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October 19-25, 2008 |
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Monday |
Disasters, Drills and Practice |
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Tuesday |
Curriculum,
Counseling and Relationships |
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Administrators
- Review the
Steps for Administrators on Bullying
- Conduct an
anonymous survey to see if the students/teacher
perceive a bully problem at you school
Free Bullying Survey from the
University of Louisville
- Review your
districts bullying policy to make sure includes
policies on Cyberbullying
- Use the school
announcements or newsletters to inform
students/teachers/parents on school safety
matters (bullying, Cyberbullying, gangs, etc.)
- Review the
National Youth Prevention Fact Sheet on
Gangs to make yourself more aware of gangs
activities in your schools and neighborhood-
Consider some of the suggestions listed: school
uniforms, curfews, setting zero tolerance
policies, etc.
- Consider
starting or enhancing peer mediation programs in
your school district. One example is the
Solutions Though Peer Mediation .
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Teachers
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To address bullying issues review the following
lesson plans and consider starting peer
mediation programs.
Watch
Groark video and have a class discussion
(Primary Grades)
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Monday-Friday
Anti-Bully Lesson plans can be found at the
National Center for
Bully
Prevention Website.
(Elementary, Middle-High)
- Lesson Plans and
classroom activities for
"Building a Bullying Classroom Community and
Bully-Free Zone" from PBS for grades 3-7.
- Have a class
discussion about gangs and gangs in the
community-you might be surprised at what you
find out. Use this information to suggest
alternatives to gangs and gang related
activities. Use online
Lessons plans for middle school age
students.
- Use informative
powerpoint prepared by
Lt. Ken Armstrong and
Officer Todd Phillips, Lexington Police
Department,
intended
for
use with both schools and communities on
criminal street gangs in our schools,
"What to
Look For and What You Can Do to Address Them"
- Elementary
is a great time to start lessons on substance
abuse.
Instructor has a lesson plan to view and use
in your classroom.
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Give
awards out to the students you noticed that
handled a conflict/situation in an appropriate
manner.
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Students
- Middle School &
High School Students-Keep a
bullying journal for one week. Log situations
where bullying occurred within your classroom,
in hallways and school grounds. It would also
be good to list incidents that happen where
students hang out outside of school (mall, park,
restaurant, etc). In each incident log how you
felt, what you saw and what the outcome was and
what you wish the outcome would have been.
- Check out
Pacer Center’s Kids Against Bullying
website. It has games, curriculum, polls,
videos, sceneries and more...
- Consider
starting a mentoring program for younger
students, you can do this individually or start
a Anti-Bully club. Pacer Organization has a
Bully 101
Program that will help guide you.
(Middle and High School)
- Newspapers in
Education has valuable information in a quick
format. Look at an issue entitled
Stay Smart it covers drugs and alcohol.
- Start a Peer
Mediation club at school, much like a debate
club. Research ways to reduce conflict through
problem solving skills rather than harsh words
or physical contact.
- Kentucky Safe
Schools Edition of Newspaper in Education
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