Table of Contents:
Existing Prevention & Intervention Strategies
1. Creating a Welcoming Community
2. Creating a Culture of Acceptance
Meeting Schedules and Timelines
The RLDHS Anti-Bullying Committee comprises school administration, teachers, and students. Â This plan was developed by the committee and supported by the School Action Plan.
Existing Prevention & Intervention Strategies
Prevention
- Restorative Practices
- A trauma-informed approach
- Behaviour Management System (BMS)
- SMHO, Life Promotion Toolkit
- Caring adults
- Community partnerships
- Staff are visible and active
- Student leadership
- Clubs and groups
- Bullying Prevention Week
- Safe spaces
- Explicit review of Code of Conduct
- CRRP
- Celebrate accomplishments
- Challenge Day
Intervention
- Responding to all incidents of bullying in a timely and effective manner
- Using Restorative Practices and Progressive Discipline
- Supporting the victim
- Following a serious incident, the principal must notify parents of the involved students, except in certain circumstances, and must invite the parents to discuss supports for their child.
- Tiered Interventions
2024/2025 Priority Areas
Addressing Bullying (Zero Tolerance) Â
Actions: | Timelines: | Responsibility/Monitoring: |
Provide opportunities for student leadership including student-led assemblies and events. Increased student participation on school committees Student Tutoring | Regular and Ongoing HSE4M - SI NBE3U/C - SII Jack.org - all year GPP3O - SII Grad/Prom Committees - spring | School Administration Teachers Grad Coach School Counsellor |
Create groups/clubs based on student interests Plan activities based on student interests | Regular and Ongoing Monthly events in the school | All |
Community-building activities outside the school day Opportunities for parents to visit outside the school day | Monthly | All School Council Grad Coach |
Gather, listen, and respond to student voice | Regular and Ongoing | Administration Teachers |
Improve School Culture & Community
Actions: | Timelines: | Responsibility/Monitoring: |
Increase community building events and opportunities for student leadership | Aim to have one event per month that brings the schools together and promotes a shared culture October
November December
February
March
April
MayÂ
June
| Administration Student Council |
Prioritize CRRP (culturally relevant responsive practices) in the school and classroom Invite in Community Partners for workshops and celebrations | Regular and Ongoing September - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation  October - Wenjack Walk November - Treaty Recognition Week May - MMIW June - National Indigenous History Month | School Administration Classroom Teachers Grad Coach |
Interventions & Supports
Actions: | Timelines: | Responsibility/Monitoring: |
Mental health promotion in classrooms
| Ongoing January - May weekly challenge | School Administration School Counsellor Classroom Teachers |
Jack.org mental health promotion | School Run club | Student Counsellor Teacher Advisors |
Mental Health ‘STOPS’ (Office, 4D, Guidance, Library) | In place by November | TERT |
Meeting Schedules and Timelines
October 9 | November 22 | February 26 | May 27 |
Identify next steps from School Climate Survey. Brainstorm session (see notes) | Plan for Anti-Bullying Week 2024 (Nov. 11 - 15) Identify 10 Days of Celebration activities. | Reflections Next Steps |
Meeting Notes:
How do we combat bullying?
- Bring awareness in a more relatable way
- Ensure students know about privacy
- Expose bullies
- Victims and bystanders need to tell someone
- Safe adults cannot ignore bullying reports
- SEL Training - increase empathy
- Talk openly about bullying
How do we get students to report bullying?
- Adults need to take action immediately
- Anoymous reporting
- Reassure those who are reporting
- Promote safe places in the school
- Rewards system for those to report bullying
- Make sure consequences (for the bully) are reported to the victim
- Role play how to report and make sure students are awre of how to get help
- Clear progressive discipline steps (written in Studnet Handbook)
What does _____ do when there is a bullying report?
- Student:
- Tell a teacher
- Do something (anything)
- Redirect them to an adult
- Provide a resource
- Teacher:
- Tell the bully to stop - address it immediately
- Send the bully to the office
- Investigate the situatoin
- Seperate the bully and the victim
- Put yourself in the student’s shoes
- P/VP:
- Call parents
- Make the bully apologize
- Make the bully attend an anti-bullying meeting :-)
How do we enhance our school community?
- Votes/surveys to see what students want to do
- Challenge day type activities
- Stop the opt-out culture
- Auction off coveted things
- Bring more diverse people into the school
- School sports and school spirit
- More opportunities for alliances with minorities
Planning for
- Mental Health Week (May 5 - 11) - Be Well Passport?
- School Events - March, April
- What is going well?
- Yule Ball
- Painting Party
- Inclusivity - people are nice and kind
- What do we need to do better?
- Lack of readily available Mental Health services - clarify tiers with the students? Â What are my next steps. Â Infographic.
- Drop-in counselling or group support at lunches?
- Focus on wellness - tie it to the Be Well Passport
- Next Steps:
- Buy the hunt stuff
- Make the poster for trivia night
- Make the MH poster
- Meet with Heather - lunch time -Â DONE
Reflections & Next Steps
Accomplishments
Priority Area One: Addressing Bullying (Zero Tolerance)
Priority Area Two: Improve School Culture & Community
Priority Area Three: Interventions and Support