The Educators Presentation is for staff, teachers and administrators..
It is paramount that individuals who come in contact with students on a daily basis keep vigilant in pursuing the creation of a safe, healthy learning environment for children. The sad reality is that 80% of adolescents report being bullied during their school years. Unfortunately, students report that 71% of teachers or other adults in the classroom ignore bullying incidents.
Research indicates that adults who were bullied as children have higher rates of involvement in substance abuse, domestic violence and other violent crimes than those who were not. Over 160,000 school children stay home each day out of fear of bullying, often without telling their parents why. It is critical that those in the school community understand the long-term effects of bullying and that those effects alone justify both vigilance and a need to take steps to reduce its presence in their school.
The Educators Presentation helps teachers and staff recognize the signs of bullying, understand the action that is required to report an incident of bullying, and the need to constantly be on guard for possible bullying situations. All members of a school must realize the importance of creating a sense of community that involves all members including teachers, staff and administrators in addition to the students. To produce this atmosphere students must believe that the adults at their school are members of this community and can be relied on to protect and respect it members.
Joe the Biker brings his expertise to bear by helping participants:
- Learn how to define a sense of community in their school.
- Agree on common goals of the educational community.
- Discuss the importance of being a role model.
- Understand emotional nurturing.
- Detect the signs that a child might be targeted.
- Detect the signs that a child is a bully.
- Learn how to build an atmosphere of trust in the classroom.
- Discuss the long-term effects of bullying.
