Best Practices
on
Bullying Prevention
NUSD
Bullying Board Policy
00nbsp;District Strategic Plan established goal to address bullying prevention
00/font>National research 00critical first component is establishing and consistently enforcing district Board policy and regulations
00/font>Diversity Advisory Committee process 00/font>generating research on effective anti- bullying policy and developing
00/font>district-wide collaborative effort
Novato
Unified School District
Bullying Prevention
A School-Community Effort
Our Message
Respect and safety for all is everyone00 responsibility
Response to bullying is consistent, fair, and firm
Bullying
Board Policy
00/font>Overall emphasis is on a comprehensive school
response
00/font>Bullying prevention is integrated in the curriculum
and school culture
00/font>Ongoing training is provided in recognizing bullying, intervention, and reporting
NUSD
Bullying Board Policy
00/font>Defines
bullying behavior
00/font>Overall
emphasis on a comprehensive, school-wide framework for prevention and
intervention
00/font>Outlines administrative, staff, student and parent responsibilities
AGREEMENTS
00/font>Bullying is a problem
00/font>Bullying can be stopped
00/font>Our response matters
AGREEMENTS
00/font>Consistent
response
00/font>Make eye contact
00/font>Name the behavior
00/font>And here00 what00 going to
happen00/font>
SMART
GOAL
Single Plan for Student Achievement
00/font>Ensure implementation of the Board Policy
00/font>Communicate the provisions of the policy and the commitment of the school community
00/font>Provide for coordination and communication between staff
00/font>Base intervention on the premise bullies receive increased contact and victims receive increased support
00/font>Data-driven
evaluation
00ost students want adults to see what is going on in their world and respond to bullying in caring, effective, and firm ways.00/font>
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Attention: Board Policy and Administrative
Regulations
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Our = Every one on a NUSD
school campus is responsible for addressing bullying, mandatory reporting
for ALL staff
While parents barraged the Board will
the gut-wrenching stories, they often stated, 00nd the school did
little or nothing to protect my child.00nbsp; Behind me I could hear
the sputtering and muttering from our site administrators. How
many of these incidents had been reported to principals? Only
a few. How many parents portrayed the district and site staff as 00ot
doing anything to stop it00yet a review of disciplinary records over
three years looking specifically at bullying showed the response to
documented bullying resulted in imposition of serious disciplinary action.
This belief system, that even if the school culture 00alks it talk00
does not turn a blind eye to horseplay, put-downs, or 00ust-kidding00
threats and aggressively investigates bullying incidents, and 00chools00
don00 really respond. This is a perception vs. reality that
becomes a function of school culture and is itself a barrier to effective
action.
Building a Caring Majority 00Peer-to-Peer
Anonymous reporting, consequences for
retaliation for reporting
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