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KCSS thanks all who are participating in the online Our Safety Story Pledge across Kentucky:
Click Here to Take the Our Safety Story Pledge...Kindness*Unity*Empathy
Click Here to Check Your County's Statistics
>1,000 Pledges: Floyd County,
LaRue County, Pendleton County, Union County, McCreary
County, Clinton County, Russell County, Warren County/
Bowling Green Independent, Campbell County/ Bellevue
Independent/ Dayton Independent/ Ft. Thomas Independent/
Newport Independent/ Silver Grove Independent/ Southgate
Independent, Muhlenberg County, Calloway County/ Murray
Independent, Christian County, Johnson County/ Paintsville
Independent, Bullitt County, Kenton County/ Beechwood
Independent/ Covington Independent/ Erlanger-Elsmere
Independent/ Ludlow Independent, Barren County/ Glasgow
Independent/ Caverna Independent, Monroe County, Graves
County/ Mayfield Independent, Breckinridge County/
Cloverport Independent, Boyd County/ Fairview Independent/
Ashland Independent, Henderson County, Marshall County,
McCracken County/ Paducah Independent, Meade County, Hardin
County/ West Point Independent/ Elizabethtown Independent,
Boyle County/ Danville Independent/ Kentucky School for the
Deaf, Grayson County
500-999 Pledges:
Lewis County, Marion County, Logan County/ Russellville
Independent,
Cumberland County, Webster County, Greenup
County/ Raceland-Worthington Independent/ Russell
Independent, Carroll County, Jessamine County,
Taylor County/ Campbellsville Independent, Hopkins County/
Dawson Springs Independent, Henry County/ Eminence Independent, Trimble
County, Fleming County, Hickman County,
Boone County/ Walton-Verona Independent, Whitley County/
Corbin Independent/ Williamsburg Independent, Lawrence
County, Allen County, Estill County, Lincoln County
250-499 Pledges: Robertson County, Mercer County/ Burgin
Independent,
Magoffin County, Morgan County, Carter County, Wolfe County,
Fulton County/ Fulton Independent,
Casey County, Hart County, Grant County/ Williamstown Independent, Menifee County, Bath County, Powell
County, Ohio
County, Livingston County, McLean County, Owen County, Wayne County,
Simpson County, Martin County, Fayette County, Gallatin
County, Ballard County, Daviess County/ Owensboro
Independent, Harrison County
50-249 Pledges:
Butler County, Carlisle County, Green County, Adair County,
Garrard County, Metcalfe County, Pike County/ Pikeville
Independent, Harlan County/ Harlan Independent, Pulaski
County/ Science Hill Independent/ Somerset Independent,
Madison County/ Berea Independent, Letcher County/ Jenkins
Independent, Trigg County, Crittenden County, Breathitt
County/Jackson Independent, Lee County, Lyon County,
Jefferson County/ Anchorage Independent/ Kentucky School for
the Blind, Knox County/ Barbourville Independent, Washington
County, Bracken County/ Augusta Independent, Caldwell
County, Nicholas County, Owsley County
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Below are quick links to accompany the KY Safe Schools Week Lessons and Web Ideas
Developing Empathy Through Retold Fairy Tales - KET
Education – PBS Learning - Learning about empathy helps
students connect to others within their family, class,
community, and beyond. ... As an optional extension
activity, students write about an experience from their
own life regarding empathy. ... Prep for Teachers.
Examine the media resources to familiarize yourself with
the lesson content.
Teacher's Guide: Empathy (Grades 3 to 5)
- KidsHealth in the Classroom - To develop empathy,
students can be encouraged to become aware of others’
feelings and to see situations from alternate points of
view. These activities will help your students explore
how to reach out to others, in words and actions.
Teacher's Guide: Empathy (Grades 6 to 8)
- KidsHealth in the Classroom -
Whether it’s helping someone who
dropped her books or listening to
someone who’s feeling down, empathy
is an important part of students’
lives. These activities will help
your students understand what
empathy is and how they can be more
compassionate toward others.
4 Proven Strategies for Teaching Empathy
- Edutopia
- Here are some strategies to use with students to help develop both
affective and cognitive empathy. Modeling. Teaching
Point of View. Using Literature to Teach Different
Perspectives. Listening Actively to Others. Being
Metacognitive About One's State of Empathy.
Developing Empathy | Teaching Tolerance – Teaching
Tolerance – Grades 5-8 - This lesson helps students gain
a deeper understanding of empathy and how to put it into
practice. …
40 Kindness Activities & Empathy Worksheets for Students
and Adults – Positive Psychology Program –
Learn how to target kindness and empathy
development, building on our natural tendencies and
enhancing our capacity to care about others. …
A Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools - Start
Empathy - Practicing empathy leads to improved
classroom management and more time for learning.
