WORKSHEET 6 EXAMPLE BEST POLICY

NAME: John Smith and Sally Jones

State your problem (from #4 in Worksheet 1)

Bullying in Jefferson Elementary School

Look at your three policies from Worksheet #5. Write a very short phrase to summarize each policy

Solution 1	Teach Steps to Respect
Solution 2	Define bullying and punish
Solution 3	Define bullying and counsel bullies

Estimate how effective and feasible each of the three policies will be. (Circle High, Medium, or Low on each line for the three policies).

Solution 1:	Teach Steps to Respect
Feasibility	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW
Effectiveness	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW

Solution 2:	Define bullying and punish
Feasibility	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW
Effectiveness	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW

Solution 3:	Define bullying and counsel bullies
Feasibility	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW
Effectiveness	HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW

Explain your reasons for choosing High, Medium or Low

Solution 1:	Reasons
Teach Steps to Respect	Steps to Respect would be an effective policy. This program has excellent results in numerous schools in reducing bullying behaviors. However the district recently purchased new literature books for a new ELA program. The district also spent a lot of money training teachers for that program. Therefore, the feasibility of this policy is very low.

Solution 2:	Reasons
Define bullying and punish	Posting a definition and punishments for bullying would certainly lower the number of incidents of bullying although it does little to address underlying causes of the problem. It is highly feasible for there are no major costs to implement it.

Solution 3:	Reasons
Define bullying and counsel bullies	Posting definitions and then providing counseling would be very effective for many students but the school could probably not require all offenders to participate if parents objected. The feasibility would be very low for it would be very expensive and it would reduce the time that the counselors could devote to other needs.