY COLLABORATION Sarah Sledge, Anchorage United for Youth, Anchorage, AK; William Hitchcock; Karen Zeman; Becky Judd

Anchorage United for Youth is a community-wide collaboration in which nonprofits, schools, government, churches, businesses, and citizens have come together to help youth succeed. In this session, the presenters will describe the community engagement process, overview specific strategies (with an emphasis on school-community engagement, school climate, and meaningful opportunities for youth), describe youth’s role in AUY, and discusses the initiative’s successes and challenges.

Th-207 | Room 350F | All, OOST

CREATING YOUNG LEADERS Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Girl Scouts of the USA, New York, NY; Laura Tuchman

This session shows how young girls can be leaders in their own lives and the world. Girl Scouts of the USA begins developing leadership in kindergartners using girl-led, learning-by-doing, and cooperative learning processes that engage all Girl Scouts to take action and gain intentional leadership benefits and Developmental Assets. Examples will demonstrate to participants how older youth can partner with younger children in leadership development.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

Th-208 | Room 320C | Education, OOST

Th-212 | Room 351A | Health, Education

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR TOUGH TOPICS

HOUSTON YOUTH AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS PROFILE

Nicki Francis, Prevention First

Have you ever had to tackle tough subjects with youth? Subjects like peer pressure, drugs, tobacco, decision making, or anger management? How can you open the dialog, give important information, get youth excited, and keep it going so they want more? This interactive session will give you tools and activities to use when working directly with youth. Participants will leave this session with the skills and the confidence they need to effectively communicate with youth about tough topics.

Th-209 | Room 320D | OOST

Sheila Savannah, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, TX; Ana Bonilla

The Houston Healthy Adolescent Initiative brings together young people and those who want them to thrive to develop a strategic plan that builds on assets and combats poor health indicators. From 40 Developmental Asset surveying to geo-coded results, come preview a snapshot of Houston’s youth assets. Participants will view results from the Developmental Assets Profile and discuss what they mean for Houston.

Youth

EQUIPPING YOUTH TO BRIDGE THE ASSET GAP Amy Pearson, On Point, Hixson, TN; Hal Bowling

In this interactive session, participants will learn how to use Search Institute’s Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) evaluation tool to shape asset gains in the real world. Using proven, teen-friendly tools, participants learn how to strengthen young people’s ability to view and present themselves as holistic resources with amazing strengths and potential. Young people will share how they are empowered to create change both in themselves and in their community.

Th-210 | Room 340B | Community

FINDINGS FROM ASSETS-GTO MAINE Matthew Chinman, RAND, Pittsburgh, PA; Susan Savell, Communities for Children and Youth; Margaret Jones, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Mike Clifford, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN;

Twelve Maine communities are engaged in a research study to evaluate the impact of blending the Getting to Outcomes planning and evaluation process with the Developmental Assets approach. Presenters will review baseline and first-year data and highlight how these data guide the Continuous Quality Improvement of community-based work. Participants will learn about cutting-edge tools that are being used in this project.

Th-211 | Room 350B | Faith/Spirituality

FOUNDATIONS OF A HEALTHY YOUTH MINISTRY Scott Mautte, Youth Development Network, Sacramento, CA; Adrian Ruiz

This interactive session will explore the five foundational supports and opportunities that youth need to thrive and succeed in their faith. Participants will walk away with practical ways to create an environment for faith to flourish in young people and an action plan for making that happen in their ministries.

Th-213 | Room 350E | Education, Business

LEARNING WITH PROBLEM-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP Cathy Ashmore, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, OH; Ronni Cohen, Delaware Financial Literacy Institute, Claymont, DE; Carrie McIndoe, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, OH; Chip Lowe, Buchholz Entrepreneurship Academy, Gainesville, FL

Participants will learn about the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education’s strategy for integrating entrepreneurship education into schools’ core curriculum. Based on entrepreneur-created scenarios and questions, these activities require student engagement with the internet and the community. This session will focus on discussion about entrepreneurship education, as well as practice using the free, online activities.

Th-214 | Room 320E | All

LISTENING SKILLS FOR MENTORING Rod Dungan, Thriving Youth Australia, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia

Participants will learn skills for listening to young people and methods for developing a variety of mentoring options. By using the Develomental Assets framework, attendees will practice four different styles of mentoring and experience a series of listening skills.

Th-215 | Room 351B | Education, OOST

PREPARING YOUTH FOR POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS Larry Pasti, Forum for Youth Investment, Washington, DC; Kara Clark, Vision 2015

Ensuring that all young people have viable pathways and necessary supports to attain a postsecondary degree or certificate is a key issue in the 21st century. Participants will examine the elements that support college access and success and explore the full range of approaches necessary to support students in post-secondary educational attainment, including the role of the youth-serving sector.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm Youth

Th-216 | Room 342D | All, Parents/Families

Th-220 | Room 351D | Education

REACHING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR ASSETS

Julia Hunter Galdo, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Silver Spring, MD

Jovan Jackson, Kasmere High School; Raven Williams, Devaonta Fields, Jacquesha Colson-Smith, Positive Trendsetterz, Houston, TX

To influence parents and caregivers to take action, you have to understand them and what they believe. Participants will learn practical ways to conduct audience research. Hands-on use of simple tools will help participants determine what they need to know about their audience, what questions to ask, and how to use the information to communicate effectively.

This interactive, high-energy youth-led workshop will take ideas from the book Pass It On at School to teach participants about the power of the 40 Developmental Assets. The focus of this session is the question “Who is really in charge of their decisions and what impact do their decisions have on their success?”

Th-217 | Room 342E | All Youth

Th-221 | Room 340A | All

RECONNECTING YOUTH TO NATURE

TEACHING SELF-DISCIPLINE: THE DNA OF SUCESS

Mat Duerden, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Danielle Shaw, American Camp Association

David Walsh, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

A nationwide movement has begun to reconnect youth and nature. While this is an important pursuit, more youth need to be given opportunities to play a greater role. This session will provide youth with information and insights regarding research findings, initiatives, and programs related to nature and youth development. Discussion will focus on how youth can use this information to become advocates in their own communities for facilitating a reconnection to nature.

Self-discipline is twice as strong a predictor of school success as intelligence, but powerful cultural messages are making it difficult for kids to develop this crucial trait. The result is kids that have symptoms including distraction, disrespect, impatience, a sense of entitlement, and selfcenteredness. Participants will learn the importance of self-discipline and how to effectively teach children and youth how to say “no” to themselves so they can be successful in school and life.

Th-222 | Room 351C | Community, Education Th-218 | Room 320F | Community

REGARDING LEADERSHIP: A YOUTH SUMMIT PRIMER Taylor Gess, Metro Youth Partnership, Moorhead, MN; Melissa Sobolik

The organizers of a youth-planned, youth-led, adult-supported youth summit will present the dos and don’ts of a multi-school, youth-planned event. In this model, youth assume all of the primary planning responsibilities, including development of the theme, creation of a marketing and recruitment plan, fundraising, and the componenets of the summit. Questions such as the role of youth, the role of adults advisors, and decision making will be addressed. Participants will leave with the knowledge they need to run a successful youth summit.

Th-219 | Room 332C | Community, OOST

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INCREASING ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT Pam Von Wiegand, YMCA of Silicon Valley; Anne Ehresman, Project Cornerstone, San Jose, CA

Learn how one YMCA strengthened the commitment of its board, the quality of youth and adult programs, and the skills of its staff by using assets in strategic planning. This workshop will focus not only on improving programs, but also on changing policy and personal behavior as key issues in improving organizational impact. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how Developmental Assets can guide strategic organizational planning.

USING DATA TO SUPPORT SCHOOL READINESS Nina Sazer O’Donnell, United Way Worldwide, Alexandria, VA

Participants will learn about United Way’s partnership with UCLA and three communities to assess the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a developmental checklist that provides a community-level picture of school readiness in kindergarteners, giving communities the ability to target resources early to better ensure that more Developmental Assets are present in students. This session will provide an overview of the EDI initiative, including examples from communities using the tool.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21. Th-224 | Room 330B | All

WE ATTENDED A TRAINING—NOW WHAT? Flora Sanchez, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute

Planning for next steps after a training event is critical in ensuring that your investments—both financial and in staff time—are protected, efforts are sustained, and benefits fully realized. This session provides leaders with strategies and tools to reinforce knowledge, deepen understanding, and promote application. A resource packet is included.

