S.A.V.E.
Students Against
Violence in Education:
A Bullying Prevention Plan
Kathy
Klein
School
Without Walls Foundation Academy
Introduction:
A bully is
a quarrelsome child who teases, threatens or torments another person. In
other words bullies are angry kids. Bullying in school has become an out
of control problem in our school and in many schools across the United
States. Situations that began with one student bullying another have
often ended in suicide, murder and of course kids going to jail. Students have fully embraced the Internet and
other mobile communication technologies, such as cell phones and PDA’s for
communication with friends, making new friends, seeking information, and
creating their own web sites and blogs.
While most Internet use is fun and beneficial, there are increasing
problems of students using the Internet or other mobile devices to send or post
harmful or cruel text or images to bully and harass others.
Task:
You have been appointed by your
school’s S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violence in
Education) Director to investigate the problem of bullying in the school.
It will be your task to develop a Bullying Prevention Plan. The plan may
be adopted by all of the other schools in Rochester, so take this very
seriously and do the best you can.
Based on your investigation you will
prepare a power point and oral report to present to other extended class
teachers.
Process:
Next you will complete the following six steps:
(Each step is linked to a worksheet that you will complete one by one.)
v
Students should divide into pairs.
v
Use the 6-step Public Policy format which you have already
learned. Complete the handouts given to collect information for each step.
v
Go to the PPA and complete the worksheets:
1.
Identify and define the problem of bullying in elementary school in the School Without Walls. Use the worksheet found at the website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet1.html
2.
Gather evidence for this problem and complete worksheets.
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet2.html
3.
Identify the causes and effects bullying in elementary school in the School Without Walls by using the worksheet found at the
website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet3.html.
4.
Create three of your own public policies that will address the social problem
of bullying in our School Without Walls. Use the
worksheets found at:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet4.html
and https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html
6.
Finally, evaluate the effectiveness
of your public policy solutions and select the best solution to solve the
problem of bullying in our School Without Walls
Foundation Academy by using the worksheet found at the website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet6.html
After you have completed the six steps you will
prepare your final power point and oral report.
Resources:
National Crime Prevention Cyber-bullying
Council
Evaluation:
|
GRADE: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
Oral Presentation With use of power point |
No knowledge of the uses of the PPA . Presents no data to support the
proposed policy. Minimal use of power point. |
Little knowledge of the uses of PPA. Presents several sources of data in a
logical format to support the proposed policy. Little use of power point. |
Acceptable amount of knowledge Of the
uses of PPA. Presents several sources of data
in a logical and organized format to support the proposed policy. Acceptable
use of power point. |
Superior knowledge of the uses of
PPA. Presents an exceptional amount of
data to support the proposed policy.
Superior use of power point while presenting. |
|
Research |
Links are not relevant to support the
proposed policy. |
Enough links but few support the
proposed policy. |
Many links that support the proposed
policy. |
All links support the proposed
policy. |
|
Power point & Worksheets |
Incomplete Does not use the conventions of
standard written English and power point creativity. |
Weak usage of the conventions of
Standard Written English and power point creativity. |
Acceptable usage of the conventions
of Standard Written English and power point creativity. |
Superior use of the conventions of
Standard Written English and power point creativity. |
Conclusion:
By completing this PPA Webquest, you have now
learned how to identify bullying behavior and know strategies for how to
prevent it. As a Public Policy Analyst, you have identified the causes of
the problem, provided evidence, researched the current policies, and created an
intervention program. As a result of this project, you have learned to
create a school based parent intervention program.
Standards:
New York State
Health
Standard 2: A Safe and Healthy
Environment.
Students will acquire
the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy
environment.
Standard 3: Resource Management.
Students will
understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.
Guidance
Documents see hyperlink
English
and Language Arts
Standard 1: Students will read,
write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
As listeners and
readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships,
concepts,
and
generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and
electronically produced
texts.
As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire,
interpret, apply,
and
transmit information.
Standard 2: Students will read,
write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.
Students will read and
listen to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances,
relate
texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding of the
diverse social,
historical,
and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and
writers,
students
will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation.
Standard 3: Students will read,
write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
As listeners and readers,
students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented
by
others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they
will present, in oral and
written
language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on
experiences,
ideas,
information and issues.
Standard 4: Students will read,
write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
Students will use oral
and written language for effective social communication with a wide variety of
people.
As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to
enrich their
understanding
of people and their views.