Phillips, Vicki

Vicki Phillips has worked with at-risk adolescents for over thirty years as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal, and, for 22 years, as principal of an award-winning California alternative high school. She is the author of PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, a one-semester curriculum designed to develop respect, responsibility, and resiliency in at-risk adolescents, purchased by almost 1700 schools (as of May 2011). She is also the author of TURNING THEM AROUND: Developing Motivation, Responsibility, and Self-Discipline in at-Risk Youth. She has given seminars on Changing Student Behaviors for nine yea...