Th-225 | Room 332A | Education, Parents/Families

Teaching Kids Parenting Skills Janet Pozmantier, Martha Salazar-Zamora, ChildBuilders, Houston, TX

Can teaching children parenting skills build assets, improve behavior, enhance academics, and prepare them for the future? Come to this session to learn about a unique, award-winning, research-based program developed by the Houston Independent School District and ChildBuilders, a nonprofit organization. Participants will experience a highly interactive presentation and leave the session with concreted strategies to implement such a program in pre-k through high-school settings.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm

Thursday, November 18 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm

Th-305 | Room 351A | All

DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE Th-301 | Room 342D | Parents/Families, Education

BUILDING ASSETS THROUGH PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLS Deana Flores, Project Cornerstone, San Jose, CA; Lori Maitski

Learn how Project Cornerstone’s proven literature-based parent engagement programs empower adults to become asset builders. Parents become role models for students by reading books focused on specific asset-building lessons and leading conversations and activities with students to promote a positive caring school climate. Participants will be given strategies to motivate parent involvement and leadership, as well as tools to measure program success.

Th-302 | Room 332B | Community

CHALLENGING MYTHS ABOUT COMMUNITY CHANGE Tim Duffey, Vision Training Associates, Gorham, ME; Shelby Andress, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? “Community transformation does not take place one individual at a time.” “The way we convene is more important than the content we bring.” “Questions are more important than answers in community change work.” This session will address Peter Block’s new book Community: The Structure of Belonging, and discuss these questions. After this session, participants will be able to apply the concepts from Block’s book in their own communities.

Leon Fulcher, Key Assets Fostering New Zealand, Manukau City, South Auckland, New Zealand; Joy Kelleher, International Center for Research and Innovation; Estella Abraham, Fostering First International

This session will introduce participants to Key Developmental Assets for Children and Young People in Foster Care. Participants will learn about monitoring and evidencing outcomes in foster care and reinforcing developmental achievements in children in foster care. Implications for enhanced monitoring and reporting capabilities with children and young people in American foster care will be discussed.

Th-306 | Room 320D | All Youth

EMPOWERING YOUTH THROUGH INCLUSION Cindy Guilbeault, Southcoast Hospitals Group, Dartmouth, MA; Michelle Bartlett; Nathan Macedo; Mike Valler, RAPPP Program

This session focuses on how to effectively and genuinely empower youth through meaningful inclusion and immersion in an initiative, program, or organization, as well as development of youth leadership to its maximum potential in a variety of work. Youth will lead the discussion and showcase youth-produced audio/visual aids and exercises. Participants will learn how to give more control to youth without fear or anxiety and develop a list of four ways to get youth more involved in their community.

Th-307 | Room 342E | Education

EMPOWERING YOUTH TO BE LEADERS

Th-303 | Room 320B | Faith/Spirituality, Families

Julia Gabor, Tiger Woods Foundation, Irvine, CA

COMING OF AGE CEREMONIES

Participants will learn about Tiger’s Action Plan-The Leadership Plan, a free character education program for youth ages 8-18. The program encourages young people to identify personal goals, their dreams, and what steps they need to take to get there. The Leadership Plan enables adults to help youth learn about their individual talents, skills, and abilities. In this interactive session, participants will receive information on how to implementation the program in their schools, classroom, and communities.

Kathy Masarie, Family Empowerment Network, Portland, OR; Kathy Keller Jones, Environmental Middle School

In faith-based coming of age programs, deep bonds form among the youth and between youth and adults. Youth also explore their values, often partake in service-learning, and are honored and recognized. Participants will learn about coming of age programs that faith-based organizations can implement and how a family can make a coming of age book or quilt.

Th-304 | Room 320C | Community

CREATING A PROGRAM LANDSCAPE MAP Kiley Bednar, Forum for Youth Investment, Washington, DC

Program landscape mapping is a process that enables community members and decision makers to identify and inventory existing youth services and organizations. The approach can help communities and states examine their current assets, create connections, and improve efficiency. Participants will explore the framework for creating a program landscape map and receive suggestions on ways to move forward with a survey in their communities.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

Th-308 | Room 320E | All Youth

ENCOURAGING YOUTH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MUSIC Christopher Wong, Yales High School, Houston, TX; Tashi Ovi, Yales High School, Houston, TX

This fun-filled workshop will utilize popular music to motivate and encourage youth engagement in campus initiatives. Students will laugh while they’re learning! This workshop is built around and includes activity sheets from the book Pass It On at School. Participants will learn how to network with new people, cultures, and ethnic groups.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm

Th-310 | Room 332C | OOST, Education

Th-314 | Room 340A | Community, Education

IMPROVING PROGRAM QUALITY TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS

SCHOOL-COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS

Charles Smith, Weikert Center, Ypsilanti, MI

Suzi Yokley-Busby, Building Bright Futures, Omaha, NE; Amy Williams, Omaha Public Schools, Omaha, NE

Participants will learn about the Ready by 21 Quality Improvement & Asset Building (Q&A) Challenge, a combination of Developmental-Assetmeasuring tools and the Weikart Center’s Youth Program Quality Intervention, see examples of Q&A reports and documents, hear about the impact of the program, and discuss how to get community and program leaders ready to engage in the Q&A process.

This session will explain how the Omaha community has experienced the infusion of assets and how this affects the community and schools in their collaborations. The asset framework offers an opportunity for a common language among varying gruops, and presenters will share how this has created opportunities to work together for youth.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21. Th-315 | Room 332A | Community Th-311 | Room 320F | All Youth

PREPARING EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS FOR THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE Mat Duerden, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Karen Melton, Mariela Fernandez

While the end of adolescence has traditionally been placed at 18 years of age, it can be argued that this period continues into the mid-twenties. A panel of two professors and four university students will address this topic. Discussion will include which assets college-age individuals need, which are currently supplied through the college experience, and which asset gaps still exist. This unique session will provide insights into how the asset model can be used to promote positive development for postteen youth.

SECURING A FEDERAL DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES GRANT Lee Rush, justCommunity, Inc., Quakertown, PA

Participants will receive an overview of the federal Drug-Free Communities Support Grant program that allows eligible coalitions to apply for a $625,000 grant. Presenters will discuss how to use the 40 Developmental Assets framework as a foundation for the project narrative and how to collaborate with coalitions using the Communities That Care (CTC) operating system.

Th-316 | Room 330B | All Youth

SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE

Th-312 | Room 330A | All

John Reyes, College Ambassadors, College Ambassadors, Pearland, TX

PROMOTING RESILIENCY THROUGH GENDERRESPONSIVE PROGRAMS

Participants will hear from College Ambassadors about the challenges they faced in leaving high school and entering the college environment. The Ambassadors will also discuss how Developmental Assets and values help them transition successfully and how they used what they learned and their sparks to give back to the community.

Beth Hossfeld, Girls Circle Association, Cotati, CA; Juan Gomez

This experiential workshop features Girls Circle, a female responsive support group, and the Council for Boys and Young Men, a male development program. Girls Circle builds upon girls’ capacities for safe, healthy relationships, and the Council promotes connection during the transitional years. Participants will learn the theory, strategies, and criteria to implement these successful approaches in a variety of settings.

Th-313 | Room 351D | Education

RETHINKING SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS Susan Abravanel, Youth Service America, Washington, DC

High school graduation rates are declining at an alarming rate and schools are increasingly challenged by funding shortfalls. How can educators, community partners, and youth develop and support effective partnerships for student achievement, workforce readiness, and stronger communities? This workshop explores a new paradigm for successful school-community service and service-learning collaborations designed to enhance both the quality of education and the quality of life in communities. Students are encouraged to attend this session, and will be actively called upon to lead various activities.

Th-317 | Room 351E | All Youth

SUICIDETALK Cheryl Robinson, Sterling and Rock Falls High Schools, Sterling, IL; Jeff Hippen,

SuicideTALK is a 1.5-hour exploration of suicide awareness. The session is organized around the question, “Should we talk about suicide?” and provides a structure in which session members can safely explore some of the most challenging attitudinal issues about suicide and encourages every member to find a part they can play in preventing suicide. Youth will help lead this session, and are encouraged to attend as participants.

