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Bullying & Harassment Bullying & Harassment Prevention and Awareness Prevention and Awareness
Jonathan Brice, Executive DirectorJonathan Brice, Executive DirectorOffice of Student Support and SafetyOffice of Student Support and Safety
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What is Bullying & Harassment?What is Bullying & Harassment?
From City Schools Board Administrative Regulation JICK-RA: Adopted by Board of School Commissioner October 2010
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From NEW Federal Government resource for bullying and harassment: http://bullyinginfo.org.
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National Bullying Data National Bullying Data
Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school and being cyber-bullied anywhere during the school year, by sex: 2007
*Cyber-bullying includes threats/insults made by instant messaging, text messaging and on the internet.Data obtained from the U.S. Dept of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics
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Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Dear Colleagues Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Dear Colleagues MemoMemo
MUST: Review the OCR FACT Sheet.Encouraged: Read the Dear Colleagues Letter.
Selected Excerpt from Dear Colleagues Letter:
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Reporting and Investigation: Reporting and Investigation: For Parents, Students and SchoolsFor Parents, Students and Schools
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City Schools Bullying/Harassment City Schools Bullying/Harassment IncidentsIncidents
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City Schools Suspension DataCity Schools Suspension Data
1 Bullying became a new suspension category in SY06/07.2 Few LEAs reported bullying suspensions in SY05/06, including Baltimore County (reported zero) and Prince George’s (reported zero).
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SY 03/04 SY 04/05 SY 05/06 SY 06/07 SY 07/08 SY 08/09 SY09/10All Suspensions 26,324 16,641 15,031 16,752 14,744 11,059 9,712Bullying Suspensions N/A1 N/A1 02 37 91 109 157Fighting Suspensions 4,787 3,044 3,109 2,946 3,239 2,622 2,567
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City Schools DataCity Schools Data
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City Schools DataCity Schools Data
Satisfactory Responses
SY07-08 #
SY07-08 %
SY08-09 #
SY08- 09 %
SY09-10 #
SY09-10 %
Students 31,048 63.9% 37,771 55.2% 41,075 59.1%
Parents 13,022 86.1% 15,568 86.4% 16,017 88.2%
Staff 5,168 72.2% 6,403 73.0% 5,168 73.8%
Climate Survey- Overall School Safety Indicator
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Focus for City Schools SY10-11Focus for City Schools SY10-11
1. Increase Schools Focus on Building Positive Staff and Student Relationships
2. Teach Students Acceptable Norms for Behavior through Health Education of Character Education Curriculum (Great Body Shop/Too Good for Drugs)
3. Support School Staff in Building Effective School Climate and Culture (PBIS)
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Strategy to Address Bullying & Strategy to Address Bullying & HarassmentHarassment
Awareness & PreventionIntervention (includes full range of Consequences as
outlined in the Code of Conduct)Engage community-based partners so that resources
are available at the school levelSchool Improvement Plan integrates resources, school
needs, and community support
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Awareness & PreventionAwareness & Prevention
City Schools provides diverse bullying awareness & prevention strategies during the school year and during Bullying Prevention Week to include: Restorative Justice strategies Student led writing and drama productions about the danger of
bullying behavior Teaching & re-teaching the Code of Conduct Lessons that focus
on bullying prevention Part of Safety Stat process that looks at data for all schools
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Current Prevention StrategiesCurrent Prevention Strategies
Professional Development/Awareness—Targeted at principals and school staff during summer 2009. Students and parents were informed about expectations for behavior in August and September of 2009. Principals and leadership staff training summer of 2010. Regular updates provided in person and electronically during school year.
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS)–Expanded PBIS from 44 school implementation in SY08-09 to 61 in SY09-10. PBIS implementation in SY10-11 includes 93 schools, 100% of which submitted their baseline climate evaluation to the state in November.
School-based Character Education Programs
Youth Development –Expansion of programs designed to give students voice in their education. Student government, Youth Ambassadors, and school created programs for student development. Every school with secondary grades has a registered student government Youth Ambassadors program working with 500 students across all secondary schools during the school year. Served 300
students in summer program summer 2009. Served about 400 students summer 2010.
