Multimedia Collection
You Have to Live It: Building Developmental Assets in School Communities
VHS
27 minutes
LB1065 .Y61 1999
Success in School, Success in Living
Developmental assets are positive things - relationships, skills, self-perceptions, values, and opportunities - that all young people need for success. Higher levels of assets are important in helping students succeed academically and avoid high-risk behaviors.
How can you build developmental assets in your school community? This video will let you see and hear for yourself how schools from around the country have done it. From the elementary school in Denver where students run their own supply warehouse to the high school in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, where teenagers learn to be lobbyisits at the state capitol, school communities everywhere are looking at young people in a new light: as resources, not as problems. They're looking to make the most of young people's strenghs, not just "fix" their weaknesses.
Developed by award-winning director David Culp and produced by Search Institute, this video is both inspiring and instructive. Teachers, students, principals, and other school community members provide firsthand accounts of how they are building assets and offer suggestions for how anyone can do it.
The developmental assets model is not a program; it's a philosphy of how adults can build caring, strong relationships with young people; how they can create a school environment that fosters students' being responsible and competent; and how they can use programs and practices that give students opportunities to build assets themselves. The bottom line is expressed by David Fischer, principal of Aurora, Colorado's Highline Community School: "You have to live it."
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