WORKSHOPS

Thursday, Nov 18 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm and Friday, Nov 19 | 10:30 – 12:00 noon

Th-318 | Room 340B | Community

Th-324 | Room 350F | Parent/Family

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ASSETS-GTO MAINE

WHAT MAKES STRONG FAMILIES?

Matthew Chinman, RAND, Pittsburgh, PA; Susan Savell, Communities for Children and Youth; Margaret Jones, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Mike Clifford, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN;

Amy Syvertsen, Mary Margaret Reagan-Montiel, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Twelve Maine communities are engaged in a research study to evaluate the impact of blending the Getting to Outcomes planning and evaluation process with the Developmental Assets approach. This session will demonstrate how technical assistance is provided to the intervention communities, how it is measured, and the impact it has on work in communities. Technical assistance resources will be provided to program attendees.

Th-319 | Room 350D | Community Youth

TEEN ASSET BUILDING WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE Coalition for Bedford Youth, Coalition for Bedford Youth, Bedford, NH

This fun-filled, interactive session run by the kids of the Coalition for Bedford Youth will show participants how kids in grades 8 through 12 are bringing leadership and community service to a new level. Students will discuss how volunteerism is a rewarding and enjoyable experience that helps them gain confidence and respect from adults and is a great way to make new friends.

Th-320 | Room 352D | Education, Community

TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT PANEL ON EDUCATION Bob Sanborn, Children at Risk, Houston, TX; Caroline Holcombe, Houston, TX

This session will feature a variety of school district superintendents and education advocates from across the state. This unique panel will allow key public officials, nonprofits, researchers, service providers, and other community stakeholders discuss what is working, what needs work, and where we should be headed in Texas education. Participants will learn about the trends and challenges in education, including the drop-out crisis, school funding, and college and career readiness. Brought to you with generous support from Naviance

A new partnership between General Mills and Search Institute aims to present a compelling annual portrait of America’s families that focuses on their strengths, hopes, and aspirations, and empowers them to become catalysts for change in the community. This workshop will provide parents, educators, family advocates, and young people with an opportunity to help shape this conversation and inform national research initiatives.

Th-326 | Room 351B | All

A Toolbox for CREATING ASSERTIVE ASSET AMBASSADORS Christi Bello, Vickey Walsh, Northfield Elementary, Ellicott City, MD

Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools that build assets and promote leadership, confidence, and empowerment skills. Assessment tools, lesson plans, and practical applications will be infused throughout the session. Come learn how a compass, a stress ball, and a gingerbread house can create assertive asset ambassadors and lead the way to a positive life direction.

Th-327 | Room 351C | Faith/Spirituality

INTEGRATING ASSETS INTO CONGREGATIONS Jim Conway, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Based on Search Institutes’s research on the power of congregations as asset-building institutions, this session will provide strategies for integrating assets into the following areas of congregational life: youth programming, family support, the role of the whole congregation, and the congregation’s connection to the larger community.

Friday, November 19 | 10:30 – 12:00 noon

Th-321 | Room 350E | All

F-101 | Room 340B | Juvenile Justice

THE 8-RING CIRCUS OF ASSETS

A STRENGTH-BASED DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR FIRSTTIME JUVENILE OFFENDERS

Marilyn Peplau, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, New Richmond, WI

In this session, you will join a group for seven other asset builders and rotate through eight “circus rings,” or asset learning stations. Expect to form relationships and participate in an activity for each of the asset categories. The takeaways will include a deeper understanding of the Developmental Assets and positive youth development. Cooperative learning and learning stations will be in the center ring as best educational practices that promote a great learning climate.

Susan Savell, Maine Communities for Children and Youth, Augusta, ME; Maryann Corsello

This presentation will describe the Diversion to Assets program, a strength-based diversion program for first-time juvenile offenders. The presentation will include a video of the program developed by youth, a panel of site coordinators and researchers, discussion of preliminary outcome data, and an experiential component in which participants will see how the Developmental Assets Profile is used to design intervention services for youth and to provide an assessment of program outcomes.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

F-102 | Room 320B | OOST Youth

F-106 | Room 320E | All

ADVENTURE-BASED WAYS TO REACH YOUTH

CREATING CONNECTIONS THAT COUNT

Robinson Arteaga, Spring Branch ISD, Houston, TX; Gabriel Lopez, Communities in School

Ty Sells, Youth to Youth Interational, Columbus, OH; Jill Smock, Hilliard Youth and Family Commission, Hilliard, OH

Do you have trouble connecting with youth? Come learn practical adventure-based activities that engage kids in a maner that creates a great metaphor that becomes an excellent springboard for conversation. These Reality-Oriented Physical Experiences (R.O.P.E.S.) activities help youth discover their strengths and facilitate personal growth. In addition to these activities, participants will learn five simple questions to assist in the activities.

In this interactive and exciting session, participants will learn practical and proven ways to engage and connect with teens. Before sharing knowledge and inspiring young people, adults must first establish a strong connection. This session will remind adults what it’s like to be young and teach them new ways to connect with teens in an effort to help those teens realize their potential. Not just for beginners, this course is for any adult who works with young people. Participants wil learn new ideas and techniques, and they will also remember things they have forgotten.

F-103 | Room 320D | Community

ASSET MAPPING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS Stacey Crawford, Harris County Department of Education, Houston, TX

Participants will learn about creating a community asset map to identify resources in their surrounding communities. The asset map serves as a foundation for implementing and sustaining community initiatives that engage and support youth.

F-104 | Room 340A | Community, Juvenile Justice

CITYWIDE GANG PREVENTION STRATEGIES Ken Shetter, City of Burleson, Burleson, TX; Leon T. Andrews, Jr., National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families, Wasington, D.C.

Cities across the nation are increasingly taking a balanced approach to reduce gang violence by blending prevention, intervention, and enforcement strategies. In this session, presenters will highlight lessons that have emerged from programs developed by the Fort Worth Safe City Commission and the efforts of thirteen California cities participating in a gang-prevention network.

F-105 | Room 330A | Community

Youth

COMMUNITY PEACE DINNERS Liz Coenen, Cari Campion, The Liemandt Foundation, Cottage Grove, MN; Nick Campion, Rashad Tebbs, Peace Dinner Youth Leadership Team

The Peace Dinners were launched as a monthly community dinner and family night in response to a plea from a community challenged by poverty and violence for a safe place to gather with neighbors. The gathering is designed to nurture Developmental Assets for families and youth in a safe and supportive environment, and build mutual relationships across generational, cultural, and socio-economic divides. Join us to learn how this simple and celebratory gathering of neighbors is helping families thrive and serving as a catalyst for a cross-sector collaboration and sustained community partnerships. Members of the youth leadership team will present a model for engaging a diverse group of youth using peer mentoring and the Developmental Assets to encourage leadership and create a cohesive and committed team.

F-107 | Room 342E | Education, Community

CREATING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL LEADERS Bryan Joffe, American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA

School can’t take sole responsibility for kids’ development; both schools and youth need support from the entire community. Educators and community leaders must create meaningful, successful, and long lasting partnerships to ensure that all youth are ready for college, work, and life. These partnerships should be part of a coordinated community effort toward shared goals. This session will demonstrate why this is and how best to engage school leaders.

F-108 | Room 320F | Education

CREATING SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT NOW Jim Kielsmeier, National Youth Leadership Council, St. Paul, MN; Sue Root

This session presents recommendations from a recent national forum on school engagement strategies. Service-learning, youth leadership, positive youth development, and national service are vital approaches for advancing school success as reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is debated in Congress and as schools and districts across the country implement improvement plans.

F-110 | Room 330B | Education Youth

ENCOURAGING KINDNESS WITH RACHEL’S CHALLENGE Darrell Scott, Rachel’s Challenge, Littleton, CO

Rachel Scott was the first victim of the Columbine Tragedy, and her story has been shared with over 12 million people in venues around the world. Rachel’s Challenge contains five powerful challenges that are making schools safer and more enjoyable places to be. Heart-rending, humorous, thought-provoking, and entertaining, this program has become the largest school assembly program in America. Come see how this program has inspired hundreds of thousands of acts of kindness by students of all ages.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

F-111 | Room 332B | All

F-115 | Room 350E | Parents/Families

IKIDS: TAMING THE INTERNET

PARENTING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC

David Walsh, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Kate Turner, Northgate Elementary School, Spring, TX

Teens text 100 times a day. If Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world. The internet brings revolutionary changes every day, and the future will bring even more dramatic developments. Dr. Walsh will explain the changes happening today and those likely to come in the next ten years, as well as the promise and peril for the “igeneration.” Participants will receive advice for making the internet a safe and positive place for kids.

