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ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2007) --- PowerfulEducation Technologies,
Inc. has a powerful message for young people---a learning
resource module called You’ve Got The Power.
Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, president of the firm, is
author of the curriculum workbook that’s designed
to teach character education and life skills development
to middle and high school students.
The workbook, which has sold more than 3000 copies nationwide
over the past four years, focuses on principles that build
strong character needed for improved performance and life
long success, such as goal setting, strategies for life-long
learning, believing in yourself and learning from your
mistakes.
“You’ve Got the Power” began as a single workbook,” Dr.
Young said.
PowerfulEducation Technologies recruited co-writers
to expand Dr. Crumpton-Young’s curriculum workbook
into a series of 11 workbooks that target different stages
of life – childhood, adolescence and young adults
as well as At-Risk Youth and Juveniles.
“The important life skills learning processes that
helped build the character and responsibility of our parents
and grandparents aren’t available to many children
today,” Dr. Young said. “Our society has changed. Schools
are experiencing increased problems of student violence,
misbehavior, poor performance and poor decision making.
The You’ve Got the Power series makes those
important character-building processes accessible to young
people today, in terms they can more readily accept and
internalize,” she said.
Young, who earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from Texas A&M University
has 20 years of educational experience in Texas, Mississippi
and Florida. She currently serves as a program director
for the National Science Foundation in addition to her
duties at the University of Central Florida.
Co-authors of the 11-book series include Tekoa Summers, a
UCF graduate in criminology; UF graduate in sociology Willie
J. Davis, and Dr. Pamela Barber-Freeman, who earned her
Ph.D in educational leadership from the University of Oklahoma.
To learn more, visit www.powerworkbook.com; info@powerworkbook.com,
and info@powerfuleducation.com.
PowerfulEducation Technologies is a client of the
UCF Technology Incubator.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young or Angie B. Lopez 407-649-6702
Tom O’Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF Technology Incubator
407-882-0202
Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142
or 386-837-8780
About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator
has helped more than 90 emerging technology companies create
over $200 million in annual revenue and more than 800 new
jobs with an average salary of $59,000. The UCF Technology
Incubator was named 2004 Incubator of the Year by the National
Business Incubation Association. Headquartered in Research
Park near the University, the Incubator is a true collaboration
in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the
City of Orlando, Seminole County, City of Winter Springs,
the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and the Metro Orlando
Economic Development Commission. For more information,
please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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