1. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. 40 Developmental assets You provide the passionate programs, the Assets will provide you with the powerful purposes behind them Jennifer Stencel and Ned Parks Part 2

2. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Today’s webinar Live programs using 8 assets New ideas Other groups to partner with

3. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. 1.SUPPORT 2.EMPOWERMENT 3.BOUNDARIES/EXPECTATIONS 4.CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME You already are unconsciously aware and tuned in. Let’s bring it to the surface! 4 categories 8 Assets

4. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Support: all about feeling connected to family, neighbors, and community Programs/ services: Display art from the schools= art gallery LEGO League Presentation Community Connection: match teens with volunteer (Volunteer Fair) Your organization Discuss ways your organization can support you to outreach and make connections Give teens opportunities to make the Teen Space/ Library better (OWN!) Promise to meet 2 new teens/tweens a week.

5. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Empowerment: valued, Useful, serving Programs Cyberbully panel to a Teen Tech Squad= teens teach Ally spot/Safe Zone for GLTB Host a Youth Summit or a Youth Speak Out Organization Examine your Mission Statement, is it teen friendly and speak “your valued” to youth? Do you have a Teen Mission Statement? Staff Safe Zoned trained

6. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Boundaries: teach over discipline, role models Programs Do you know your library neighbors? Connect! Mentor Programs: Teens as liaisons to Friends or even Library Board Organizations Rules that make sense and are not biased? Rules take in the teen “wired” mind? Teens own the rules and re- negotiate/re-evaluated? Your neighbors keep watch

7. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Constructive use of time: freedom to try new things Programs and services iCreate labs Show off some of the final products from your programs like publish a twitter novel, podcast a poetry slam or story slams festival BN Night Your organizations Survey your community- what programs exist for youth after school? Can you collaborate? Fill a gaping hole? What is popular, but not enough of?

8. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. What Support looks like Asset 3: Other Adult Relationships

9. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. What Support looks like Asset 4: A caring neighborhood

10. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Empowerment Asset 7 Community Values Youth Concert

11. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Empowered Empowerment Asset 8 Youth as resources Teen is teaching a soap making class. She has her own soap making business, and she can’t even drive yet!

12. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Boundaries to teach Asset 13 and 14 Madden Tournament. Father vs. Son

13. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. Constructive use of time Asset 17 and 18 Yes, those are propane torches. Making glass beads. No teen was harmed…

14. www.nedparks.com New Directions Learning & Development  2010. All Rights Reserved. You provide the passionate programs The Assets back you with powerful purpose. Part 3 at 10:00 am October 13, 2011