Participants will learn a common-sense approach that provides parents (and educators) with easy-to-learn skills that create respect, responsibility, and good decision-making in youth. Love and Logic has been serving families and educators for over 30 years, and it works! Participants will laugh and have fun while they learn about this effective parenting model.

F-112 | Room 350B | Education, Community

IMPROVING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND INCENTIVES Silas Clarke, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE; Sharif Liwaru

The University of Nebraska-Omaha/Building Bright Futures Student Engagement and Attendance Initiative strives to collaborate with students, parents, schools, and community organizations to improve student attendance and engagement through developing students’ assets and the use of incentives. Participants will learn how to create and sustain collaborative partnerships, the impact of incentives on school-wide attendance, and the relationship between the 40 assets and an attendance incentive program.

F-116 | Room 352D | All Youth

PREVENTING UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH POSITIVE VALUES Matt DelaCruz, Sterling High School, Sterling, IL; Janet Freed

Many youth struggle with the issue of how to identify unhealthy relationships—this session provides participants with tools and practical interactive activities that allow them to explore their values and vulnerabilities as a resource for building healthy relationships and preventing dating violence. The participants will learn the difference between relationships based on control and power and those based on love and support. They will also take part in an honest, heart-searching activity that allows them to realize that they are not alone in their experiences and that many youth and adults have experienced and overcome similar obstacles.

F-117 | Room 351D | Education F-113 | Room 351B | All

INCREASING ENGAGEMENT WITH MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING Michael Clark, Center for Strength-Based Strategies, Mason, MI

Advice-giving and lecturing are ineffective in inducing behavior change in challenging youth and their families. Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based practice that increases engagement and retention. Participants will examine three critical conditions for change—importance, confidence, and readiness—and review strategies to lower resistance with tough youth.

Youth

RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS Ray Thompson, Thomspon Community Relations Group, Chicago, IL; Dacia Chrzanowski, Asset Based Community Development Institute

Participants will learn how one school’s efforts to connect with the community resulted in youth being seen as resources and helping to increase community capacity to actively value and intentionally include youth in community life. There will also be opportunities for youth to participate in creating “Listening Campaign” interviews based on their interests and values.

F-118 | Room 332A | Community F-114 | Room 350D | All

SETTING AN EXAMPLE: YOUTH-ADULT PARTNERSHIPS

MAKING OUR CHILDREN SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SMARTER

Angelo Jessup, My Community, My Commitment, Cleveland, OH; Nicole Debose; Pat Heilbron; Michael Matthews

Dr. Andrea Weiner, Emotionally Smart Beginnings, New Hope, PA

This session will detail an easy-to-follow approach to helping parents become “investors” in children’s lives through awareness of social and emotional skills. Dr. Weiner will introduce seven powerful strategies for helping children with playground politics, bullying, friendship skills, and other challenges for both academic achievement and lifelong success. These strategies will also help children develop socially by giving them the ability to successfully relate to others. Dr. Andrea Weiner, founder of Emotionally Smart Beginnings, has been a researcher on children’s social and emotional skill development for over 25 years. She produces educational products for children and parents that cover topics from making friends to how to read emotional cues. Her experience as a child therapist, psycho-educational specialist, business executive, author, lecturer, and mother has given her a wealth of experience and insight on how social and emotional skills create lifelong benefits.

Attendees will meet experts who helped build a youth development initiative for the most populous county in Ohio, and hear how they forged collaborations between youth leaders, schools, neighborhoods, local government, foundations, banks, and parents. The initiative, MyCom, creates and enhances positive opportunities for growth for youth and communities. Presenters will focus on areas of MyCom’s greatest success: community collaboration, youth voice and choice, and professional development and support for adults who work with youth.

F-119 | Room 351E | Education, OOST

SO! HOW ARE THE ADULTS? Nathan Eklund, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Based on a series of statewide keynotes given to various community coalitions, this session encourages adults and organizations to think more

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 10:30 am – 12:00 noon

deeply on their own personal health and wellness so that they might better connect with each other on behalf of young people. Participants will leave with knowledge and tools they can use immediately to make an impact on their personal and organizational improvement.

F-120 | Room 352A | Education

SUPPORTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS James McSwain, Lamar High School, Houston, TX; Pat Rosenberg, Houston, TX

Lamar High School provides three programs—the Student Service Center, the Bridge, and the College Corner—that seek to improve academic and non-academic success for all students. These programs help students develop social goals, workforce readiness, a life plan, community and school engagement, and general connectedness. Participants will learn about the importance of these types of programs and understand the impact of giving students hope through a comprehensive plan.

F-121 | Room 342D | All

SUPPORTING SPARKS AND THRIVING WITH NEW RESEARCH Carol Gray, Thrive Foundation for Youth, Menlo Park, CA; Alia Malik, Fresh Lifelines for Youth; Lindsay Robertson, Friends of the Children, NY; Gemma Miner, 4H California, CA; Francisco Negri, Sequoia Union High School District

Panelists from a variety of areas will discuss ways they are applying new, cutting-edge research to help youth reach their full potential. Participants will learn about a theory of change and pilot program applications that teach skills to both youth and adults as they explore sparks, indicators of thriving, and risk factors.

F-122 | Room 352B | All

TEACHING YOUTH ABOUT LIVING HEALTHY Kelly Jordan, Tiger Woods Learning Center, Anaheim, CA

Are you looking for a way to get youth active and living healthy? Join us for this informative “train-the-trainer” session on the newest Tiger’s Action Plan program, a food and fitness education program for youth ages 8–18. Participants will engage in eye-opening activities and gain the knowledge and tools they need to get youth listening and living healthy. Participants will receive a copy of the curriculum and information on how to implement the free nutrition and fitness program/class.

F-123 | Room 351A | Community, Business

TEEN VOICE 2010: RELATIONSHIPS THAT MATTER Peter Scales, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Flora Sanchez

Presenters will discuss the results of the second national Teen Voice survey of 15-year-olds that looked at sparks, supportive relationships, and opportunities to express themselves. Participants will hear what teens said adults do that shows they are supportive, and where and how teens feel the most empowered, as well as evidence that teens having all three qualities do better as individuals and members of communities.

F-124 | Room 332C |

Youth

UNDERSTANDING YOUTH THROUGH BRAIN SCIENCE Erin Walsh, Mind Positive Parenting, Minneapolis, MN

Believe it or not, a lot of what’s going on in young people’s lives, from relationships, communication, and sleep to arguments and sexual decisionmaking, has its roots in brain science. Participants will learn about new research that is helping adults understand why young people experience some of the things they do, why being a 17-year-old is different than being an 11-year-old, and how adults can better understand youth through brain science.

F-125 | Room 350F | Education

USING THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS PROFILE IN SCHOOLS Scott Butler, Danny Butler, Millard Public Schools, Omaha, NE; Paige Marsh, Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, TX

Presenters will discuss one school district’s experience with the Developmental Assets Profile (DAP), a Search Institute survey that helps organizations drive asset building, with students in grades 7, 9, and 11. Participants will learn about the DAP; the ethical and practical issues that must be considered in implementing it on a large scale; and the benefits to the youth involved, their families, and the community.

F-126 | Room 351C | Community, All

SWEETEN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH LEMONADE DAY Michael Holthouse, Prepared 4 Life, Houston, TX; Julie Eberly

Attendees will learn how one community event can transform youth and start them on the path to success in life. Lemonade Day is a free, community-wide educational event designed to teach youth how to start, own, and operate their very own lemonade stand. Presenters will share best practices and provide the tools necessary to bring this event to your community.

F-127 | Room 320C | All

Youth-Adult Partnerships: What Kids Can Do Kathleen Cushman and Barbara Cervone, What Kids Can Do, Providence, RI

How can adults work with youth to question and re-imagine what goes on in their communities and schools? Bring your own ideas and questions to the table in this open-ended conversation with the co-founders of What Kids Can Do. WKCD’s far-reaching collaborations with youth worldwide address the pressing youth-related issues of our time, and this session will share our approach and strategies in a format guided by the needs of participants.

