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A SAFE SCHOOL FOR ALL

A SAFE SCHOOL FOR ALL. How to Build a Multi-tiered Bullying Prevention Program. Kelly Rowe, School Social Worker Margaret Kubek, School Social Worker Green Bay Area Public Schools. PRESENTATION FORMAT. Overview of Bullying Build a Program that is Student-driven Multi-tiered Strategies

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A SAFE SCHOOL FOR ALL

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  1. A SAFE SCHOOL FOR ALL • How to Build a Multi-tiered • Bullying Prevention Program

  2. Kelly Rowe, School Social WorkerMargaret Kubek, School Social WorkerGreen Bay Area Public Schools

  3. PRESENTATION FORMAT • Overview of Bullying • Build a Program that is Student-driven • Multi-tiered Strategies • Role of the Bystander • Various Ways to Report Bullying • Anonymous online • Text • In person • Individual Interventions • Follow Up Forms

  4. What is Bullying?An Imbalance of PowerRepeated Over TimeIntentional Harm

  5. Bullying and the School’s Response When is a school liable for student-on-student bullying? The standard laid down by the Supreme Court in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (1999) is whether the school has shown “deliberate indifference.” In Davis, the Court held that a school is liable for damages if it failed to respond to known acts of severe student-on-student harassment, thereby creating an environment that denies the victim equal access to education. (Law and Education Blog, http://lawandeducation.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/pushing-the-limits-of-deliberate-indifference/)

  6. Bullying and the School’s Response According to the ACLU, public schools that ignore or inadequately respond to harassment and bullying of LGBT students pay significantly for such discriminatory treatment. Cases challenging a school district’s deliberate indifference to bullying against students because of actual or perceived LGBT status have led to damages awards or settlements as high as $1.1 million. (http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/model_letter_-_harassment_open_letter_4_6_2012.pdf)

  7. Bullying and the School’s Response IT’S WHAT’S BEST FOR KIDS!

  8. Using Your School’s YRBS Results During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property? Heterosexual 26%     LGBTQ 48% Native American 38% Mostly Ds and Fs 32%

  9. BUILDING A STUDENT-DRIVEN PROGRAMGroup Size - The Benefits of a Small Group and a Large GroupSmall Group Exercise

  10. MULTI-TIERED STRATEGIES • Student-led presentations in classrooms • GSAFE Training • Presentations by High School Students at the Middle and Elementary School Level • Student Panel • It Happens Day • Candy Cane Event

  11. STRATEGIES THAT FOCUS ON THE BYSTANDER

  12. Other StrategiesWHAT ARE YOUR GREAT IDEAS? Small Group Exercise

  13. CREATE A SCHOOL CLIMATE THAT ENCOURAGESSTUDENTS TO REPORT BULLYING – CONFIDENTIALITY IS KEY

  14. REPORTING: INCORPORATE VARIOUS REPORTING FORMATS • Online Anonymous Reporting • Texting Reports • Create a climate of trust that encourages in-person reporting • Anonymous Reporting • Reporting Form

  15. FOLLOW UP FORMS • Administrative Tracking Form • Bullied Student Form • Alleged Offender Form

  16. DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES CONSISTENT DOCUMENTATIONCase StudySmall Group Exercise

  17. SUCCESSES&CHALLENGES

  18. THANK YOU! • Kelly Rowe, kmrowe@gbaps.org • Margaret Kubek, mekubek@gbaps.org

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