Sept - Coaches Corner Webinar
Implementing a Bullying Prevention Program
It was great to see everyone who was able to join us at last week’s Bullying Prevention webinar. If you missed it, please head over to our Events page to register for the next one which will take place on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 4:00-4:45 PM MST. The topic for October will be Tier 2 Progress Monitoring Tools for Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Assessment.
Only register once, you will receive an invite to each event this school year.
Event Summary
As a follow-up, and for those of you who weren’t able to attend our webinar, here are the links and some follow-up reflection questions from our conversation.
October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, a time to remember that bullying is still a prevalent issue that is too often overlooked in schools - and a time to take action! A recent court case (September 2023) by the US DOE Office Of Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the Allegheny Valley School District in Pennsylvania “subjected a student with a disability to harassment so pervasive that it constituted a hostile environment and that the district failed to take necessary steps to protect the student and end the harassment”.
The webinar opened with a thought-provoking visual illustrating using a lit candle as an analogy for the role of the bystander in bullying situations. We then took a look at two evidence-based bullying prevention programs taught in KOI Education’s PBIS Tier 2 Manual (available in paperback or digital versions from Amazon and Applebooks). One prevention program is focused on Elementary Schools and relies on an easily taught “Stop-Walk-Talk” intervention. Lesson plans are available to teach student how to use this system as well as how to respond when someone asks them to stop. The Middle/High School version uses an Expect Respect theme but also explicitly teaches students how to respond to disrespect as well as how to respond if another student asks them to stop. These curriculums are both free and available from the National Center on PBIS or from KOI Education’s resource page.
Your School
What are you seeing when it comes to bullying at your schools? Do you feel prepared to talk about bystander behavior with your students…or to be a responsive bystander yourself? KOI Education offers free resources under the Bullying Prevention heading to support educators and schools doing this work.
Here are some additional trusted Bullying Prevention websites:
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To purchase Bullying Prevention training for your school contact Cathy.