Bonita Vista Middle School

1. Bonita Vista Middle School School Counseling and Guidance Program Classroom Guidance Results Christine Cura

2. California Healthy Kids SurveyViolence & Safety BVM students (29%) have been harassed because of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or disability *Student reported data

3. NeedsViolence & Safety Perceived Safety of the School Only 19%of BVM students feel very safe at school Same as state average *Student reported data

4. NeedsViolence & Safety Physical fight 22%BVM students have been in a physical fight Even though the percentage of BVM students is lower than the state average… *Student reported data

5. Physical fights occur mostly amongmales NeedsViolence & Safety *Student reported data

6. Summary Based on CHKS, we found… high harassment rates low perceived safety of the school increased physical fights among males

7. National Standard Personal/Social Standard A • Students will acquire knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others Personal/Social Standard B • Students will make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals Personal/Social Standard C • Students will understand safety and survival skills

8. Student Competencies A:A1 Acquire Self-Knowledge A:A2 Acquire Interpersonal Skills B:B1 Self-Knowledge Application C:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

9. Guidance Curriculum Grades 7 & 8 September-November Health/Science Classes Statistics Definition of bullying Types of bullying Who are the bullies? Who is targeted? Reporting Role-play (conflict-resolution scenarios)

10. What do they KNOW? Pre Post 8% knew how many children who will miss school for the fear of being bullied 76%knew how many children who will miss school for the fear of being bullied

11. What SKILL did they learn?Pre Post • 66% identified the right option to report bullying incidences to an adult if rumors were being spread to the person • 75%identified the right option to report bullying incidences to an adult if rumors were being spread to the person

12. What do they BELIEVE? Pre Post • 61% strongly believed it is important to stop bullying • 81%strongly believed it is important to stop bullying

13. Pre-Post Test Results

14. Why we are teaching this? The reason we are teaching this is because we are trying to improve our bullying referral rates

15. # Bullying Referral Rates for Health/Science Classes

16. Research Overall, research says that students who behave better, achieve better (Van Horn, 2003) This means that the lower the bullying rates, the more student achievement rates increase

17. GPA Results

18. Lesson Learned • Building rapport with Health/Science teachers • Colleague assistance for administrative duties • Being prepared and organized eased anxiety • Make sure classrooms have working projectors • More hands-on activities to foster the building of conflict resolution skills • Do not conduct guidance lessons back-to-back

19. Implications/Limitations • Students have the attitudes and knowledge about bullying, but more emphasis on skill-building • Not all students learn at the same pace • Bullying rates may not reflect an accurate representation of the school • GPA may take a while to see significant improvements • Guidance lesson only occurred over the course of one day • Presentations should occur at all Health/Science classes to reach all students

20. Next Steps • More bullying lessons to occur over the course of the year • Systematic bullying prevention/intervention needs to occur at the middle school at 3 levels (individual, classroom, school-levels) • More prevention/intervention needs to occur for males (group, anger management, conflict resolution, peer mediators)

21. The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful way to the academic achievement of all students. Thank you for your support of the school counseling program.

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