Bullying Prevention and Intervention
What Schools Can Do:
- Consistently enforce the District’s policies against bullying and harassment
- Implement bullying and harassment administrative policies
- Report and investigate all incidents of bullying and harassment
- Include bullying prevention and intervention in your school’s climate and safety plans
- Utilize research-based interventions and evidence-based programming
- Train all staff in bullying prevention and intervention
- Develop and implement school-specific rules against bullying and reinforce positive behaviors school-wide
- Hold regular class meetings to teach children social skills (e.g. friendship, respect, how to get along with someone who is different, etc.)
- Encourage and establish positive relationships between adults and children
- Model the positive behavior that is desired among children
Always look for warning signs of children who bully and children who are bullied!
When you see the warning signs and/or have suspicions of bullying:
- Collect as much information as possible
- Communicate your suspicions with the rest of the staff
- Contact the parents of the students involved
- Seek assistance from the Office of School Climate & Safety, if necessary