Mental Health Counseling- Counseling is made available to students that are victims of bullying and perpetrators of bullying, counseling services are provided by guidance counselors, social workers, and psychologists SY09-10 103 schools with services, 37 schools targeting middle school students. Continued targeted services in SY10-11. 8,830 Students receiving individual or group treatment 23,748 Direct Services Related to Individual Student/Group Treatment SY09/10 YTD Emergency Petitions & Evaluation 30
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Current Intervention StrategiesCurrent Intervention Strategies
Student Support Teams
Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plan training for schools Targeted assistance training and support ongoing during SY10-11. During SY09-10, City School Social Workers presented approximately 50 staff trainings at their
assigned schools on bullying prevention and behavioral interventions when bullying occurs. Training for 125 City School Psychologists and 204 Social Workers, who play lead roles at the
school team level, was a major focus of the project this year. The FBA/BIP project team provided, targeted technical assistance to approximately 30 schools,
and provided assistance to approximately 60 schools who requested student-specific technical assistance or experienced difficulty with students being suspended due to their behavior.
Code of Conduct interventions Levels 1-4– Includes Student/parent conferences, In-school suspension, Suspension or Expulsion
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School Anti-Bullying & Harassment School Anti-Bullying & Harassment ActivitiesActivities
School leadership teams integrate as part of School Improvement Plan
Communicate anti-bullying and harassment stance through multiple media to all stakeholders including students, parents, teachers
Engage students in the discussion by incorporating interactive lessons
Use of interventions that include community conferencing, mediation
Involve related service resources such as social workers and psychologists as well as external partners
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Examples of School Anti-Bullying & Examples of School Anti-Bullying & Harassment ActivitiesHarassment Activities
School Examples of Activities
Elementary Held a parent meeting with the 5th grade. Made posters, crease slogans, anti-bullying morning announcements, eagle buck incentives.
Elem/Middle Counselor visited each class with presentation on bullying. Eagle Bucks and t-shirts for good behavior (PBIS). Used video Matilda and class discussions. Anti-bullying posters displayed. Discussions about violence in the media ad kindness.
Elem/Middle Workshop held with grades 4-6 with video and worksheet. Program held for entire student body, with song “Don’t Bully” and poem “Bully Free”. Bullying video shared with teachers, and teachers given activities to do with students. Each student created posters, which were entered into City Schools competition, and posted throughout the school.
High Used attendance at a dance as a monthly incentive for PBIS. Students could earn back a portion of foregone PBIS bucks by completing service learning hours.
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Sampling of Current Partners that Support City Sampling of Current Partners that Support City Schools’ Anti-Bullying EffortsSchools’ Anti-Bullying Efforts
1. Community Conferencing- Works with schools to provide Daily Rap group meetings, and conferencing services for students, staff and parents involved in disruptive incidents in schools. During SY09-10, worked with 56 schools and had 184 cases referred During SY08-09, worked with 55 schools and had 126 cases referred
2. John’s Hopkins (Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence)-provides research and
best practices to City Schools in prevention of youth violence. During SY10-11, will train 12 schools in Paths to Pax During SY09-10, trained 13 schools in Paths to Pax During SY08-09, trained 9 schools in Paths to Pax
3. Community Mediation –Works with students, staff and parents to mediate conflicts that impact the school environment. During SY09-10, 3 mediations in 2 schools During SY08-09, 9 mediations in 7 schools
4. Mariposa Child Success Programs- Mariposa Child Success Programs fill a critical need for parenting education and professional training that fosters the emotional health and well-being of children. During SY09-10, worked with 1 school (also 1 school on Promoting School Success) During SY08-09, worked with 2 schools
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Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources
NEW: City Schools website with bullying and harassment updates and resources. Click on Office of Student Support under “Departments,” then on Bullying and Harassment. Or click here.
NEW: Promising Practices from School-based Leaders, course on TSS. NEW: Federal Government resource for bullying and harassment, just launched after the release of the Dear
Colleagues letter. http://bullyinginfo.org. “Stop Bullying Now” – Website created by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with
other public service, youth and community organizations that targets youth between the ages of 9 through 13 years. http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Bullying Website: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/15plus/educate/
National Crime Prevention Council’s Tips for Principal’s on Reducing School Violence: http://www.ncpc.org/cms/cms-upload/ncpc/files/principals12.pdf
OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program: http://www.olweus.org/public/index.page Resources for School Mental Health Clinicians : http://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/Resources/Clin/BullyClin The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp Preventing Classroom Bullying: What Teachers Can Do:
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/bully/bullyBooklet.pdf “Teens Against Bullying” – Website developed by Pacer Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational
Rights) that’s good for middle school/high school students: http://www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org/
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Questions and Follow-UpQuestions and Follow-Up
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