Brought to you with generous support from nFocus

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

Friday, November 19 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

F-206 | Room 340B | Education, OOST

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS F-202 | Room 340A | Education Youth

ASSETS GET ACTIVE Susan Solar, Clarkstown South High School, West Nyack, NY; Anthony Pecoraco; Julianne Skrapits; Deb Tarantino

In this workshop, the student developers and adult educators of a curriculum-based course entitled “Assets Get Active” will provide the audience with activities, resources, projects, and ideas that will stimulate educators and learners. This strength-based course challenges students to fully learn, experience, and utilize the Developmental Assets. Participants will leave with a wealth of activities and projects that will help their own programs thrive, and learn how to adapt the program to fit their community and school climate.

F-203 | Room 320C | OOST, Business

BIZ KID$: A YOUTH ENTERPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM Taylor Levy, City of Rochester, Bureau of Recreation, Rochester, NY; Melanie Bloodworth; Jalesa Seward

Participants will learn how Biz Kid$ has infused the Developmental Assets into a youth entrepreneurship program that provides youth opportunities for leadership, skill development, creative thinking, taking initiative, making community connections, and becoming financially stable—all while having fun. This youth-led workshop will feature hands-on activities to engage both youth and adult participants, and everyone will leave with valuable knowledge and skills to take back to their communities.

F-204 | Room 350E | Education, Community

BUILDING ASSETS THROUGH SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Nathan Eklund, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Scott Butler, Millard Public Schools, Millard, NE

Presenters will share preliminary data from the Staff Culture/Job Satisfaction survey pilot and discuss early findings of how the Developmental Assets framework is linked to school success and reform initiatives. Participants will learn about new measurement tools to use in staff climate work as well as the connection between staff culture and teacher and student success.

F-207 | Room 320D | Education, Parents/Families

CREATING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS WITH FAST Pete Hinojosa, Quest Leadership Dynamics, Kingwood, TX

This interactive session will cover a four-part model participants can use to get exceptional results in creating effectve programs in schools. The FAST (Focus Attitude, Self-worth, Tendencies) model challenges participants to look at how they live their everday lives. All partcipants will receive a quick personality assessment and an interactive handout to help them in living their strengths and limiting their struggles, as well as the knowledge needed to connect schools to families and families to youth.

F-208 | Room 320E | All

CULTURALLY COMPETENT, CONNECTED COMMUNITY Sandra Harris, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

It is important for all adults to learn to work well with others who are different from them. In this interactive session, participants will explore how to connect in community through becoming culturally competent. Diverse cultural perspectives will be presented along with best practices and practical ways to increase in cultural competence.

Kelli Bateman, Coca-Cola, Fayetteville, GA

F-209 | Room 350D | All Youth

This session will describe how Coca-Cola and three Atlanta public schools partnered to create Step Up, a large-scale event that put teams of K–5 students through a scavenger-hunt-style series of activities to teach personal and environmental sustainability. The session includes a discussion of the value of the middle school mentorship component of the event, the best practices in education incorporated, and how thinking big breaks old patterns to create new possibilities for kids.

DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AND HIV/AIDS PREVENTION

F-205 | Room 350F | OOST

Youth

CHOOSE YOUR OWN SERVICE-LEARNING ADVENTURE Garth Freeman, Youth as Resources / Rochester-Monroe County NY Youth Bureau, Rochester, NY; Tatiana Briggs; Kaisean Roseboro

This interactive, youth-run workshop will present participants with approaches and steps to creating and carrying out a service-learning project in their community. The workshop will provide important information and tools that groups can use to create a service-learning project. Participants will then take part in an experiential, step-by-step “choose your own adventure” game that will teach them some some of the dos and don’ts of service-learning.

Chisha Johnson, Soneka Kamuhuza, The Jacaranda Center for Family and Youth Development, Inc., Columbia, MD; Maurice Harried, HOPE Worldwide, Baltimore Chapter, MD

This interactive workshop introduces youth to the dangers of HIV/AIDS and the progressive nature of sexual activity. They will be taught the components and importance of healthy relationships, and will be challenged to refrain from sexual activity and to use the Developmental Assets framework to develop healthy relationships.

F-210 | Room 330A | Community, All

DEVELOPMENTAL DASHBOARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH Larry Pasti, Forum for Youth Investment, Washington, DC; Kiley Bednar

Many community leaders struggle with taking a big-picture view, and instead only choose specific areas of focus. Developmental Dashboards are tools that communities can use to map their progress in their goals for children and youth by providing an ideal visual at both high and detailed levels and promoting data-based decision making.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm

F-211 | Room 332A | All

F-215 | Room 350B | Faith/Spirituality, OOST

DRIVING COMMUNITY ACTION WITH THE ENHANCED GALLUP STUDENT POLL

NURTURING THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH

Ian Faigley, Forum for Youth Investment, Washington, DC; Caroline Brachman, America’s Promise Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Bryan Joffe, American Association of School Administrators; Mark White, Houston Independent School District

Designed for anyone who works with youth, this highly interactive workshop introduces core elements of spiritual development based on a growing body of global research from Search Institutes’s Center for Spiritual Development. Participants will leave the workshop with new insights, practical strategies, and effective tools for nurturing the positive outcomes of spiritual development in the lives of youth.

Many communities invest resources for tracking the skills and behaviors of their students to help drive success, but few are able to capture the attitudes and perceptions of youth that drive performance, and those who have such data rarely use and translate it into action. Participants will examine a range of tools to help their communities understand this critical component of improving outcomes.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21. F-212 | Room 351A | Education, OOST

ENGAGING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH APPRENTICESHIPS Todd Litton, Mandy Haeuser, Aurora Martinez, Citizen Schools Texas, Houston, TX; Celestina Melendez, Jane Long Middle School

Participants will learn strategies for stemming the high school dropout epidemic by engaging middle school students with adults through apprenticeships—hands-on projects taught by volunteers—and by making clear connections between hard work, success in school, and future college and career opportunities.

F-213 | Room 320F | All Youth

ENGAGING YOUTH WITH SOCIAL CHANGE THEATRE Katherine Kasmir, Straight Up Ventura County, Ventura, CA; Nancy Maxson, Ventura Unified School District

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn fun and engaging reality improvisation techniques to spark meaningful discussion and engage youth and community in examining social norms. Attendees will learn how youth in Ventura County have used Social Change Theatre to change attitudes and perceptions and how they have been taking action to change environments, behaviors, and policies to reduce binge drinking in their communities.

F-214 | Room 342D | Community

INVOLVING YOUTH IN COMMUNITY CHANGE Andrew West, Mason City Youth Task Force, Mason City, IA; Katie Simmons; Carol Brown

Youth in Mason City, Iowa, built a groundswell to improve their community’s environment by reducing the use of disposable bags in their community. Young people built the intiative, Bag It Better, from the ground up, beginning with constructing a winning grant proposal for over $77,000 to fund their project and leading to a proposed city ordinance. Participants will learn how to effectively involve youth in writing funding proposals; create community-wide, low-cost marketing strategies; and engage community sectors outside their immediate operational circle.

Jim Conway, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

F-216 | Room 342E | Community

PLANNING COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSET EVENT Sheila Barnard, Ohio County Together We Care, Beaver Dam, KY; Jody Flener, Ohio County Health Coalition

Every year, over 3,000 people attend Ohio County, Kentucky’s Celebrate the Child event. This day-long event is full of fun, games, and learning about Developmental Assets for young people and their families. Activities include performances, the “Make a Masterpiece” room, inflatables, and Asset Alley; and it’s all free! From recruiting sponsors to designing T-shirts, we’ll show you how to create this asset celebration in your own community.

F-217 | Room 332C | Education

REDUCING BULLYING THROUGH SAFE SCHOOL AMBASSADORS Debbie Woodson, Friendswood Independent School District, Friendswood, TX; Rick Phillips, Community Matters

Safe School Ambassadors are empowered and diverse student leaders who have been active in their schools as peacemakers and asset-builders. The SSA program engages, equips, and empowers Ambassadors to intervene using nonviolent communication skills to reduce bullying and violence. Participants will learn about an effective, student-centered program from students who have gone through the program themselves, and discuss the importance of engaging and equipping students to improve school climate.

