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Asset Name and Definition |
Commitment to Learning
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Achievement motivation: Young person is motivated to do well in school
School engagement: Young person is actively engaged in learning
Homework: Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day
Bonding to school: Young person cares about her or his school Reading for pleasure: Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.
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Positive Values
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Caring: Young person places high value on helping other people
Equality and social justice: Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty
Integrity: Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his for beliefs
Honesty: Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy."
Responsibility: Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility
Restraint: Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs. |
Social Competencies
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Planning and decision making: Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices
Interpersonal competence: Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills Cultural competence: Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds Resistance skills: Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations
Peaceful conflict resolution: Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently. |
Positive Identity
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Personal power: Young person feels he or she has control over "things that happen to me."
Self-esteem: Young person reports having a high self-esteem
Sense of purpose: Young person reports that "my life has a purpose."
Positive view of personal future: Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future. |