Students arrive each day ready to learn, and teachers
are better equipped to deal with the social and
emotional needs of their students. Schools that are
committed to empathetic teaching and practices enjoy
improved teacher efficacy.
We All Teach SEL: Empathy Activities and Tools for
Students ... Common Sense Education - Building
SEL (social and emotional learning) skills such as
empathy requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful
discussion, and reflection. Edtech is no complete
substitute for that, but there are tools that can
supplement the development of character in the classroom
and at home.
Empathy in Your Classroom: TRY THESE ACTIVITIES TO BUILD
EMPATHY AND COMMUNITY – The Teachers Guild – In a
10-week design journey, The Teachers Guild asked its
network of optimistic educators across the country to
design and share ideas to cultivate empathy in their
classrooms. This project generated over a hundred
solutions, and sparked active conversations on and
offline about the limits of empathy in schools and the
...
Lesson Plans - NetSmartz
- All NetSmartz
lesson plans can be tailored to meet multiple
Common Core and ISTE ... NetSmartzKids.org while
learning about the four rules of Internet
safety. …
FREE RESOURCE: Operation Respect
- Operation
Respect is a non-profit organization working to assure each
child and youth a respectful, safe and
compassionate climate of learning where their academic, social and
emotional development can flourish. Founded by Peter
Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, the organization disseminates
educational resources that are designed to establish a
climate that reduces the emotional and physical
cruelty some children inflict up on each other by behaviours such as
ridicule, bullying and-in extreme cases-violence.
Safe Schools For Kids Video -
Kentucky State Police - KSP has unveiled its new
Safe Schools Program for younger kids! In an effort
to teach kids about school safety, and not scare
them, they are providing this video for schools to
use as a recourse for their kids. They welcome any
school or organization to utilize this video as a
tool in their classroom. Feel free to use the
streaming link from YouTube, or download the file
here.
KCSS
Empathy Website Page - This page
includes: resources, handouts, PowerPoints,
videos, and more.
Creating a Culture of Kindness in Your Classroom
– Scholastic - Teaching kindness
to kids is more important than
ever before. Use these ideas and
resources to create a culture of
kindness with your class ...
5 Ways to Teach Kindness to Kids –
Highlights – (Parents) The more opportunities we give
kids to show caring and concern for others, the greater
the likelihood they will become the change agents they
want to be, helping to create a kinder world. …
9 Tips for Teaching Kindness in the Classroom
– PBS Education - One of the best ways to teach kindness
in the classroom is to model being kind ... We spend
several months focused on learning “The 7 Habits of
Happy Kids. ... a pencil, but they can also help you
play games or read with you.
Prevent bullying and show kindness –
National Bullying Prevention Center – Students can make
a “Kindness Catcher” - A fun way to get ideas for being
kind to others and other activities.
Play nice: How to teach kids to be kind
– Today Show – (Parents) Every parent has probably said,
“play nicely” or “be kind to your sister.”. And most of
us agree that we want to raise caring children But is
kindness something you can really teach? ... “If you
want your child to be kind, you are wasting your breath
lecturing them,” said Mary ...
Getting Along – KidsHealth in the
Classroom - Family, friends, and teachers are a big part
of kids' lives. .... My brother and I fight over pretty
much everything — what games to play, what shows to
watch, who.
Common Sense Education - Lessons and games:
We All Teach SEL: Compassion Activities and Tools for Students ...
– Resources to integrate compassion into every
classroom, every day. ... Students play
spatial-reasoning games, building bridges and stairs to
...
Games That Support Kindness and Compassion
– Common Sense Media - Although many video games focus
on violence over acts of kindness, many out there can
help kids see other viewpoints, celebrate others'
traditions, and learn ...
Screen Out the Mean
– (Grades K-2) What can you do when someone is mean to you online? Students will be able to ... analyze online behaviors that could be considered cyberbullying, explain how to deal with a cyberbullying situation, and recognize the importance of engaging a trusted adult when they experience cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line
– (Grades 6-8) When does inappropriate online behavior
cross the line into cyberbullying, and what can you do
about it? Students will be able to ... analyze online
bullying behaviors that “cross the line” and learn about
the various ways that students can be cyberbullied,
including flaming, deceiving, and harassing.
Cyberbullying and Digital Drama
– Common Sense – “Digital Citizenship” Lessons (K-12) -
Students can learn what to do if they are involved in a
cyberbullying situation as well as ways of how to stop
cyberbullying by exploring the roles people play and how
individual actions — both negative and positive — can
impact their friends and broader communities.
Introduce students to DIGITAL PASSPORT™
– (Grades 3-5) Common Sense Education’s award-winning
suite of engaging games that address key issues facing
kids in today's digital world. They teach critical
skills related to digital safety, respect, and
community. Teachers receive robust reporting of
individuals and groups’ gameplay. Each of the five games
include videos, three levels of gameplay, collaborative
offline activities, teacher wraparound materials, and
aligned Digital Citizenship lessons. … In E-volve,
students make choices about what to do if they or their
friends are cyberbullied. They are encouraged to
"evolve" into an “Upstander” – someone who takes action
to stop cyberbullying, rather than standing by.
