Today’s students face greater challenges than ever due to a dramatically accelerated pace of life, economic pressures on parents, and a pervasive culture of advertising, digital media and violence.  The Developing Safe and Civil Schools program is designed to build local educational resources for improving Social-Emotional and Character Development in participating schools by improving the effective coordination. The program adds value to schools by building students’ skills for success, developing students’ character and preventing student problem behaviors.  Join us for a presentation by one of the most knowledgeable leaders in Character Education. 

Featured Speaker:
Dr. Maurice Elias—Rutgers University professor and psychologist and author of numerous articles and books on emotional intelligence, including Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers and Emotionally Intelligent Parenting. He is vice-chair of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning's Leadership Team. Dr. Elias is president of the International Society for Community Research and Action and Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He is also a Leadership Team founding member for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, and past Vice President for Programs of the Association for Children of New Jersey.  He recently published The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement (2006).  The unifying themes of his work are the development of positive, constructive life paths for children and youth, and the organization of opportunities to allow this to happen in equitable ways.

Business Administrators and Board Secretaries must register their board members no later than Thursday, March 26, 2009.