5 Reasons Why Daily 5 Is the Best Reading Structure out There

9 Strategies We Can Teach Students to Problem Solve

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. In the school setting and in life in general, a parent or teacher cannot be with a student 24 hours a day for 365 days a year. We must empower our students to deal with conflict and problem solve. We know that students can solve many problems at the…

#1 Instructional Lesson for All Students on Bully Prevention

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. What is the most impactful Bully Prevention Lesson you have ever taught? What made it effective? What evidence do you have that proves your opinion? If there were one lesson that I would recommend be taught to all students, it is a Bully Circle Lesson. We will delve into…

11 Communication Strategies to Combat Bullying

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. If communication is the key to being proactive in stopping bullying behaviors, then why is it so hard to end? When bully behaviors continue, we definitely get frustrated on our next steps to stop them. I believe communication can solve this problem. It must include students, parents, school personnel,…

5 Reasons Why Schools Have a Difficult Time Stopping Bully Behaviors

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. It seems rarely that when we, teachers and administrators, investigate a bullying incident that it is cut and dry, black and white, and easy to solve. At times, we find there are two sides to every story, but we want to be empathetic to the student bullied. We put…

How to Raise a Defender

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. A big audacious statement…The World needs more “defenders!” What we see and hear in the media melds our minds to believe that we are sometimes helpless with what is happening in the world, especially recently in the United States. We have seen an uptick in gun violence, riots, protests,…

10 Ways to Empower Defenders

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. THE HONEST TRUTH…WE CAN’T BE EVERYWHERE! It is hard to tell parents that we cannot be everywhere on our campus to fully supervise students. With many of our schools, the sheer space and number of students we have make it nearly impossible to provide 100% supervision all the time.…

5 Reasons Why Strong Instruction Affects Bully Prevention

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. STRONG INSTRUCTION…that’s the ticket! No one will argue that having the most effective bully prevention program and strong school policies are intricate pieces to stopping bullying, but effective instruction is even more important! After listening to Principal Kafele recently, I now understand more than ever, that administrators must focus…

6+ Steps to Addressing Bullying When It Occurs

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. Many of us know how it feels when someone repeatedly harasses or intimidates us from our days of being in school. In fact, we still may be in a work environment or live in an area where this happens to us as adults. Nothing infuriates us more than dealing…

5 Reasons Why We Need to Define Bully Behavior and Stop Generalizing Events as “Bullying”

Back to the main Bully Prevention Guide. As soon as an incident makes the media and the term “bully” is used, people get enraged. Rightly so, they have a reason to be upset. Feelings of past bully situations from High School or Junior High start to populate people’s minds. Anger and resentment start to set in.…