taking the bull out of bullying - Community Foundation of Western

209 Pages·2007·6.1 MB·English

Lilli Trinchero Celebrate Diversity Initiative
TAKING THE
BULL
OUT OF
BULLYING
A HANDBOOK FOR M.S.TEACHERS
ASSEMBLED IN COOPERATION
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS
TAKING THE
BULL
OUT OF
BULLYING
You cannot shake hands
with a clenched fist.
— Indira Gandhi
What do we live for, if not to make life
less difficult for each other?
— George Eliot
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TAKING THE
BULL
OUT OF
BULLYING
Thank you to Lilli Trinchero and her Celebrate Diversity Fund. Without this
support this handbook would not be possible.
We would like to also thank the individuals, organizations, and companies that
allowed us to copy materials and include them in this training handbook.
Bullying and the Law
by WCSD Police Department
Stop Bullying Now – Take A Stand, Lend A Hand
Provided by the U.S. Department of Human Services
Take A Stand Against Bullying
Coordinated by the Shoreline Police Department and King County Police Department
Sponsored by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Washoe County School
District Police Department
Preventing Classroom Bullying: What Teachers Can Do
Jim Wright
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS
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What makes the people involved
with the Community Foundation
so special?
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hat connects them to each in whatever form it takes, as sparking even
other and to you? They have more involvement. And they often talk
stepped up to the plate and about how fun and satisfying it is to be
answered the question. They are doing involved. We think it is fun and satisfying
what they need to do with their lives. to work together.
These people are truly alive.
Finally, many donors find that their own
They feel a sense of urgency to make a dif- involvement and passions are contagious –
ference in the world. Their giving is within their own families, among their
strongly connected to their core values friends, and in the community as a whole.
and belief systems. They want their grants This gives us tremendous hope for the
to have a measurable impact. They feel a future. Just as their giving inspires all of us
personal connection to the groups and here at the Foundation, we hope it will
issues they support – often volunteering inspire you to look into your own hearts
their time with the same agencies they and minds to find the passions that can
support financially. make a difference in the lives of others and,
importantly, in your own life as well. What
They are motivated by a strong sense of makes you come alive? What are you pas-
what’s possible. They are curious to learn sionate about?
more, about the issues they already sup-
port and others they want to explore. What will you do?
They see their community involvement,
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I will keep children safe.
It is a life dream of mine to help people feel safe and accepted for just who they are.
I want to help make schools in our area a gentle, peaceful place for all children.
The Celebrate Diversity Fund will work towards that end.
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illi Trinchero is passionate about the school district in working out an
helping children in Washoe affordable and effective method of encour-
County enjoy their school days in aging students to support and accept each
an accepting and bully-free atmosphere. other.
To that end she is dedicating her
Celebrate Diversity Fund to a partnership The Community Foundation is proud to
with the Washoe County School District. help fundholders like Lilli achieve their
The Community Foundation helped Lilli charitable goals. We use our resources to
gather experts from our area to discuss dif- facilitate meetings with community organ-
ferent approaches to the problem of bully- izations and experts. Wehavehelped create
ing in schools. Conversations were held in and disseminate electronic surveys, and
the Foundation office with counselors, our program committee uses varied bases
nonprofit organizations and support of knowledge to suggest possible grants.
groups as well as providers of school cur- One of the benefits of working with the
riculum. There are many different Community Foundation is finding the
approaches to this problem, and we asked common goals you share with other fund-
elementary school principals in our dis- holders. Good ideas are easily shared
trict what was and wasn’t working for around our table with coffee and cookies,
their school. The results of this survey are and from these ideas spring great work.
helping to guide Lilli’s advisor group and
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TAKING THE
BULL
OUT OF
BULLYING
Table of Contents
Bullying and the Law 11
Stop Bullying Now! 19
Take A Stand. Lend A Hand.
Take A Stand Against Bullying 53
*All material in this section is on the CD provided in Power Point
Preventing Classroom Bullying 147
M.S. Advisory Lesson Plans 165
Contacts, References and Resources 173
Other Materials 195
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