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A Canadian Approach to Prevent School Bullying and Violence
International Conference on School Bullying and Violence
Stavanger, Norway
September 5-8, 2004
Sandra DeanTogether We Light the Way
Canada
Creating Safe and Caring Learning Communities
Results: School Safety
• Decreased incidents of bullying over the three-year period of implementation
Bullying Sept. 1999-June 2002
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20
40
60
80
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120
1401999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
All Sites School 1 School 2 School 3
Results: Academic Achievement
• Students met or exceeded grade equivalent growth
Academic CTBS Results for Enrolled vs. Not Enrolled Students from 1999-2002
4.5
5
5.5
6
6.5
7
Vocabulary Reading Language Math Core Total
Not EnrolledEnrolled
Focus
•Creating Safe and Caring
Learning Communities
•Bullying
Resilient
Risk Factors• Unsuccessful in school • Low academic achievement • Low sense of self• Unsafe and insecure environment
– Victimization– Bullying– Fighting
• Poor nutrition• Family stress• Poor relationships• Low secure attachments to caring adults
Protective Factors
• School success• Increased academic achievement• A sense of self• Safe, secure and nurturing environments• A healthful lifestyle• Positive family and school relationships• Respectful and caring relationships• Connection to caring adults
Monitoring and Evaluating
• Informed decision making
• Refine implementation
• Change or re-direct practice
Comprehensive School Based-Model
• Academic
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Leadership
Pillars for Living, Learning Growing and Being
Guiding Principles
• Everyone is unique and has a contribution to make
• Everyone has strengths which must be nurtured and supported
• Everyone has the right to be respected and the responsibility to respect others
• Service to others performed with caring and love makes a difference
School/Community-Wide Approach
• Agreements
• Consequences
Role Models
“Like it or not, teachers, parents, caregivers, we are all role models. Our daily choices and actions will echo through the generations.”
- Jensen
Circles of Respect
Partner Engagement
• Social Capital
• Social Cohesion
Current and Future Initiatives
• Provincial Governments
• Canadian Government
• U.S. Government
• The Caribbean
• OECD
• United Nations
From Program to Practice
1. Comprehensive training
2. Step-by-step instructions and staged
implementation approaches
3. Full range of resources
4. Measurement tools
5. Ongoing support
6. Best-practice sharing opportunities
7. Celebration events
CommunitySomewhere, there are people to whom we canSpeak with passion, without having the words
Catch in our throats.Somewhere a circle of hands will open
To receive us, Eyes will light up as we enter,
Voices will celebrate us whenever we come into Our own power.
Community means strength that joinsOur strength to do the work that
Needs to be done.Arms to hold us when we falter.
A circle of healing.A circle of friends.
Someplace where we can be free.- Christina Baldwin
Contact Information
Sandra DeanTogether We Light the Way
Durham District School Board400 Taunton Road East
Whitby, Ontario L1R 2K6Canada
dean_sandra@durham.edu.on.cawww.togetherwelighttheway.com
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