Frisco ISD Student Services Department trained all counselors and assistant principals regarding the issue of bullying prevention and intervention during the 2011-2012 school year. This school year we have trained all bus drivers and after-school care workers. FISD remains committed to providing the safest possible learning environment for your children at all times.
All counselors will receive additional training for the upcoming school year, with emphasis on working with the victim and the person accused of the bully behavior. They will receive training on providing group sessions to educate students in the following:
- Basics of bullying (what it is/is not, why people bully, effects on others, consequences for bully, case studies)
- Bullying history
- The role of the bystander
- Types of bullying - physical, emotional, social, electronic
- Exploring family history of communication/anger
- Assertiveness
- Conflict resolution
- Coping with loss/hurt
- Empathy and social skills that can be taught each week
FISD has programs and training in place for staff and students related to promoting kindness, good character and prevention of bullying.
FISD Goals for Schools:
- Create a safe learning environment for all students by re-establishing civility and delivering proactive antidotes to school violence and bullying.
- Improve academic achievement by engaging students’ hearts, heads and hands in the learning process.
- Provide students with social/emotional education that is both colorblind and culturally relevant.
- Train adults to inspire, equip and empower students to affect permanent positive change.
All of the elementary schools do effective classroom guidance on tattling vs. reporting; social skills group sessions, etc. Resources available include:
Bully Wheel - Ways to Stop Teasing and Bullying
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"Bullies are a Pain in the Brain" – curriculum used at the elementary level, created by Trevor Romain
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Second Step Prevention Curriculum, which covers Bullying, Tobacco, Conflict Resolution, Substance Abuse, Sexting, etc. is used by several of our elementary and middle schools
Our district also provides www.ChooseToCare.com or the hotline number 877-277-3812 as an option for members of our school community (students, parents, administrators, teachers, etc.) to offer valuable information that they might otherwise choose to keep to themselves. ChooseToCare helps ensure that our schools will remain safe for all. The addition of texting is being reviewed.
FISD employs two Student Assistant Coordinators and two Parental Support Coordinators. The Role of the Student Assistance Coordinator is to assist students in finding ways to feel safe, to belong, and to be confident in achieving success. The goal of the Parental Support Coordinator is to support, encourage, and educate the parents of Frisco ISD as they partner with the district to aid in the success of all students. Both of these positions include bully prevention education.
Administrators, Counselors, Student Assistant Coordinator and Parental Support Coordinators will continue to providing education to students, staff, and parents on topics such as bully prevention, dating violence, Cyberbullying, substance abuse, tobacco and other topics that jeopardize the safety of our children.
Campuses will continue to develop individual plans and programs related to bullying prevention and intervention using the resources and support available. In addition to the district survey, many will conduct their own “needs assessment;” will adopt a statement of belief regarding views toward bullying; will develop minimum and maximum consequences based on levels/severity of bullying; and will train students and staff on ways to report. Staff will have ongoing support for investigating and documenting reported incidents and how to intervene when witnessing incidents.
Sources:
Stan Davis, Schools Where Everyone Belongs, 2007
Dan Olweus, Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do, 1993.
Allan Beane, The Bully Free Classroom, 1999
Stop Bullying Now! U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov)
Jonathan D. Rogers, Confronting Bullies on the Digital Schoolyard (Policy Matters Journal Fall 2009).
STOP Cyberbullying: Parry Aftab, Parry Aftab's guide for schools on Cyberbulllying (www.wiredkids.org).
Nancy Willard, Cyber-Savey Teens: Helping Yougn People learn to Use the Internet Safely and Responsibily, March 2007.
Nancy Willard, Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Effectively Managing Intenet Use Risks in Schools, January 2007.
National Crime Prevention Council, Bullying Prevention and Intervention, Principal Leadership Magazine, Vol 4, Number 1, September 2003
National Crime Prevention Council, Stop Cyberbullying Before it Starts, 2010
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