Top Games That Teach Empathy –
Common Sense Education - Explore this Top Games That
Teach Empathy Top Picks list of 27 tools curated ...
Toto's Treehouse invites kids to play and explore --
just the way they learn best.
Best Empathy Games, Apps, and Websites for Kids
– Common Sense Media editors help you choose Best
Empathy Games, Apps, and Websites for Kids. No one will
deny that screens have completely changed the ways that
kids and teens interact, but the question of whether
they make them more or less empathic is somewhat up for
debate. These digital tools help teach kids
to think about how other people feel and to emphasize
the value of human relationships -- even from behind a
screen. And for more games that build character, try
Common Sense Media's
Games That Support Kindness and Compassion. Browse Best
Empathy Games, Apps, and Websites for Kids - All ages -
Preschoolers (2-4) Little Kids (5-7) Big Kids (8-9)
Tweens (10-12) Teens (13+)
Best for Character Development: Recommendations for Families
– Common Sense Media - Developing character strengths
and life skills is essential to kids' overall growth and
success. Traits and strategies like communication,
compassion, courage, curiosity, empathy, gratitude,
humility, integrity, perseverance, self-control, and
teamwork help kids learn, create, and relate to other
people (as well as themselves) in healthy ways.
All ages Preschoolers (2-4) Little Kids (5-7) Big Kids
(8-9) Tweens (10-12) Teens (13+)
Safe Schools Week 2019 PowerPoint Presentation
- Use this PowerPoint as an overview for KY Safe
Schools Week.
Download PDF Version
Various Classroom PowerPoints
are available -
Bullying PowerPoint Presentation
- (Download PDF Version) This powerpoint explains what bullying is and how to deal with situations if
you feel like a victim.
CyberBullying PowerPoint Presentation
- (Download PDF Version) CyberBullying: This downloadable powerpoint is a brief overview of cyber bullying and includes a definition, statistics and communication.
Sexting PowerPoint Presentation
-
(Download PDF Version)
This powerpoint is an overview of sexting which includes a definition, the consequences and the ramifications if caught with sexting photos.
Mean Girls, Beware the Pack is Back!!!
- As school begins we need to be aware that "The
Pack is Back." Mean girls will be in your halls in
full force. In this presentation we will identify
"The Mean Girl Pack" and do soul searching to
identify who we are and how to become a better
person a "Super Hero." Mean girls use relational
aggression which is a kind of social torment
(bullying) that often exists without parents and
teachers even noticing.
The Foundation for a Better Life
creates public service campaigns to communicate positive values. “Locker” - In this motivational commercial a boy is accosted by bullies at school, but pleasantly surprised when he is helped by another student. This models a positive example of reaching out to someone else in need. “Cafeteria” – Girls are sometimes more verbally aggressive and this commercial shows how a new student is mistreated, just because she is new. On a positive note, she is rescued by a student doing the right thing by making a choice to treat her with respect.
Sesame Street: Mark Ruffalo: Empathy – YouTube -
Video for Sesame Street empathy episode. Mark
Ruffalo and Murray talk about the word "Empathy".
Animated Story of Spookley -
YouTube - Elementary Lesson Plan - Spookley the
Square Pumpkin by Pacer is a square pumpkin who
lives in a round pumpkin patch world. Spookley helps
students understand that everyone is unique and has
feelings.
How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids
– YouTube - Through the story of a little boy
named Felix, this book explains to children how
being kind not only helps others, it helps them,
too. As he goes about his day, Felix interacts with
different people … Using the metaphor of a bucket
and dipper, Felix' grandfather explains why the
happy people make Felix feel good, while the others
leave him feeling bad -- and how Felix himself is
affecting others, whether he means to or not.
The Most Inspirational video - Empathy – YouTube
- Inspirational video made for Cleveland
Clinic - If we could see inside other peoples
hearts --- "Could a greater miracle take place than
for us to look through each other's eyes for an
instant" Henry David Thoreau
"Under The Surface" - Empathy Film – YouTube -
The Knowledge Center, Inc. - "If you had knowledge
of others experience" -- "You only understand people
if you feel them in yourself." John Steinbeck.
Safety Tipline, Online Prevention
- (KOHS) S.T.O.P.! Tipline is an "online"
reporting/prevention tool. If students, parents or
community members know of an unsafe situation in
school (bullying, weapons, drugs or alcohol, etc.),
they can anonymously pass on that information to
school personnel by using this basic email format.
