A Working Community

A Working Community

If the community works together bullying has a way to be prevented. There are many community wide strategies that can help even identify the children who are having a problem with bullying, who are bullying, and even change attitudes of adults, children, and even youth who tolerate the bullying.

Benefits of working together

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Potential Partners

Involve anyone who wants to learn and be involved within the community. Consider involving, business's, parents, youth, and people who work with kids.

• Identify those who works best with those who are bullying or are being bullied. Examples include therapists, service groups. law officers, faith organizations, and service groups.
• Learn what members in the community see and discuss ways to improve the solution.
• Work and involve the youth. They are born leaders and can take roles as leaders to prevent bullying within younger kids.  

Strategies

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Resources

• https://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/
• https://youth.gov/evidence-innovation/program-directory
• http://3boldsteps.promoteprevent.org/
• https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/stryve

Sources:

Health, Beaumont. “Involving the Community | Support for Bullied Children.” YouTube, YouTube, 2 Aug. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfTKjX22jg.

“Working in the Community.” StopBullying.gov, www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/in-the-community/index.html.

Parents and Youth Engagement

Parents and Youth Engagement

Faculty members can do a lot to help prevent bullying and help even protect their students but they need help from parents and community members.

Benefits for Parents and Youth Engagement

When it comes to research faculty and school administers have a big role they play in when it comes to bullying prevention. They can help students and inspire them to do the correct thing. When they do what is right they can

• Parents don't worry as much.
• Faculty members can focus on work.
• Students feel safe.
• Students can respond more about bullying if they know more about it. 
• The school climate can change and become better.
• Parents become more supportive. They even can recognize the signs of bullying. https://kierstisocialmediabullying.blogspot.com/2018/10/bullying-warning-signs_94.html.

                         How you can Contribute

Schools can set up a way for parents and the community to be involved. They need to feel that they are important when it comes to bullying. Schools need to provide roles for them such as

• Students can share their experience. They can become leaders and examples with one another. They must be willing to communicate with each other developing rules and regulations.
• Parents can make school a more positive place through the parent teacher association and even volunteering.
• Staff can keep the school informed when bullying happens. A school coordinator might be important to have one hand to support parents and the community. They can set meeting times to help parents or youths dealing with bullying. 

                         

 Safety Committees

A Safety Committee is a group of people who are focused on the safety of their students they engaged students and parents to prevent bullying. The following can make school a safer place

• Administrators who are allowed and can answer questions. These questions can be about budgeting, training, curriculum, and the laws. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.
• Teachers who are highly respected.
• Other school staff such as counselors, nurses, and librarians.
• Parents can share their concerns within the committee.
• Students are allowed to bring in there concerns.
• Cops and elected officials are also allowed to voice their opinions.

       Activities for safety committees could be to

• Plan anti bullying prevention programs.
• Develop anti bullying policies and regulations.
• Educate the community.
• Evaluate bullying programs.
• Conduct bullying assessments.
• Substain efforts over time.

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Sources:
CDPS, CDPS Info -. “Colorado Youth Engaged in Safety Quick Tips for Making School Safe.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFvzgl_Q36k.
“Engage Parents & Youth.” StopBullying.gov, www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/at-school/engage-parents/index.html.
English, VOA Learning. “How an Involved Parent Can Help Prevent Bullying.” YouTube, YouTube, 27 May 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUGnrR3MFnk.
Star, Shelby. “School Safety Committee.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 Feb. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dslfMUOgoUU.

Bullying Assessment

Bullying Assessment

There are many bullying assessments out there such as surveys which can help determine the bullying and how frequently it is happening. Then can also catch the effectiveness of current prevention's that are being put into place. If a school staff knows exactly what is going on then they can select the right methods to help prevent it from happening and the right strategies to work with the problem.

An assessment is asking students, school members, and the community about their experience and thoughts about the issue. Most assessments are planned and researched out. 

https://www.bullyingfree.nz/bullying-assessment-matrix/

                        What Do Assessments Do

• They can give people an idea of what exactly is going on in schools and the community. Adults do not see it most of the time and barely do kids report it a survey can get a clear idea what is going on.
• The efforts of targeting. It can help give an idea of what type of bullying is happening and ways to prevent it from happening again.
• Results. To see results of prevention tactics are working and to see what more needs to be done to get them to work.

              Assessments can see specific types of bullying

• Types and how frequent its happening.           
• Peer and Adult response.
• Locations.
• Staff perceptions and how they feel about it.
• Aspects of the school community 
• Safety of students.
• School Climate.         

            Developing an Assessment

• Choose the right survey for you. There are many available online for free. https://education.seattlepi.com/classroom-assessment-tools-elementary-students-2454.html. Choose the right tools for the type of questions you want answered and is age appropriate. 
• You must have parental consent as stated by the district. Parents have the right to read and even opt out there child if they want to.
• Administer the survey. Faculty must watch what is going on judging and caring out the survey at school.                      
• Administer the survey earlier in the year.
• Do at least one assessment pr year.
• Decide who needs to be surveyed to insure results.
• Make a plan to administer the survey so all students can take it all at once. 
• Students deserve privacy. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html. Let students know that there responses are confidential. 
• Analyze The Findings.
• Consider how you share these results with others without giving out students identities.
• Make sure you are prepared to share the results and even know how to respond to them with a plan to prevent it from happening again.  

Sources:

“Assess Bullying.” StopBullying.gov, www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/at-school/assess-bullying/index.html#What an Assessment Can Do.

Education, Teachings in. “Rubrics for Assessment.” YouTube, YouTube, 16 Dec. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4shMaSel00.

New Zealand Ministry of Education. “Bullying Assessment Matrix.” Bullying Free NZ, www.bullyingfree.nz/bullying-assessment-matrix/.