Does Your School Have an Anti-Bullying Policy?
Creating a safe and healthy school environment is a daily, ongoing process. In today’s schools, one of the most important steps toward having a safe and welcoming school setting, is to have an anti-bullying policy in place.
All states have either anti-bullying laws or policies. Some have both. In 49 states, bullying is illegal.
There also is a federal website named stopbullying.gov that provides much information on bullying and how to stop it.
According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is aggressive behavior. Specifically, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.”
One of the best and straightforward model policies was developed recently by the State of Washington. Here are some of the highlights from their anti-bullying policy and procedures:
“Any school staff who observes, overhears, or otherwise witnesses bullying or harassment, must take immediate appropriate action and report it promptly. The district will implement prevention strategies including individual classroom, school and district-level approaches. Students and staff will receive annual training on district’s policy and procedure and preventing bullying. The principal or designee will acknowledge the incident that has been reported…within 2 school days to the parents of the complainant and alleged aggressor. An investigation for each incident will be fully conducted…If necessary, corrective measures will be decided and implemented…”
Bullying includes hitting, name-calling, shunning and shaming. It can also include spreading rumors and gossip as well as cyber-bullying such as sending out hostile texts, using social media in damaging ways and posting negative and harmful images about someone.
Lectura Books, the parent organization for The Latino Family Literacy Project™, has just released a new book about bullying and how to stop it, Boy Zorro and the Bully Book Trailer. The whole point of the book is that adults and children cannot just be bystanders when bullying occurs but have to take action. That’s why a clear and definite anti-bullying policy is essential for every school.
Does Your School Have an Anti-Bullying Policy?
Creating an Anti-bullying Policy at Schools
Creating an Anti-bullying Policy at Schools
Creating a safe and healthy school environment is a daily, ongoing process. In today’s schools, one of the most important steps toward having a safe and welcoming school setting, is to have an anti-bullying policy in place.
All states have either anti-bullying laws or policies. Some have both. In 49 states, bullying is illegal.
There also is a federal website named stopbullying.gov that provides much information on bullying and how to stop it.
According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is aggressive behavior. Specifically, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.”
One of the best and straightforward model policies was developed recently by the State of Washington. Here are some of the highlights from their anti-bullying policy and procedures:
“Any school staff who observes, overhears, or otherwise witnesses bullying or harassment, must take immediate appropriate action and report it promptly. The district will implement prevention strategies including individual classroom, school and district-level approaches. Students and staff will receive annual training on district’s policy and procedure and preventing bullying. The principal or designee will acknowledge the incident that has been reported…within 2 school days to the parents of the complainant and alleged aggressor. An investigation for each incident will be fully conducted…If necessary, corrective measures will be decided and implemented…”
Bullying includes hitting, name-calling, shunning and shaming. It can also include spreading rumors and gossip as well as cyber-bullying such as sending out hostile texts, using social media in damaging ways and posting negative and harmful images about someone.
Lectura Books, the parent organization for The Latino Family Literacy Project™, has just released a new book about bullying and how to stop it, Boy Zorro and the Bully Book Trailer. The whole point of the book is that adults and children cannot just be bystanders when bullying occurs but have to take action. That’s why a clear and definite anti-bullying policy is essential for every school.
Does Your School Have an Anti-Bullying Policy?
Creating a safe and healthy school environment is a daily, ongoing process. In today’s schools, one of the most important steps toward having a safe and welcoming school setting, is to have an anti-bullying policy in place.
All states have either anti-bullying laws or policies. Some have both. In 49 states, bullying is illegal.
There also is a federal website named stopbullying.gov that provides much information on bullying and how to stop it.
According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is aggressive behavior. Specifically, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.”
One of the best and straightforward model policies was developed recently by the State of Washington. Here are some of the highlights from their anti-bullying policy and procedures:
“Any school staff who observes, overhears, or otherwise witnesses bullying or harassment, must take immediate appropriate action and report it promptly. The district will implement prevention strategies including individual classroom, school and district-level approaches. Students and staff will receive annual training on district’s policy and procedure and preventing bullying. The principal or designee will acknowledge the incident that has been reported…within 2 school days to the parents of the complainant and alleged aggressor. An investigation for each incident will be fully conducted…If necessary, corrective measures will be decided and implemented…”
Bullying includes hitting, name-calling, shunning and shaming. It can also include spreading rumors and gossip as well as cyber-bullying such as sending out hostile texts, using social media in damaging ways and posting negative and harmful images about someone.
Lectura Books, the parent organization for The Latino Family Literacy Project™, has just released a new book about bullying and how to stop it, Boy Zorro and the Bully Book Trailer. The whole point of the book is that adults and children cannot just be bystanders when bullying occurs but have to take action. That’s why a clear and definite anti-bullying policy is essential for every school.
