PowerPoint Presentation Educational Equity Compliance

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Bust the Bullies
Slurs Name Calling
Sexual Banter How To Stop It And
Why! Educational Equity Compliance
Office Julie Hall, Coordinator (213)
241-7682 www.lausd.k12.ca.us\lausd\offices\e
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Objectives

• To increase knowledge of state and federal
  nondiscrimination laws that apply to students as
  they relate to bullying
• To recognize and prevent discrimination,
  harassment and bullying
• To create educational excellence through safe and
  equitable school environments

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What is Bullying???
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Bullying is defined as

• Being habitually cruel to others weaker or
  perceived to be weaker than oneself.
• Also defined as aggressive behavior that involves
  an imbalance of real or perceived physical or
  psychological power among those involved.
  Typically, the behavior is repeated over time and
  includes the use of hurtful words and/or acts.

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One or more individuals inflicting

• Physical
• Verbal
• Nonverbal
• Emotional (Psychological)
• Cyber Bullying

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Verbal Bullying

• Hurtful name-calling, teasing, gossiping, making
  threats, making, rude noises, or spreading
  hurtful rumors

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Nonverbal Bullying

• Posturing, making gang signs, leering,staring,
  stalking, destroying property, using graffiti or
  graphic images, or exhibiting inappropriate
  and/or threatening gestures or actions,
  destroying property, using graffiti or graphic
  images, or exhibiting inappropriate and/or
  threatening gestures or actions

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Physical Bullying

• Hitting, punching, pushing, shoving, poking,
  kicking, tripping, strangling, hair pulling,
  fighting, beating, biting, spitting, or
  destroying property

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Emotional Bullying

• Rejecting, terrorizing, extorting, defaming,
  intimidating, humiliating, blackmailing,
  manipulating friendships, isolating, ostracizing,
  using peer pressure, or rating or ranking
  personal characteristics

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Cyber Bullying

• Sending insulting or threatening messages by
  phone, e-mail, Web sites, or any other electronic
  or written communication

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For both boys and girls the most common form of
bullying is

• Teasing

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What distinguishes a bully from someone who
teases occasionally?

• A pattern of repeated physical or psychological
  intimidation
• Bullies purposely choose actions that will hurt
  or intimidate the targeted victim

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Physical abuse for boys and social ostracism for
girls

• Is the second most common form of bullying

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According to the National Association of School
Psychologists

• Approximately one in seven school children is a
  bully or a victim
• The problem affects about five million elementary
  and middle school students in the U.S.
• For fourth through eighth graders, 22 percent
  report academic difficulties resulting from peer
  abuse

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What are the Effects of Bullying?

• May have attendance or discipline problems, fail
  at school, drop out, develop school phobia, abuse
  alcohol/drugs, or become suicidal, retaliatory,
  or violent
• About 160,000 students in the US miss school
  every day due to fear of being attacked/intimidate
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• One out of ten students drops out of school
• Two-thirds of school shootings were directly
  correlated to bullying (US Secret Service)

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What are the Effects of Bullying?

• Targets are more likely to be depressed and far
  more suicidal
• Loss of sense of security which affects learning
• Expending energy to avoid harm at school rather
  than to learn
• May come to believe bullying is acceptable

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What are the Effects of Bullying?

• Bullies are at risk for learning deficits
• Bullies attend school less and are more at risk
  of dropping out
• Without support or intervention, bullies will
  continue to bully and may engage in other types
  of antisocial behavior and crime

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What are the Effects of Bullying?

• Sixty percent of males who bullied in Grades 6-9
  were convicted of at least one crime as adults
• Bullies are more likely to commit child abuse and
  domestic violence as adults

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What are the Effects of Bullying?

• Academic achievement and safety are compromised
• Potential for litigation
• Potential for serious acts of violence
• School climate is adversely affected

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School environment also influences the
development of bullying behavior

• Larger schools report a greater percentage of
  violence
• Schools with clear rules of conduct enforced by
  the principal report less violence
• Principals that include teachers and students in
  decision making report less violence

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Students cannot learn effectively if they fear
for their safety

• Troubled students, both bullies and victims need
  a supportive environment to learn and grow

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Factors that contribute to less violence

• Small class size
• Schools where students mention that they are in
  control of their lives
• Cohesiveness among the staff and the principal

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Research on school climate suggests

• The principal is the single most important person
  to have involved

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How Can You Make a Difference?

• Know the laws and policies that prohibit unlawful
  harassment
• Identify and respond to all incidents of bullying
  and harassment
• Know complaint procedures
• Report bullying incidents to the school complaint
  manager

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Federal Laws and Regulations

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Race, color, national origin
• Title IX of the Ed. Amendment of 1972
• Gender/sexual harassment

• ADA/Section 504
• Disability (physical/mental)

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State Laws and Regulations

• The School Safety and Violence Prevention Act of
  2000 (AB537, Ed. Code 220)

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District Policy

• Sexual Harassment Policy
• Non-Discrimination Policy
• Uniform Complaint Procedure

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Working Definition of Hostile Environment
Harassment

• 1. Unwelcome
• 2. conduct that targets a protected category
• 3. is so severe or pervasive
• 4. that it limits ones ability to participate
  in a program or activity.

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You can

• Survey students and staff to find out where the
  hot spots are for bullying
• Establish school-wide as well as classroom rules
  that prohibit bullying and harassment
• Have clear sanctions and enforce school rules
  equitably
• Know and post who your complaint managers are
• Have confidential reporting systems and
  investigative procedures

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• Immediately put a stop to slurs or bullying
  behavior in your classroom or anywhere in your
  school. It all hurts.

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What else can we do?

• Challenge stereotyped messages in the classroom.
• Model appropriate interactions.
• Provide opportunities to develop good
  interpersonal skills.
• Institute cooperative learning to reduce social
  isolation.
• Reward students for positive, inclusive behavior.
• Use school/class activities to recognize
  uniqueness and develop mutual understanding of
  differences.

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You can also ...

• Set up bully boxes where students can put notes
  if they are too worried to speak openly about
  bullying
• Have a special no-bullying day campaign
• Older students can discuss bullying issues with
  younger students
• Implement Second Step
• Refer students for mental health services and
  other appropriate resources

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Anything else?...

• Make sure students receive bi-annual orientation
• Invite speakers to address students regarding
  bullying, harassment and discrimination
  prevention
• Empower students via conflict resolution, peer
  counseling and assertiveness training
• Implement curricula, books, videos and role play

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As Educators, We Must

• Notify all students of their right not to be
  discriminated against
• Provide students with opportunities to talk about
  and define bullying and harassment
• Inform students of the complaint processes
  available to them

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And we must

• Immediately intervene and report All Types of
  suspected harassment to the site administrator or
  School Complaint Manager
• Increase adult supervision at key times and in
  key areas
• Identify bullies and confront them privately. Let
  them know what they did was wrong
• Have separate parent conferences with parents of
  the bully and the victim

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If you receive a complaint from a student

• Give the student your immediate attention, if
  possible
• Be a good listener
• Make no preliminary judgments
• Take students seriously
• Support the victim
• Let victims know it is not their fault
• Immediately notify Schools Complaint Manager if
  you suspect harassment has occurred
• Provide a buddy system if necessary

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For more information call

• Educational Equity Compliance Office,
  [phone]
• Health Education Programs Office/Project 10
  Office, [phone]