Search Institute's Asset Champions

Check out this interesting material from the Search Institute about igniting the spark in all children and youth with whom you work.  Read about ideas from other schools, how to become a Spark Champion and more on the Search Institute's Big Tent Conference, here.

Minnesota Mentoring Conference

The Minnesota Mentoring Conference was held Monday, October 25th and featured a variety of workshops and speakers dealing with youth mentoring strategies and styles.  Speakers were Dr. Andrea Taylor, Director of Training at Temple University's Intergenerational Center, who spoke about youth-adult partnerships and mentoring and Larry Wright, President & CEO of MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.  The workshop themes ranged from the teenage mind, mentoring 101's, leadership and fundraising and sustainability of mentoring programs.

The Alliance was also an exhibitor at the conference!  See photos below.

Leadership Training Curriculum

MN Campus Compact is now offering a day long leadership curriculum. The resource includes asset mapping material, conflict resolution role play scenarios and much more. The material can be adapted for many age groups and can be used a whole or broken up into shorter trainings. To access the curriculum, go to www.mncampuscompact.org/leadership and click on the Leadership Curriculum button. Questions, comments or suggestions about the material can be sent to Lucy at marincel@augsburg.edu.

Happy Monday!

This link won't connect you to a resource, a research study or a suggestion for a lesson, but it's definitely worth a read. Sometimes we get so caught up in meeting deadlines and "getting work done" that we forget how as youth service workers or educators we touch the lives of others every single day. I would encourage every one of you to read the article and take some time to think about an influential person in your life. And beyond that, think of how you can become that mentor and role model to a young person.

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” - Wilma Rudolph