Professional Development

While professional development is more than simple training, training is an integral part of developing staff.  Professionalism development refers to the steps taken by an employer to support the personal and professional development of staff, including but not limited to the skills and knowledge needed to provide exemplary performance.  The training and educational opportunities of…

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Developmental Assets–Commitment to Learning

One of the most important things that young people can do is make a commitment to learning and developing the knowledge and skills they need to be successful as an adult.  Commitment to learning is foundational in the 40 Developmental Assets and is the category of the first Internal Asset cluster.  Many times, when young…

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Building Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is the opinion that you have of yourself.  It is how you feel about yourself.  Do you consider yourself a person of value?  Are you proud of the work you do, the things you’ve accomplished, the person that you are?  One would think that self-esteem should be relatively easy to come by.  But this…

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