Working Together to Zero OUT

Bullying and Other Unkind

Behaviors
Tessa Wray, Counselor
Piper Riddle, Principal
 Nationwide bullying is a problem.

30 percent of students report some form of traditional bullying

nobully.org

10 to 40 percent of students report some form of cyber bullying.

-CDC, 2010
Burger King Bullying
Popular Culture makes bullying easy to identify,
but the reality is its seldom this simple.
 Bullying Defined
Bullying is aggressive behavior that involves
unwanted negative actions
Bullying involves a pattern of behavior
repeated over time.
Bullying involves an imbalance of power or
strength
-Olweus, Crime Prevention Works
Clear victim (not back and forth)
Intent of the act is to harm
-Wasatch School District
 Harassment Defined

Threatening or Tormenting behavior

Is linked to anti-discrimination laws

Race, Color, National Origin, Gender, Disability
Religion, etc.

May be a single incident or a series of

events.
-UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
 Other Unkind Behaviors
Actions that do not meet the criteria for
Harassment or Bullying

Similar types of aggressive behaviors still

need to be corrected or extinguished

The correction process includes

instruction
opportunities to practice being appropriate with
others
 Talk To Your Neighbor
#1
Tommy is teased during the Monday
morning recess for being short

Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor
#1
Tommy is teased during the Monday
morning recess for being short

Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor
#2
Lizbeth is pushed off her bike, and told girls
are not allowed to play here
Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor
#2
Lizbeth is pushed off her bike, and told girls
are not allowed to play here
Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor #3
Everyday when Juan (who is in 2nd grade)
gets on the bus the fourth grade girls try to take
his back pack away and make him cry

Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor #3
Everyday when Juan (who is in 2nd grade)
gets on the bus the fourth grade girls try to take
his back pack away and make him cry

Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor #4
Elaine was swinging by herself when Pam
pushed her out of the swing and started
kicking and swearing at her
Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

 Talk To Your Neighbor #4
Elaine was swinging by herself when Pam
pushed her out of the swing and started
kicking and swearing at her
Is this:
Bullying

Harassment

Other Unkind Behavior

Ambulance at the Bottom of the Hill
vs. a Fence at the top of the Hill
The Heber Valley PBIS Plan
(or fence at the top of the hill)
Focuses on being:

Heber Valley Eagles are:

Safe
Kind
&
Responsible
Eagle Eggs Schoolwide PBIS Reward System
If a child doesnt know how to read, we teach.
If a child doesnt know how to swim, we teach.
If a child doesnt know how to multiply, we teach.
If a child doesnt know how to drive, we teach.
If a child doesnt know how to behave, we.....
.teach? punish?

Why cant we finish the last sentence as

automatically as we do the others?
John Herner (NASDE President ) Counterpoint (1998, p.2)
Who taught you about driving in
round abouts?
 Big Ideas for managing recess

Empowerment

Engagement/Culture

Effective systems in place

Environment is safe

The Great Recess Framework

What is the School Doing?

Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior

Interventions & Support
Research-based bully prevention program
Designed under the direction of the US Department of
Education
http://www.pbis.org/common/pbisresources/publications/bullyprevention_ES.pdf
 Basic Idea
As Victims or Bystanders, students are
encouraged to tell the perpetrator to STOP
If the aggressive behavior continues, they are
taught to WALK away
If they continue to be bothered, they are to
TALK to an adult
How Heber
Valley STOPS
unkind
behaviors:
 Tier Three:
Individual Interventions
Behavior Intervention Plans
Check and Connect

Tier Two:
Small Group Intervention
Check In Check out
Personal What If charts
Multi-tiered Systems
Tier One: of Support at
Classroom Instruction
School-wide PBIS Heber Valley Elementary
Playworks
 Behavior Correction Plans
Mrs. Riddle handles behavior/bully issues in her office, and decides on a corrective plan of action

Miss Tessa works with students who need opportunities to learn and practice

The Student Support Team reviews data and problem solves to help student in need of more scaffolds
 Going Forward
Now that we have a shared understanding of the definitions of
bullying, harassment and other unkind behaviors
As a community lets strive to have:
Clear Communication
Is it True, Is it Kind, Is it Necessary
Utilize the proper steps and channels
Reward behaviors we want to see
Provide constructive consequences that teach missing skills
Instruction is key
Replacement behaviors