F-218 | Room 351B | International, All

RESTORING COMMUNITY: A REPORT FROM THE HULL WORLD CONFERENCE Deborah Fisher, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Bellevue, WA; Sharon Mast, United Way of Berks County; Lee Rush, Just Community

At the 13th World Conference for Restorative Practices, community leaders from around the world shared their experiences in using assetoriented practices to restore community. The conference took place in Hull, England, where 23,000 professionals and volunteers are using restorative practices to create a family-friendly city. Hear what two asset builders had to share at the conference and what they learned about how to restore communities.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 1:45 – 3:15 pm and 3:45 – 5:15 pm

F-219 | Room 332B | All

F-225 | Room 320B | Community

SEARCH INSTITUTE’S DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS PROFILE: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT

YOUTH MASTER PLANNING: A COMMUNITY SUCCESS STORY

Erika Klein, Amy Syvertsen, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Ronnie Steine, Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Government, Nashville, TN; Laura Hansen

This session is appropriate for new users of the Developmental Assets Profile or anyone considering it for a program evaluation or clinical tool. Presenters will discuss appropriate uses of the DAP, will give examples of how schools and communities have used the survey, and will touch on some of the strengths and weaknesses of using the DAP in a programmatic, school, or clinical setting.

F-220 | Room 330B | All Youth

STRAIGHTLACED: HOW GENDER’S GOT US ALL TIED UP Amy Scharf, GroundSpark—The Respect for All Project, San Francisco, CA

This interactive workshop will use Academy Award winner Debra Chasnoff’s powerful new film, Straightlaced, to launch a cutting-edge discussion of gender, culture, and sexuality in young people’s lives. The film draws upon the diverse and unscripted voices of more than 50 teens, who speak with wisdom and humor about a range of issues including culture and body images, the pressure on girls to “dumb down,” the pressure on boys to be sexually active, and others. These observations and experiences will influence our activities and discussion.

F-222 | Room 351D | All

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING Marilyn Peplau, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, New Richmond, WI; Chris Beyer; Flora Sanchez

Join Search Institute’s educational trainers as they facilitate a sharing of stories that connect participants and lead to academic and personal success for students. Following an explanation of the connection between oral tradition and brain research, several stories from the presenters will jumpstart a partner planning session and small group work. Participants will leave this session with more storytelling skills and an increased repertoire of asset-building examples.

F-224 | Room 351C | Parents/Families

WHOLE CHILDREN BEGIN WITH WHOLE PARENTS

Participants will learn about Nashville, Tennessee’s creation of a Child and Youth Master Plan. The process will be detailed, including organization, phases, focus, community input, youth engagement, and strategy development. Attention will be given to the partnership with Ready By 21 and the influence of the “Big Picture” approach. Participants will learn the value of youth engagement and a broad community approach.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

Friday, November 19 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm F-301 | Room 332C | Community

APPLYING THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Michael Nakkula, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Karen Foster, independent consultant

Participants will hear findings from a recently published book on applications of the Developmental Assets framework by eight HC•HY community initiatives across the country. The major themes from the study will be presented, with implications of their applicability to any community initiative. Participants engage in discussion regarding the application of the findings to their respective communities.

F-302 | Room 320B | Education

BUILDING PARTNERSHIP-DRIVEN EDUCATION PROGRAMS Michele Schwartz, TX Association of Partners in Education, Austin, TX; Serenity Kelton

Presenters will discuss step-by-step the process of building a strong and sustainable partnership-driven education program to engage youth. Topics include getting started; partnership principles; the asset inventory; program design, measurement, and evaluation; and sustainability.

Ann Kramer, Good 4U, Inc., Hood River, OR

F-303 | Room 340B | Business

This session presents a practical, tangible whole-person framework for parents that can then be used as a structure for keeping the entire family’s focus on positive development. You can only teach what you know, and parents often lack whole-person knowledge. This session provides an easy-to-use model.

BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS Jennifer Weber, Corporate Voices, Washington, DC; Sara Toland

Businesses play a critical role in supporting community efforts that create a prepared workforce, and Ready by 21 works to make sure that those efforts succeed. This session will provide leaders with resources to help them recruit, engage, and develop relationships with businesses in their communities to ensure that all youth are ready for college, work, and life.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm

F-304 | Room 320C | Community, Health

F-308 | Room 330B | Community

COMMUNITIES & AGENCIES COLLABORATING FOR CHANGE

Turn Your Great Idea Into a Great Proposal

Nancy Maxson, Ventura Unified School District, Ventura, CA; Katherine Kasmir, Straight Up Ventura County, Ventura, CA; Dan Hicks, Ventura County Behavioral Health, Ventura, CA

Effective positive youth development takes institutional and volunteer commitment, as well as money and outside resources. Many BigTent Conference participants have great ideas, but don’t know how to get them funded. This learning session will help answer the basic questions: What do you want? Why do you want it? What will it take? Who are potential resources? By the end of the session, participants will have constructed a draft proposal and received feedback from a small group of their peers. They will go home ready to take the next steps to getting their ideas implemented.

Participants will learn how community collaboration in Ventura has actively engaged youth, schools, law enforcement, local businesses and organizations, and city and county officials in an effort to change policies and social norms to reduce underage and binge drinking. Items to be discussed include strategies for building collaborative partnerships, effective communication and mobilization, and leveraging resources to meet community needs.

F-305 | Room 320D | All

CULTURE-SPECIFIC YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Corliss Outley, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Brandy Kelly; Harrison Pinckney, California University of Pennsylvania

Adolescence has been recognized as a challenging stage of development for youth of color. These challenges are further complicated for youth who oftentimes initiate each other by using symbols of “maturity” (e.g., alcohol, drugs, violence, consumerism, and sex). It is during this time that culturally appropriate rites of passage from adolescence into adulthood are critically important. This workshop is designed to explore key elements of designing, implementing, and evaluating rites-of-passage programs.

F-306 | Room 330A | Education

DEVELOPING A SCHOOL PREVENTION PLAN THROUGH YOUTH ASSET COUNCILS Joe Markiewicz, Penn State University, PA; high school students, Strong Vincent High School, Erie, PA

Students and staff from Strong Vincent High School will discuss their successful blending of the 40 Developmental Assets and Communities That Care models to make a more positive school climate. Participants will learn how to use data to focus prevention efforts and how to engage youth as change agents in the community.

F-307 | Room 342E | Parents/Families

DEVELOPING HEALTHY, VIBRANT FAMILIES Roy Baldwin, Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO

This session will focus on the importance of the Developmental Assets in the family and provide practical ways to be intentional in your parenting. Participants will learn about tools like the family mission statement and the Thriving Kids Roadmap questionnaire, learn how to empower and engage their kids in becoming a thriving child, and discuss the process of becoming a thriving family.

Marlys Johnson, consultant for nonprofits, St. Peter, MN

F-309 | Room 351B | Education

GETTING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS TO COLLEGE Angie Jerabek, St. Louis Park Public Schools, St. Louis Park, MN; Tim ShowalterLoch, Best Buy; Traci Kirtley, Admission Possible, St. Paul, MN

Participants will learn strategies grounded in the risk/protective factors and Developmental Assets frameworks for eliminating and overcoming the barriers low-income students face in the college admission process. This information is based on the successful experiences of an innovative school-community partnership between the nonprofit organization Admission Possible and St. Louis Park High School. Participants will leave with implementable strategies for identifying and eliminating barriers faced by low-income students.

F-310 | Room 332B | OOST

GETTING TO OUTCOMES WITH DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS Deborah Fisher, Vision Training Associates for Search Institute, Bellevue, WA

This session will introduce participants to a practical, ten-step planning, implementation, and evaluation process grounded in Developmental Assets research and proven prevention strategies. Attendees will learn how to demonstrate to stakeholders (including funders) and communities that resources are being wellspent, as well as get updates on the latest thinking on program improvement and sustainability.

F-312 | Room 320E | OOST, Community

MAKING AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR ALL A REALITY Erik Peterson, Afterschool Alliance, Washington, DC

This workshop will look at why and how after-school programming is so effective, including the latest research on the need for and benefits of these programs; the state of after-school programming policy, with a focus on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and techniques for raising awareness about the need for increased after-school investments.

