Action Research Plan- Week 3

SCHOOL VISION: Students, teachers, parents, administrators and community partnerships of our wider school community have created a shared responsibility to create a safe and happy environment for all, free from all forms of bullying.

GOAL: To promote and implement an Anti Bullying Policy supported by the Campus Improvement Plan which has a goal for a secure, safe learning and workplace environment which promotes respect, tolerance, cooperation and self esteem among all students and the beliefs contained in the staff, parents and student’s codes of conduct.

ACTION STEPS:

1. The campus must come up with a definition of bullying and the different forms of it. This will help to define for the school community what is perceived as bullying by the school. This should cover relational, physical and cyber-bullying.

2. Teachers, volunteers and other individuals must get comprehensive professional development and training in bullying. Everybody associated with the campus must know the Anti-bullying policies, strategies and responsibilities.

3. Increase Data Management- Gathering accurate information on the prevalence of different types of bullying is therefore a key priority within this strategy, Provide key stakeholders with clear, simple and consistent protocol for recording and reporting instances of bullying.

4. Implement a more effective Policy and Practice- All school, youth and community settings need to develop, implement, monitorand review whole-school/community anti-bullying policies. All stakeholders are encouraged to monitor the effectiveness of their own policy.

5. Better Increase Awareness and Communication- Raise the profile of bullying in school, youth and community settings; Work with parents to raise awareness and understanding of issuessurrounding bullying.

6. Implement Evidence based Initiatives- All work designed to prevent and challenge bullying needs to be informed by good practice, and all staff working with children and young people need to understand the underlying causes of bullying and have the ability to promote positive life andsocial skills.

7. Involving Children and Young People- It is our collective responsibility to ensure that all children and young people are given the opportunity and encouragement to speak out and have their voices heardon matters that directly affect them.

8. Increase Positive Partnerships with the community- Without partnerships working, we would not be able to deliver a consistent anti-bullying approach, because trusting communicative relationships are essential if families are to work together with school,youth and community settings.