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Dignity for All Students Act

Dignity for All Students Act. President Obama’s message.

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Dignity for All Students Act

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  1. Dignity for All Students Act

  2. President Obama’s message

  3. New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act seeks to provide the state’s public school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus and/or at a school function. Dignity Act

  4. Goes in effect July 1, 2012 Heightened awareness New information for students and teachers Dignity in School

  5. Being worthy of respect Being worthy of honor Dignity

  6. Creation of an unpleasant or hostile situation Can be verbal or physical Interferes with students’ academic performance Harassment

  7. Unfair treatment of a person or group Based on prejudice (preconceived judgment or opinion) Behavior that treats people unfairly and unequally because of the group to which they belong. Discrimination

  8. When someone repeatedly and purposefully says or does mean or hurtful things to another person. Bullying

  9. Powerful message

  10. Actual or Perceived Race Ethnic Group National Origin Religion Disability Appearance Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Sex No discrimination based on…

  11. Cornering Shoving Hitting Pinching Kicking Hair pulling Nuggeting Pantsing Examples: Physical

  12. Name calling Putting others down Making threats Spreading rumors “That’s so gay.” “That’s retarded.” Examples: Verbal

  13. Excluding/Leaving Someone Out Dirty looks Rude gestures Spreading rumors Examples: Social

  14. Derogatory/slanderous Facebook messages Posing as someone else online Threatening text messages Website to “slam” someone else Inappropriate pictures/altered pictures Forwarding/passing on bullying messages Examples: Cyberbullying

  15. Stop: responding to that person Copy/Print: keep a record Block: further communication Report: to a trusted adult or law enforcement What to do about Cyberbullying

  16. What would you do?

  17. Unsafe Ashamed Angry Confused DistressedLonely Depressed Afraid Uncomfortable Feelings…

  18. Any person having reasonable cause to suspect that a student has been subjected to discrimination or harassment by an employee or student on school grounds or at a school function, may make a report to school officials or to law enforcement without fearing retaliatory action, so long as he/she acts reasonably and in good faith. Reporters are protected

  19. Report to a trusted adult if bullied Report to a trusted adult if you see it happening to someone else Keep reporting… Treat everyone with respect and dignity What to do now?

  20. Make a difference

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