WORKSHOPS

Friday, Nov 19 | 3:45 – 5:15 pm

F-313 | Room 320F | Community

F-318 | Room 340A | All

NOURISHING THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY CHANGE LEADERS

TRANSFORMING LIVES, SCHOOLS, AND TROUBLED NEIGHBORHOODS

Tim Duffey, Vision Training Associates, Gorham, ME; Susan Savell, Communities for Children and Youth, Augusta, ME; Shelby Andress, Vision Training Associates for Seach Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Robert Woodson, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Washington, DC

Driven by the urgency to achieve results and address myriad concerns, we often lose sight of the critical need to attend to our sustaining force— our spirit. In this session, presenters will pause to ask essential questions about what drives us in this work and how we sustain that core, which is so essential for continued energy. Participants will engage in reflection, rejuvenation, and networking with other community change leaders.

This session will be a conversation with Robert Woodson, founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. This grassroots network focuses on substance abuse, teen pregnancy, joblessness, family dissolution, and other societal problems, and has significantly reduced youth violence in several high-risk middle and high schools. Participants will learn about the Center and how its approach might be applied in their communities.

F-314 | Room 342D | Health, Parents/Families

F-319 | Room 351A | Education

PREVENTION THROUGH PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND FAMILY STRENGTHENING

USING PEER MENTORING TO EASE THE TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL

Valerie Holmes, Brevard C.A.R.E.S. Inc., Rockledge, FL; Tracy Little; Paula Creed Smith

Jennifer Steinberg, Dawn Veilleux, Clarkstown High School Students (Zach Cahn, Kyle Diaz, Valerie Champeau, Rachel Aguilar, Shawn Krain, Zoey Zaiss), Clarkstown High School North, New City, NY

Brevard C.A.R.E.S., a voluntary prevention program designed to strengthen families, provides an array of support services to families who are experiencing difficult times that often lead to abuse. Families work in a collaborative manner that invites young people to be a part of the solution. Participants will learn the measurable performance targets and how community partners integrate into the delivery model and make way for social change.

F-315 | Room 332A | Education, Juvenile Justice

REINTEGRATING HIGH-RISK YOUTH INTO SCHOOL PROGRAMMING

Making the transition to high school can be very difficult, but Clarkstown High School North has found a way to make that change easier: through the use of a freshman mentoring program. Join two of Clarkstown’s asset club coordinators and students to take part in the decision-making process of choosing games that the club uses in their program. Participants will learn how Clarkstown implemented Developmental Assets throughout their school using a leadership training and a freshman mentoring program, and will leave with the skills to take this model back to their organizations.

F-320 | Room 352D | All

Marcel Smith, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., Harrisburg, PA; Kwame Ward; Brian Kluchurosky

GREAT GROUP GAMES FOR KIDS

This session will demonstrate how to effectively support highrisk youth in reconnecting to educational programming. Through community-based mentoring, strength-based individualized service planning, and educational advocacy, high-risk youth can be successful in both traditional and non-traditional settings. A panel of presenters that includes youth, school personnel, and staff will discuss the importance of effective communication and collaboration between school, parents, providers, the juvenile justice system, child welfare, and youth.

Ann Saylor, Susan Ragsdale, YMCA Center for Asset Development, Nashville/ Pleasant View, TN;

F-316 | Room 350F | Community, Business

STRENGTHENING AND LINKING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES Larry Pasti, Forum for Youth Investment, Washington, DC

This session will focus on tools and services provided by the Ready by 21 National Partnership to communities seeking to develop broader partnerships and set bigger goals. Participants will hear from community leaders that are successfully using these strategies to assist them in their positive youth development work.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21.

Laugh, move, play, explore, and have fun in this session while previewing games from the new book Great Group Games for Kids: 150 Meaningful Activities. Each “play with purpose” game builds positive identity, friendship skills, and other traits kids need to succeed. This interactive session is full of new and classic asset-building games that you can play in classrooms, camps, and after-school programs.

F-321 | Room 351C | Parents/Families

WHAT IS PARENT EDUCATION? Mary Margaret Reagan-Montiel, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Carla-Marie Weir, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)

Parenting may be the most challenging, but rewarding, thing any of us will do. But for those of us who support parents, the job is even harder. Come find out what you need to know about becoming a parenting professional, what networks are in place to support you, and how you can become involved. This presentation will highlight the National Parenting Education Network.

Saturday, Nov 20 | 10:15 – 11:45am Saturday, November 20 | 10:15 – 11:45 am

S-105 | Room 342E | Youth

CONNECTING DREAMS AND EDUCATION FOR LIFE SUCCESS S-101 | Room 320C | All Youth

A CONVERSATION WITH CLIFTON TAULBERT Clifton Taulbert, The Building Community Institute, Tulsa, OK

This session will serve as an informal time with Clifton Taulbert, president of the Building Community Institute. Participants will learn more about Taulbert’s community-building work and how they can apply it in their communities.

S-102 | Room 330A | OOST, Parents/Families

ASSET-BASED TRAINING FOR PEER SUPPORT ProviderS Kristen Anderson, Youth M.O.V.E. Oregon, Eugene, OR

The Oregon Family Support Network and Youth M.O.V.E. Oregon have created an asset-development-based training for family, youth, and young adult peer support providers. This training provides a framework and strategies to enhance the skills, knowledge, and quality of peer support providers. Participants will take part in several activities from this training, and have a chance to explore an online training center.

Christopher Williams, Tru U University, Cypress, TX

This interactive session will challenge students to discover their hidden talents and revive the dormant gifts that will help catapult them into a successful life by identifying gift clusters, finding innovative ways to build inner strengths, and strategically connecting the things they love to do with their scholastic goals for long-lasting success. Participants will leave with a plan to develop newfound gifts and talents and connect those gifts and talents with the educational system.

S-106 | Room 330B | Education

CREATING A BULLY-FREE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT Deborah Thorne, Kids First Conflict Resolution and Training Services, Culver City, CA

S-103 | Room 332A | Health, Community

In this high-energy, humorous learning session, participants will explore strategies for creating a bully-free school environment and discuss both effective and ineffective strategies. Participants will learn about the three parts of a bullying situation and leave with a written plan of action that can be implemented immediately. Deborah Thorne is the executive director of Kids First Comprehensive Conflict Resolution Services for Children, an organization that provides services to children, churches, and communities.

CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND THE 40 DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS

S-108 | Room 340A | All

Wendy Acosta, Acosta & Associates, Inc., Spokane, WA

EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR LIFE

The Center for Disease Control’s Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study explores the extent of exposure to childhood trauma. The study shows that risk factors escalate cumulatively with exposure, and it spotlights the lifelong impact childhood trauma has on family and the community. Discover how pairing this critical information and the 40 Developmental Assets can mobilize a community, unlock funding sources, and begin building healthy communities for all children.

Paula Morris, Kids of Honor, Inc., Salisbury, MD; Nkongho Beteck, Amanda Hailey and Christina DaShiell, Salisbury, MD

Presenters will discuss the importance of building relationships in communities between youth and organizations, with a focus on the significance of positive rewards when “catching” kids making good decisions. This interactive session will show how tying positive rewards directly to community engagement through leadership enhances communities’ ability to grow.

S-104 | Room 320B | OOST, Community

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING Amy Corron, United Way of Greater Houston, Houston, TX; Jennifer Key, Alief Independent School District; Linda Lykos,United Way of Greater Houston; Roger Durand, Durand Research and Marketing Associates

Houston’s Kids is a community collaboration between United Way of Greater Houston, Communities in Schools, Alief ISD, YMCA, and the Children’s Museum of Houston that provides quality afterschool programs to children in elementary, middle, and high school. Houston’s Kids representatives will discuss their role in providing quality activities to over 500 youth and provide components for others to replicate in their own communities.

S-109 | Room 320D | Education, OOST

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT THROUGH THEATRE AND ROLE-PLAY Emilie Ward, Diana Feldman, Miles Grose, ENACT, New York, NY

Participants will experience the ENACT approach to ongoing assessment through the application of theatre games and signature role-play and facilitation. ENACT’s recent Ford-funded evaluation will be discussed, along with a highly effective year-long attendance and dropout prevention program that has been included in a New York City Council prevention initiative for the past three years.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Nov 20 | 10:15 – 11:45am

S-110 | Room 320E | Community, Faith/Spirituality

S-114 | Room 320F | Health, Education

LESSONS LEARNED FROM A COMMUNITY-WIDE COLLABORATION

REFRAMING RESILIENCE FOR ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS

Kay Tally-Foos, Partners in Ministry, Kerrville, TX; Bill Blackburn

Lisa Medoff, Julie Norton, Cleo Eulau Center, Mountain View, CA

In 2008, in Kerr County, Texas, a group set out to develop a county-wide initiative to improve conditions for youth in a semi-rural area. This collaboration involved schools, youth organizations, government, churches, and businesses, and has experienced successes, challenges, the loss of traction, and rapid growth. Participants will learn about the process, see the sharp learning curve the collaboration experienced, and discuss the challenge of staying positive.

