Professional Development For Teachers and School Staff

Full Day

Is Your Staff Really Prepared To Stop Bullying???

“Bullying often goes undetected by teachers, school staff, and parents. In fact, adults typically identify less than 10 percent of bullying incidents -- partly because bullying tends to occur in unsupervised areas and partly because many adults simply do not understand the dynamics of bullying. Adults throughout the school community -- including administrators, teachers, health personnel, bus drivers, and cafeteria workers -- require training on this important issue if they are to understand, recognize, and know how to deal with bullying. “

Get your staff on to the “same page “concerning bullying prevention and discipline. This interactive, on-site workshop for teachers and school staff stops bullying in four easy steps while providing a ‘same page’ response from staff that ‘nips bullying in the bud’. You’ll find easy to use lessons and activities you’ll use every day to teach empathy and respect. Learn how to improve the culture of your school and motivate student bystanders to get involved and stop bullying.

Workshop Agenda

• Identifying Bullying before it starts
  
• Defining Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Social Aggression And Other Acts Of Misconduct.
  
• Common Traits Of Bullies, Targets And The Crowd
  
• Consequences To Address Bullying
  
• BREAK
  
• Same Page Mentality To Stop Bullying
  
• Staff Responsibility
  
• 4-Step Response To Bullying
  
• Teasing vs. Taunting
  
• Chart Activity
  
• LUNCH
  
• Group Questions
  
• Lessons and Activities That Teach Empathy, Friendship And Respect
  
• Respect/Disrespect/Bullying Lesson
  
• Teaching Empathy
  
• BREAK
  
• Social Aggression and Cyber Bullying
  
• Strategies to Resist Social Aggression
  
• Personal Interest Inventory
  
• Likes & Yikes Activity
  
• Table with Legs Activity
  
• Q & A

Materials, Resources and Follow-Up

• PowerPoint handouts
  
• Bullying, cyber-bullying and social aggression fact sheet handout
  
• Chart activity handouts
  
• One month later send a packet of bullying related articles via email.
  
• Call back in six months to determine progress and next steps.