“A teacher affects eternity:
he can never tell where his influence stops.”
Henry Adams
As a teacher, you have the power and the amazing opportunity to make an ineffable difference in your community and in the world at large! There’s no way to measure the reach of the positive influence you can play in a young person’s life. Teaching is one of the most important but also one of the most challenging jobs in today’s world.
This evidence-based, NREPP recognized and TEA accredited innovative course helps address some of the issues in today’s schools such as:
- low achievement
- bullying
- at-risk youth
- drop-out prevention
- substance abuse prevention
- teen pregnancy
- suicide
- absenteeism
- behavior problems
- other community issues
Empowering the leaders of tomorrow with PAL® helps to create environments in which youth participate in productive pursuits with peers, utilizing skills they learn like cultural competency, effective communication, decision making, higher order thinking skills, and resiliency building. PAL® students learn to change the idea of peer pressure to influence others positively and, ultimately, they make a difference in the lives of others.
