Angela Jerabek

Jerabek earned a B.A. in music from the College of Saint Benedict (1990) and an M.S. in counseling psychology from St. Cloud State University (1992).

Jerabek developed the BARR (Building Assets, Reducing Risks) model in 1999{{Cite web|url=http://hechingerreport.org/a-little-known-program-has-lifted-9th-grade-performance-in-virtually-every-type-of-school/|title=A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school|first=Tara García|last=Mathewson|date=August 30, 2018|website=The Hechinger Report}} as a school counselor in a 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). The BARR model uses a data-driven and relationship-building approach that aims to meet both the academic and non-academic needs of students.{{Cite web|url=https://barrcenter.org/|title=BARR Center | Same Students. Same Teachers. Better Results.|website=BARR Center}} As of 2024, the BARR model was in use by approximately 350 schools in 24 US states.

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.https://barrcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BARR-Impact-Findings-AIR-Final-Cohorts-1-2.pdf The grant included conducting randomized controlled trials{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecs.org/relationships-matter-for-student-outcomes-statistically-speaking/|title=Relationships Matter for Student Outcomes, Statistically Speaking|first=Mandy|last=Zatynski|date=July 2, 2020|website=Education Commission of the States}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.air.org/resource/report/building-assets-and-reducing-risks-barr-i3-scale-evaluation|title=Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) I3 Scale-Up Evaluation|date=August 18, 2022|website=American Institutes for Research}}

The 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 United States Secretary of Education in the Barack Obama Administration, also praised BARR. Jerabek recently contributed a chapter on the BARR model to the Handbook of Resilience in Children (Springer, 2023, 3rd Edition).{{Cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14728-9|title=Handbook of Resilience in Children|date=2023 |via=link.springer.com|doi=10.1007/978-3-031-14728-9 |isbn=978-3-031-14727-2 |editor-last1=Goldstein |editor-last2=Brooks |editor-first1=Sam |editor-first2=Robert B. }}

In 2021, Jerabek won the Thomas B. Fordham Institute "Wisest Wonk" award{{Cite web|url=https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/wonkathon-2021-addressing-students-mental-health-needs-coming-out-pandemic|title=Wonkathon 2021: Addressing students' mental health needs coming out of the pandemic|website=The Thomas B. Fordham Institute}} for her paper, "Reimagining teacher teams to address students' mental health."{{Cite web|url=https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/reimagining-teacher-teams-address-students-mental-health|title=Reimagining teacher teams to address students' mental health|website=The Thomas B. Fordham Institute}}

Jerabek has been featured in CBS,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs17.com/business/press-releases/cision/20231012CG37489/minnesota-schools-awarded-funding-to-implement-evidence-based-barr-system/|title=Minnesota Schools Awarded Funding to Implement Evidence-Based BARR System|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=June 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613221149/https://www.cbs17.com/business/press-releases/cision/20231012CG37489/minnesota-schools-awarded-funding-to-implement-evidence-based-barr-system/|url-status=dead}} CNBC,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdDFvqr30o|title=Teachers Offer Homeschooling Advice During Coronavirus|date=April 8, 2020|via=YouTube}} EdNote, Education Post,{{Cite web|url=https://www.edpost.com/stories/surrounded-by-covid-civil-unrest-and-chaos-our-students-need-hope|title=Surrounded by COVID, Civil Unrest and Chaos, Our Students Need Hope|website=www.edpost.com}} The Hechinger Report, National Public Radio,https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/31/596054250/how-more-meetings-might-be-the-secret-to-fixing-high-school The 74,{{Cite web|url=https://www.the74million.org/article/jerabek-teacher-student-connections-get-lost-in-distance-learning-we-must-start-rebuilding-those-relationships-when-school-reopens/|title=Jerabek: Teacher-Student Connections Get Lost in Distance Learning. We Must Start Rebuilding Those Relationships When School Reopens|first=Angela|last=Jerabek|date=June 15, 2020}} and USA Today.{{Cite web|url=https://tangent.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2020/12/13/covid-online-school-tutoring-plan/6334907002/|title=Students are falling behind in online school. Where's the COVID-19 'disaster plan' to catch them up?|date=December 13, 2020|website=tangent.usatoday.com}}

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