This session will offer an overview of the resilience consultation model as an effective approach to driving system-wide change within schools and communities. This model has been developed, implemented, evaluated, and refined over the last 15 years by the mental health professionals at the Cleo Eulau Center. The concept of resilience will be explored in the context of current research on adolescent brain development. Participants will engage in discussions regarding specific methods for increasing patterns of resilient behavior in youth, families, and communities.

S-111 | Room 340B | Health Youth

LET’S TALK: RUNAWAY PREVENTION CURRICULUM Lee Ann Osipchak, National Runaway Switchboard, Chicago, IL

Participants will learn about the National Runaway Switchboard’s free Let’s Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum, which facilitates positive development through interactive, youth-friendly life-skill activities. The skills addressed in Let’s Talk—from communication to stress reduction—will help youth transition into their futures better prepared to deal with on going life challenges. Each participant will receive a copy of the curriculum.

S-112 | Room 332B | All

OVERCOMING POVERTY, VIOLENCE, AND FAILURE Nancy Blackwell, The WhyTry Organization, Provo, UT

Participants will gain tools to help youth answer the question, “Why try in life?” These tools including several methods for teaching skills crucial for emotional intelligence, such as anger management, problem-solving, overcoming peer pressure, and keeping laws and rules. This session emphasizes a strengths-based approach to helping youth overcome their challenges.

S-113 | Room 351A | Community

POSITIVE TICKETING: A NEW APPROACH TO COMMUNITY CHANGE Nancy Johns Price, Queen Swank, City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation, Rochester, NY

Youth in Rochester, NY, created the Positive Ticket Initiative in response to their mayor’s Zero Tolerance Initiative. In an effort to take on a more positive approach to community change, youth began rewarding the positive actions of city residents. Youth-adult teams patrol various neighborhoods to catch residents doing something good, and individuals who exhibit positive citizen behavior receive a Positive Ticket to thank them for their contribution to the community, no matter how small. Participants in this learning session will gain the knowledge they need to start a positive ticketing program in their school, agency, or community.

S-115 | Room 332C | All

RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON YOUNG PEOPLE Nancy Tellett-Royce, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN; Barbara Varenhorst, Varenhorst Partnership; Amy Syvertsen, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Join leaders in Search Institute’s new Varenhorst Partnership in a conversation about why and how relationships matter to the development of young people. Peter Benson, Barbara Varenhorst, and Amy Syvertsen have all contributed to the positive youth development field in significant ways, and will add their expertise to the discussion.

S-116 | Room 350D | International

SCHOOL- AND COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN MONGOLIA Altankhuyag Sanjaajamts, Mongolian Youth Development Services Center; Oyunjargal Baasanjav, Hailaast Area Development Program of World Vision International Mongolia; Emdorom Badarchin, School No.72 of Chingeltei district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Participants will learn about youth development initiatives in Mongolia, including the status and needs of Mongolian youth, the cultural and social contexts that influence the design and implementation of youth development programs, and opportunities to provide technical and funding support for Mongolia’s youth development initiatives. Youth will share their experiences in service-learning and social entrepreneurship programs in Mongolia.

S-117 | Room 350E | All

Understanding Adults, Understanding Youth: Strategies for Supporting Positive Behavior Dan St. Romain, Alamo Heights ISD, San Antonio, TX

In this interactive and fun session, youth and adults will be actively engaged in looking at how behaviors have drastically changed over the last few decades. Using the Developmental Assets as a framework, the information discussed will provide insight into specific strategies for strengthening behavior of both adults and students alike. The information has implications for youth, parents, educators, and adult leaders at all levels.

WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Nov 20 | 10:15 – 11:45am

S-118 | Room 351D | Education

S-123 | Room 351C | Education

SUPPORTING ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

TRACKING PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC GROWTH WITH PORTFOLIOS

Jenice Marie Kienzle, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI; Sarah Bianchet, School District of Superior

Jamie Johnson, PassWord Community Mentoring, Indianapolis, IN

The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness in Superior (GEARS) program helps academically at-risk Superior Middle School students and their families make higher education a possibility, while providing UW-Superior students with the opportunity to engage in meaningful academic servicelearning. Participants will be provided with information on how a majority of students enrolled in the GEARS program have gone from achieving Ds and Fs to getting As and Bs. Program specific, data, and strategies will be shared.

S-120 | Room 350F | Community

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNITY CHANGE Jeff Stowell, Community Systems Group, Denver, CO; Larry Pasti, Forum for Youth Investment

It is important to evaluate community initiatives to ensure that they enact the changes they are working for. Investments in data collection, technology, and analysis must help local teams demonstrate their value in the community. Presenters will discuss technological options for such evaluation, and will answer questions from participants.

Brought to you with generous support from Ready by 21. S-121 | Room 350B | Faith/Spirituality

THE NOW CHURCH OF THE FUTURE David Woody, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Charleston, SC; Fran Patterson

Youth, if engaged and supported, can be the church of today. Intentionally developing assets in young people while incorporating the works of the church with a close eye on scripture can lead to amazing results that affect not only the young person, but also those they serve. This session will provide real-life examples and tangible ways to involved young people in the life of a congregation.

S-122 | Room 351E | Education, OOST

TOOLS FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING Ray Frigard, Treebonesinc.com, Mound, MN

Art Link is a hands-on, activity-based methodology that engages creative skills in developing problem-solving techniques that youth need for acquiring jobs in the future. Participants will experience and learn methods for teaching the creative process through presenting open-ended intellectual challenges.

Personal and academic achievement are challenging to demonstrate and measure. Schools are held accountable for them, programs try to measure them, and funders want to see them, but it can be difficult to show progress made. This session will demonstrate how to effectively create portfolios based on individual needs, program goals, and community expectations, and how those portfolios make personal an academic growth easier to manage. Participants will also hear directly from a youth about her experience creating a strength-based academic portfolio.

S-124 | Room 351B | Education, Parents/Family

UNDERSTANDING FAMILY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Michele Timmons, Care Team Collaborative, Zanesville, OH

Family civic engagement is one of education’s newest buzz words . . . but what does it really mean? How can the Developmental Assets framework help schools and communities enhance their efforts to engage families and communities in supporting academic achievement? Presenters will share strategies for beginning and strengthening family civic engagement in school communities.

S-125 | Room 342D | Education, Parents/Family

BARR: A Positive Transition to High School Angela Jerabek, Barb Nelson, Brad Brubaker, Robert Metz, St. Louis Park Schools, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

The transition into senior high is critical in ensuring success for all students. Ninth grade is a “make-it or break-it year” for many students. Academic success becomes more challenging and high risk activities such as alcohol and other drug use become more frequent. The Building Assets—Reducing Risks Program was developed in response to these issues. The program is a comprehensive approach to address a wide range of concerns for students in their first year of high school. Participants will learn about the program, and gain skills and receive resources to assist students in their transition to senior high school.

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Throughout the conference, Search Institute will be taking photos and videos for marketing, documenting and evaluating the conference. Personal identification information such as names will not be associated with any photograph or video unless identification is warranted and permission of the individual or parent (guardian) of the person photographed has been obtained.

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Cell phones The joy of being at this conference is meeting new people and forming new relationships. Therefore, we encourage participants of all ages to be respectful of when and where you use your cell phones. Better yet, just turn them off and enjoy each other’s company.

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Registration will be in the upper entrance lobby outside of the General Assembly Hall. Registration hours are: Wednesday, 3:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. You may register in the conference office after 12:00 on Thursday. *Preconference registration will be on the third floor of the Hilton America.

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Exhibits and Bookstore (Exhibit Hall B3) Exhibits and Search Institute’s BigStore will be open: Wednesday, 5:00–8:00 p.m. with the Exhibit Hall Grand Opening from 5:00–6:00 p.m. Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Friday, 9:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Saturday, 7:30–9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

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Request for Proposals Next year’s BigTent Conference will be held November 3–5, 2011 in Omaha, Nebraska. If you are interested in presenting, check back at www.bigtentconference.com in December.

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