Ed White Elementary

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Ed White Elementary

• School Counseling Program
• Results Sample

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National Standards Personal/Social Domain

• Standard A Students will acquire the knowledge,
  attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them
  understand and respect self and others.
• Standard B Students will make decisions, set
  goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.
• Standard C Students will understand safety and
  survival skills.

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Student Competencies
Personal/Social A2.1 Recognize that everyone
has rights and responsibilities A2.6 Use
effective communication skills B1.4 Develop
effective coping skills for dealing with problems
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Guidance Curriculum

• Grades 5-6
• Roles in bullying situations
• Anti-bullying strategies
• Control over bullying situations

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Process Data

• Who 107, 5th and 6th grade students
• What Counselor created lessons on the effects of
  bullying and anti-bullying strategies
• When 3, 30 minute lessons in the regular
  classroom

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Perception Data Pre Post

• 38 demonstrated knowledge of anti-bullying
  strategies and roles in bullying

• 82 demonstrated
• knowledge of
• anti-bullying
• strategies and
• roles in bullying

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Perception Data
Knowledge of anti-bullying strategies and roles
in bullying
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Behavior Data 2006-2007 Office Referrals

• Pre
• 30 reports
• involving
• bullying during
• 1st semester

• Post
• 20 reports involving bullying during 2nd semester

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Office Referrals for Bullying
Bullying referrals were reduced by 33
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Intentional Guidance

• While all students already receive
  anti-bullying guidance curriculum in K-6 our
  data indicated that we needed additional
  intervention at the 6th grade
• 32 reported feeling bullied on 2005 School
  Climate survey
• 40 of girls and 50 of boys reported feeling
  bullied on the 2006 Iowa Youth Survey

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National Standard Personal/Social Standard A

• Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge,
  and skills that contribute to effective learning
  in school and across the life span.

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Student Competencies
Personal/Social A2.1 Recognize that everyone
has rights and responsibilities A2.6 Use
effective communication skills B1.4 Develop
effective coping skills for dealing with problems
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On Target To Stop Bullying
A Project from the Heart of The STOP Violence
Coalition Kansas City, Missouri By Suellen Fried
and Mara Weyforth
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Curriculum

• Raise awareness of the roles of
• Bully
• Target
• Witness
• Develop Strategies to stop bullying behaviors
• Increase student awareness of empathy respect
  for other students

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Targeting Improved Peer Relations

• Identify and decrease incidents of bullying
• Increased knowledge of supporting targeted
  students and creating a safe, respectful
  environment for learning
• Empower attitudes that enhance empathy and
  respect.
• Demonstrate assertive skills in role play

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On Target Strategies

• Collect and share student data
• Educate on bullying and effects
• Build empathy worksheets
• Role play assertive skills
• Utilize student driven problem solving
• Engage staff in a proactive policy and
  implementation

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Perception Data

• Pre
• 58 of students know how to stop bullying

• Post
• 76 of students know how to stop bullying

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Perception Data of students with knowledge
of anti-bullying strategies
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Perception Data

• Pretest Students reported 665 incidences of
  bullying
• Posttest Students reported 505 incidences of
  bullying.

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Incidences of Bullying
Student reports show a 24 reduction in bullying
in the 6th Grade
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Implications

• The results show that the anti-bullying
• guidance curriculum and On Target
• intentional program have increased knowledge of
• anti-bullying strategies and decreased the number
  of
• bullying incidences reported by students.
• Although these interventions have been
  successful,
• further interventions are needed. Ed White is
• implementing 6 Steps to a Trouble Free Playground
  
• and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in
  2007-
• 2008

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Further ImplicationsYear to year data will be
collected (spring to spring) for more accurate
data collection.Progress reports and playground
data will provide more accurate behavior data.
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Thank you for your support of the counseling
program. Lorri Gettes