Charles F. Fernandez Center for Alternative Learning
With every student that enrolls at the Charles F. Fernandez Center for Alternative Learning, Principal Liz Fulton goes over the Developmental Assets, provides the students and parents with written information, and meets with all of the parents individually. The school’s goals are rooted in the Developmental Assets, as it tries to support students, meet social and emotional needs, and work with parents and the community.
Making the Professional Personal: Asset Champion Dan Sackheim
16-year-old Nini To was on the brink of dropping out of high school. Despite starting school in Orange County, California, with a high GPA and even higher hopes, she soon had trouble keeping up in her fast-paced classes. Although she did her best to participate in discussions, impatient teachers and unsupportive classmates saw her questioning nature as burdensome. Financial issues, a lack of familial support, and the resulting depression she suffered nearly pushed her over the edge-she had run out of options.
Millard Learning Center
When the Millard School District began using the asset framework a few years ago, Geri McClenny, a school social worker at Millard Learning Center, an alternative high school in the district, volunteered to be one of the school’s Asset Builders and has since worked in many capacities to promote the Developmental Assets at the school.
