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Training, Awareness, and Engagement for Bully-Free Schools

This guide details the steps to train school personnel, conduct meetings with adults, involve students, engage parents and the community, and review program implementation for creating a bully-free environment.

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Training, Awareness, and Engagement for Bully-Free Schools

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  1. Step 13: Train School Personnel, Volunteers, and Other Key Individuals to Adhere to Policies, Procedures, Discipline Rubrics, and Response Plan(s).(page 128) www.bullyfree.com

  2. Steps to take in setting up training (pages 128-129) • Agenda (page130) www.bullyfree.com

  3. Step 14: Conduct a Meeting with Adults and an Assembly Program for Students to Increase Awareness and Involvement. (page 132) www.bullyfree.com

  4. Meeting with Adults (Faculty, Staff, Parents and Community Representatives) (page 132) www.bullyfree.com

  5. Ask all adults (except parents of students) to sign the appropriate pledge (pages 136-137) • Tell parents a pledge for them will be sent to them through their children (if that is what the team wishes to do) • Tell parents they will also receive brochure: Together We Can Be Bully Free: A Mini-Guide for Parents www.bullyfree.com

  6. Tell parents their child will be receiving the brochure: Together We Can Be Bully Free: A Mini-Guide for Students • Present overview of major components of program (See agenda on page 134 and handout on page 173, in Appendix A) www.bullyfree.com

  7. Student Assembly Program (page 135) www.bullyfree.com

  8. Suggested Agenda (page 135) • Ask student leaders to help plan program • Ask students to make banners and posters to display • Ask students to role play – if you wish • Ask students to sign the Bully Free Student Pledge (pages 138-139) www.bullyfree.com

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  10. Step 15: Develop and Implement a Student Involvement and Empowerment Plan. (page 142) www.bullyfree.com

  11. Why Student Involvement and Empowerment (pages 142-145) www.bullyfree.com

  12. Student Involvement and Empowerment Strategies Plan (page 143-145) • Train bystanders in supportive and assertiveness skills (page 37 of Workshop Handouts Booklet) • Peers for Peace – Bully Free Club (or Student Council Campaign) • Bully Free Student Pledge www.bullyfree.com

  13. Student access to student book: “How You can Be Bully Free” by Allan L. Beane, Ph.D. • Fine Arts Contest – Best Posters, Best Songs Written, Best Poems, Best Drama/Skits, etc. • Student presentations at faculty, student, parent, community meetings www.bullyfree.com

  14. Role-playing Presentations by students at meetings • Help make Bully Free Bulletin Boards, Banners and Posters • Bully Free T-shirts www.bullyfree.com

  15. Help organize Bully Free Week or Month • Help organize Bully Free Door Contest www.bullyfree.com

  16. Step 16: Develop and Implement Parent and Community Involvement and Education Plans. (page 147) www.bullyfree.com

  17. Parent Involvement and Education Strategies Plan(pages 147-150) • Bully Free Lesson Plans (Parent Chat Component) • Disseminate parent brochure: A Mini-Guide for Parents: Together, We Can Be Bully Free www.bullyfree.com

  18. Mail to parents the Bully Free Classroom Rules with a cover letter • Bully Free Parent Pledge • Parent representation on Bully Free Program Team www.bullyfree.com

  19. Parents trained to help supervise high-risk areas and/or supervise/monitor specific bullies • Parents help conduct Bully Free Month or Week, door contest, poster contest, writing contest • Survey parents • Parents given access to books for parents: Protect Your Child From Bullying by Allan L. Beane, Ph.D. www.bullyfree.com

  20. Invite parents to presentations about bullying • Supervise safe room for victims • Help make bully free bulletin boards, banners, and posters www.bullyfree.com

  21. Community Involvement and Education Strategies Plan(pages 150-151) • Local civic organizations sponsor series of presentations/seminars in community. • Ask youth program directors (i.e., Girl Scout Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders, Youth Ministers, YMCA Directors, etc.) to attend anti-bullying presentations/training. www.bullyfree.com

  22. Ask faith-based organizations to focus on bullying – “Golden Rule” or “School Safety” month or week. • Ask community volunteers to help supervise high-risk areas in the school. • Ask representatives to identify high-risk areas in the community and improve supervision of these areas. www.bullyfree.com

  23. With permission, ask local business to raise funds for help school be Bully Free (i.e., to purchase materials, to provide training, etc.) • Ask service organizations to organize effort to involve students in service (helping) projects. • Ask business to contribute discount certificates to be used in the school’s Welcome Wagon Program. www.bullyfree.com

  24. Step 17: Review and Confirm the Implementation and Completion of Program Components and Activities. (page 154) www.bullyfree.com

  25. Determine what program strategies, activities, and materials have been implemented as planned and those that were not. www.bullyfree.com

  26. Conduct: • Staff Focus Meetings • Student Focus Meetings • Parent Focus Meetings www.bullyfree.com

  27. Step 18: Re-administer Survey Instruments, analyze Pre- and Post-Data, and Make Improvements. (page 157) www.bullyfree.com

  28. Re-administer Surveys (page 157) • Re-examine Existing Data: (page 158) • Examine Bullying Reports and Notes Taken During Focus Meetings (page 158) • Do Not Relax! (page 158) www.bullyfree.com

  29. Step 19: Celebrate Success and Plan for Next Year. (page 161) www.bullyfree.com

  30. Celebrate Success • Make public the program’s success through: • Newspapers • Newsletters • Other media www.bullyfree.com

  31. Have a Celebration Open House at school • Share data indicating effectiveness • Ask students to give testimonies and role play • Display Bully Free Bulletin Boards, Banners and Posters www.bullyfree.com

  32. Display Bully Free Campaign items: • T-shirts • Posters from Poster Contest • Pictures of decorated doors from door contest • Etc. www.bullyfree.com

  33. Prevent and Stop Bullying Now! • Bully Free Presentations for: • Students • School Personnel • School Resource Officers • Youth Workers/Ministers • Parents • Workshops and Keynote Addresses www.bullyfree.com

  34. Questions www.bullyfree.com

  35. I Challenge You! I Dare You! www.bullyfree.com

  36. Together We Can Make Your Schools and School Buses Bully Free www.bullyfree.com

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