Contact Jason Childers
Jason.childers@ky.gov
Bark Monitoring Tool for Schools - Bark - Bark for
Schools provides a FREE world-class online safety solution
for K-12 schools in the U.S. Our comprehensive solution
comprises G Suite and Office 365 student account
monitoring, Chrome/Chromebook monitoring, and a web
content filter that categorizes and blocks harmful and
inappropriate domains.
Kentucky School Safety Bill SB 1
Governor Matt Bevin ceremoniously signed Senate Bill 1, also known as the School Safety and Resiliency Act, into law.
Click here to view more photos of this event
Click here to view SB 1
Bullying Prevention Checklist:
- Jon Akers, Executive Director of KCSS, offer
suggestions for principals to consider when establishing
bullying/harassment standards within their respective
schools. This is not an all-inclusive list…but it
is a good start for principals to reflect and act
accordingly.
OnGuardOnline.gov
- (The Federal Trade Commission)
OnGuardOnline.gov is a
partner in the
Stop.Think.Connect. campaign, led by the
Department of Homeland Security, and part of the National
Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, led by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. It has many free
downloads and videos available for schools and communities.
From SAMHSA - Get Know Bullying,
the free app from SAMHSA that can prevent bullying.
Research shows that parents and caregivers who spend at
least 15 minutes a day talking with their child can build
the foundation for a strong relationship and help prevent
bullying.
Safe Schools For Kids Video -
Kentucky State Police - KSP has unveiled its new
Safe Schools Program for younger kids! In an effort
to teach kids about school safety, and not scare
them, they are providing this video for schools to
use as a recourse for their kids. They welcome any
school or organization to utilize this video as a
tool in their classroom. Feel free to use the
streaming link from YouTube, or download the file
here.
Resources for students & parents include: Student Resources, Parent Resources
Lesson Plans - NetSmartz - All NetSmartz
lesson plans can be tailored to meet multiple
Common Core and ISTE ... NetSmartzKids.org while
learning about the four rules of Internet
safety. …
PACER's Site 4 Teens
-
PACER'S National Center for Bully Prevention This
site for middle and high school students includes interactive sections on
defining bullying, feelings about bullying, how to respond
to bullying and scenarios/ testimonials from students who
have been bullied. Search the website by clicking on
the headings across the top of page, “Identify”, “Respond”,
“Listen” etc., to access useful and up-to-date
information about how to approach and prevent bullying.
Kids Against Bullying Site
- PACER'S
National Center for Bully Prevention This site has many
creative resources to educate elementary students about
bullying. It includes an animated cast of characters, information,
celebrity videos, Webisodes, interactive games, animation,
contests, and other activities.
From
SAMHSA - Get to Know Bullying, the
free app from SAMHSA that can prevent bullying.
Research shows that parents and caregivers who spend
at least 15 minutes a day talking with their child
can build the foundation for a strong relationship
and help prevent bullying.
Common Sense
Media addresses top parenting
concerns including cyberbullying, cell phone
guidelines, character and life skills, etc. Also,
the website has independent reviews, age ratings, and other information about all types of media.
OnGuardOnline.gov
- (The Federal Trade Commission)
OnGuardOnline.gov is a partner in the
Stop.Think.Connect. campaign, led by the Department of
Homeland Security, and part of the National Initiative for
Cybersecurity Education, led by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology. It has many free downloads and
videos available for schools and communities.
Just for You: Parents - Resources to help you talk to
your kids about online safety and responsibility.
Lesson Plan for Elementary School Children
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
Students in grades 2-6 learn what they can do
when they see bullying or are bullied.
The Kentucky Center for School Safety website has a
“Parent Resource” page with materials, handouts, etc. from this
site and others that might be useful.
Community Action Plan Materials
- The Bullying Prevention Materials are
research-based resources that can help you lead
bullying prevention efforts in your communities.
Bullying can be prevented, especially when the power
of a community is brought together. Community-wide
strategies can help identify and support children
who are bullied, redirect the behavior of children
who bully, and change the attitudes of adults and
youth who tolerate bullying behaviors in peer
groups, schools, and communities.
Successful
Community Efforts to Prevent Bullying
– Edutopia - The
strongest anti-bullying campaigns include students,
faculty, parents—and the larger community as well.
Involving the whole community in bullying prevention
ensures that not only the students and staff but
also the parents and the larger community work
toward shared goals of kindness, inclusion, and
acceptance. This approach begins with parent
education and moves to getting the community
involved in the school. Finally, getting the school
involved in the community promises a greater
possibility for sustained change. This article
suggests ideas for parent and community involvement
in anti-bullying activities.
The
Stopbullying.gov
site has content for both kids and adults:
Twelve animated webisodes (1-2 min) on how kids
deal with bullies at their school (with
discussion questions); bullying games); facts
about bullying for kids; videos on how to deal
with bullying; and what kids can do if they see
bullying.