Establishing a Bully Free Classroom - Assignments

How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence: Almost 30% of youth in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both. Data also suggests that adults tend to greatly underestimate the intensity and frequency with which bullying occurs. Whether it takes the form of physical confrontation, gossiping, teasing, or excluding others, bullying is a critical issue that affects the school climate and the learning environment of every classroom in which it occurs. It is critical that teachers have the tools and skills to address the problem in an appropriate and effective manner. This course will:

• provide educators with strategies to empower victims, witnesses, and those doing the bullying to stand up for themselves and others.
• provide educators with tools and exercises that can be used in the classroom to foster empathy, tolerance and honest conversation about bullying issues.
• provide a framework for identifying the different types of bullying, and tools that can promote courage and self-confidence in students

Open to all K-12 teachers.


Instructor: Nancy Washington nciorciari@yahoo.com Ph: 631 239 5405 Cell: 631 455 5444

Course Requirements: 12 assignments:

Please include your name, school district, grade you teach and area of expertise, when submitting completed assignments.


You can email your completed assignments to my email (nciorciari@yahoo.com). It is easier than submitting to this site.

Requirements:

I. 4 reactions to articles/Lesson Plans (1 page maximum) Go to the top of the site and
click on "Updates" tab

Then, click on "attachments" tab to view articles and lesson plans.

There are 2 attached articles to react to. You will find them at the end of the list of lesson plans.

Name of two attached articles.
a. Long Term Impact
b. The Buzz on Bullying


All of the lesson plans are listed first but after the 4 Behavior Modification articles.

II. 1 short synopsis outlining your school's Anti-Bulling policy
III. 1 example of a Bully/Victim situation in your school and how it was handled (1page)

IV. 4 website topic reactions: See Web links below

V. Rent any two movies, related to Bullying, from your local library and write a short summary/reaction.

Some examples are:
Bullies are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain (Excellent Movie, great to watch with your kids at home or at school)

Mean Girls, starring Lindsey Lohan (A comical look at how girls can become bullies and how it impacts those around them)

Web links:

1. http://www.mcgruff.org/ National Crime Prevention Council

If the site does not come up right away click on the link on the expired site page. You should come right into Mcgruff's home page. Just click on any topic and right a review/opinion/reaction on the site or program.

Or

If you click on the parent/teacher circle, you will see a list of topics on the right. Click on Bulling and you will be directed to a section regarding this topic.

2. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
Write a short synopsis about the website. Choose a topic (there are quite a few) to summarize and react to. Include the title of the article if applicable.

3. www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/school.htm
Read the information contained in this website and write a summary/critique on it's contents.

4. Family Education Network
www.safenetwork.org

Search the site for the phrase "Back to School Safety"
Write a short synopsis about the advice from experts on how to keep children safe in school.


Sample Lesson Plans.

Located in the What's New Section under attachments categorized as Lesson Plans. You can write reactions to these lesson plans as well as to the two articles.



Please click on Establishing a Bully Free Classroom Under "Home" in the "site pages" section to the left of the home page to view course outline.