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Angela Jerabek is an American educator and author. She developed the BARR ("Building Assets, Reducing Risks") educational model in 1999 and is the founder and Executive Director of the BARR Center,[1] a nonprofit organization established in 2018.

The BARR Model uses a data-driven and relationship-building approach that aims to meet both the academic and non-academic needs of students.[2] As of 2024, the BARR model was in use by approximately 350 schools in 24 US states.

Jerabek is the recipient of the 2024 James Bryant Conant Award, a US education award offered by the Education Commission of the States that recognizes individuals for their contributions to public education.

Jerabek developed BARR in 1999[3] as a school counselor in a first ring suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In response to the school's high failure rate, Jerabek designed and implemented methods to improve student and staff outcomes. She named these methods BARR (Building Assets, Reducing Risks).[2]

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) program awarded Jerabek with three grants in support of her BARR work: Innovation, Development, and Scale-up.[4] The grant included conducting randomized controlled trials[5] involving 78 schools over a period of ten years. The results were evaluated by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and showed improved whole child skills, higher level of student engagement, reduced chronic absenteeism, and increased math and reading achievement scores. Teachers reported increased collaboration with colleagues, more effective use of data, and improved perception of students and school supports.[6]

Out of 172 projects in the i3 grant program, BARR was the only program to earn three levels of competitive grant funding from the federal government since 2010,[3] according to the Hechinger Report, published by Teachers College, Columbia University | Columbia University]].

Jerabek's BARR model has earned praise from educational experts. According to Johannes Bos, Senior Vice President of American Institutes for Research, "Implementation of BARR is possible in many different scenarios [...] This program seems to work pretty much across the board." John B. King Jr., Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY) and former Secretary of Education in the Obama Administration, also praised BARR.[3]

In 2021, Jerabek won the Thomas B. Fordham Institute "Wisest Wonk" award[7] for her paper, "Reimagining teacher teams to address students' mental health."[8]

In 2020, the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship named Jerabek the Entrepreneur of the Year.[9]

In 2016, Jerabek was invited to present at the United States Domestic Policy Council "Evidence in Education Roundtable."[10]

Jerabek has been featured in CBS,[11] CNBC,[12] EdNote,[5] Education Post,[13] The Hechinger Report,[3] National Public Radio,[14] The 74,[15] and USA Today.[16]

Jerabek contributed to the Handbook of Resilience in Children (Springer, 2023, 3rd Edition). (See chapter: "The BARR Model: Fostering Resilient School Systems, Staff, and Students."[17] ISBN 9783031147272

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Our Team". BARR Center.
  2. ^ a b "BARR Center | Same Students. Same Teachers. Better Results". BARR Center.
  3. ^ a b c d Mathewson, Tara García (August 30, 2018). "A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school". The Hechinger Report.
  4. ^ https://barrcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BARR-Impact-Findings-AIR-Final-Cohorts-1-2.pdf
  5. ^ a b Zatynski, Mandy (July 2, 2020). "Relationships Matter for Student Outcomes, Statistically Speaking". Education Commission of the States.
  6. ^ "Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) I3 Scale-Up Evaluation". American Institutes for Research. August 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "Wonkathon 2021: Addressing students' mental health needs coming out of the pandemic". The Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
  8. ^ "Reimagining teacher teams to address students' mental health". The Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
  9. ^ Untiedt Jerabek, Angela (November 2, 2021). "2020 CSB/SJU Social Entrepreneur of the Year Angela Untiedt Jerabek '90, founder and executive director of BARR Center®". Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.
  10. ^ "Student Mental Health: Building a Culture of Support". event.on24.com.
  11. ^ "Minnesota Schools Awarded Funding to Implement Evidence-Based BARR System". October 13, 2023.
  12. ^ "Teachers Offer Homeschooling Advice During Coronavirus". April 8, 2020 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Surrounded by COVID, Civil Unrest and Chaos, Our Students Need Hope". www.edpost.com.
  14. ^ https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/31/596054250/how-more-meetings-might-be-the-secret-to-fixing-high-school
  15. ^ Jerabek, Angela (June 15, 2020). "Jerabek: Teacher-Student Connections Get Lost in Distance Learning. We Must Start Rebuilding Those Relationships When School Reopens".
  16. ^ "Students are falling behind in online school. Where's the COVID-19 'disaster plan' to catch them up?". tangent.usatoday.com. December 13, 2020.
  17. ^ Goldstein, Sam; Brooks, Robert B., eds. (2023). Handbook of Resilience in Children. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14728-9. ISBN 978-3-031-14727-2 – via link.springer.com.
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