CAMPUS IMPACT
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Training Training A Foundation for Successful Program Implementation Bullying prevention training forms the foundation for successful program implementation and sustaining the program year after year. Training for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program includes school administrators as well as every adult involved in overseeing, planning, and implementing the program, including: Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee members teachers substitute teachers counselors after-school program providers school resource officers support staff playground supervisors and aides bus drivers cafeteria workers custodial staff parents
Training for the Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee Members of your school's Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee attend a two-day committee training conducted by a certified Olweus trainer. Committee members will be introduced to the research about bullying behaviors and the impact of bullying on students, the importance of bullying behavior prevention and intervention, and learn key strategies to address bullying, making them your resident bullying prevention experts. Because new staff members need to be trained year after year, the Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee makes it possible for your school to sustain the program long-term. The research-based bullying prevention training will prepare committee members to teach your educators and staff: what bullying is and how it differs from other acts of aggression among children and youth the reasons why educators should be concerned about bullying behaviors facts and myths about the nature and prevalence of bullying behaviors characteristics of students involved in bullying problems risk factors for bullying behavior how to intervene effectively with students who have been bullied, students who bully others, and students who watch bullying happen how to work effectively with parents of children involved in bullying situations the key components of the program and how all adults can become involved in bullying prevention and intervention for successful program implementation how to plan and coordinate the on-going implementation of your anti-bullying program efforts for a long-term reduction of bullying problems in your school Following the initial two-day bullying prevention training, your certified Olweus trainer will continue to provide telephone consultations to your school's program coordinator (a member of your coordinating committee) for up to one year. Costs: Please call 440-864-2011 for costs that include: Two-day training involving one or two school building's Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committees. Telephone consultation to each school site for up to one year. This price includes the cost of the phone call. Training Teachers and Staff Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee members will reinforce their role as resident bullying experts - by conducting bullying prevention training for all teachers and other school staff. This full-day training (or two half-day blocks) will give every adult who interacts with students a basic understanding of bullying, the motivation to become involved in bullying prevention and the skills to intervene appropriately in bullying behaviors. During the training, Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee members will use results from the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire administered at the school to point out site-specific issues regarding bullying problems in their building. Educators will learn about school policies and procedures for dealing with bullying behavior, how to implement classroom and parental components of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program as well as how to effectively intervene with individuals involved in bullying situations. All other adults working in the school (bus drivers, janitorial staff, cafeteria workers, playground supervisors and aides, parent volunteers, and support staff) will get the knowledge and empowerment they need to intervene effectively when individual bullying situations are observed. Schools should hold periodic staff discussion groups. These mini-workshops give teachers and staff a chance to talk about the successes and work through the challenges of implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in their school system. The Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee may also conduct ''booster'' training for teachers and staff. This is sometimes done in conjunction with the school's certified Olweus trainer. Campus Impact staff are Certified Olweus Trainers. |
