This document provides information on bullying prevention in schools. It discusses how bullying affects victims, bystanders, and bullies. Victims experience fear, loss of self-esteem, depression, and lower academic performance. Bystanders also feel fear and guilt. Bullies are more likely to drop out of school and engage in criminal behavior. The document then outlines strategies for teachers and schools to address bullying, such as establishing anti-bullying rules and policies, supervising areas where bullying often occurs, responding quickly to reports of bullying, and involving parents.

1. Guardian Angels Education
Academy
Bully Prevention in School
Presented by
Frank Schindelheim
Educational Facilitator-
Alliance of Guardian Angels
Author:
RELIEVING CLASSROOM STRESS- A Teacher’s Survival Guide ©

2. FACT
Bullying interferes with learning
In recent studies, It has been
reported that 88% of junior high
and high school students have
experienced being victimized by
bullying in school.
Source: U.S. Department of Education

3. Bullying has many
names
• Hazing
• Initiation rites
• Extortion
• Gossip
• Exclusion
• Rejection
• Teasing
• Assault
• Harassment

4. Bullies are cowards
They tend to bully others
when teachers and adults
are not watching.
They tend to bully and
intimidate others when they
have an audience of
“friends”.
They tend to look for
weakness in their victims.

5. Bullying in school.
Everyone suffers.
The Victim
• Fear of being bullied leads to higher rates of
absence and truancy.
• Victims develop a loss of self esteem,
depression and isolation.
• As students and later as adults, victims may
be hesitant to take social, intellectual,
emotional and vocational risks.
• If the problem persists, victims occasionally
feel compelled to take drastic measures, such
as vengeance in the forms of fighting back,
weapon-carrying or even suicide.
• Victims are more likely than nonvictims to
grow up being socially anxious and insecure,
displaying more symptoms of depression than
those who were not victimized as children.
• Grades may suffer because attention is drawn
away from learning.

6. Bullying in school.
Everyone suffers.
Bystanders
• Afraid of associating with the victim because they fear
retribution or becoming victimized themselves.
• Fear reporting bullying incidents because they may be
termed a “snitch”, “tattletale”, “rat”, etc.
• May experience feelings of guilt or helplessness
because they did not stand up to the bully on behalf of
their classmates.
• Are drawn into bullying behavior by group pressure.
• Feel unsafe, unable to take action or a loss of control.

7. Bullies Suffer
•Bullies are more
likely to drop out of
school
• Delinquency
• Criminality
• Bullies tend to
develop violent
tendencies

8. WHY SOME KIDS BULLY
Hi Ronald! You are a 12 year-old sixth grade male currently
attending Cedar Hill Middle School. The school is located about
three blocks from your apartment building in which you live on
the third floor with your Grandmother, Aunt and two younger
siblings. You like to “fool around” with kids in your class and
often like to show off in front of them. For that reason you have
developed a reputation among the adults in your school. They
think that you have problems. You generally do not like the
adults in Cedar Hill. They are always calling your Grandmother
and trying to get you into trouble. You have had these problems
since the first grade. You have always found it very difficult to
learn and, especially, take tests. The school suggested to your
Grandmother that you should be tested for special ed. placement,
but she told the school that you are smart and refused placement.
Last Thursday, during lunch, you got into a fight with Billy
(he’s in the homeroom next to yours). It always appears that
Billy is trying to please the teachers at school. Even when you
call him names and push him, he doesn’t do anything about it.
During the fight, the other kids were yelling and cheering. You
felt good about that and when Billy ran to the teacher’s on duty,
he was crying hysterically. You felt important in front of the
other kids. You like the feeling of being a “tough guy”. You
were suspended for fighting (2 days). When you came back to
class, you failed the social studies and math test, but you just
don’t care. You hate school; the kids and especially the adults.
They're always lecturing you and telling you that you better
shape up and that they never saw a kid like you. You shrug your
shoulders, and tell them that you just don’t care.

9. 1. Have you ever encountered a student
like Ronald?
2. If you answered yes, what sort of
behavior(s) did that student elicit?
3. Do you think it is unusual to have
students like Ronald in your class?
4. What strategies do you use when you
have a student like Ronald in your
class?

10. EFFECTIVELY DEALING
WITH BULLYING
Establish a school wide zero tolerance for
bullying behavior
1. Assess the awareness of bullying
problem in your school and
classroom
2. Closely supervise students in large
areas (cafeteria, play yard,
auditorium, halls, etc.).
3. Post rules in large play areas (rules
should be school wide and taught to
each student on a regular basis).
4. Establish a confidential reporting
system that allows children to report
victimization and that record details
of bullying incidents.
5. Establish a pupil personnel team to
educate the students on issues such
as sexual harassment,
discrimination.

11. 6. Act on bullying reports immediately.
7. Assure victims that you will follow up on
reports and take appropriate action.
8. Do not blame the victim.
* SAMPLE RULES THAT MAY BE POSTED IN
HALLWAYS, CAFETERIAS, PLAY YARDS
1. Do not run
2. Keep hands and feet to yourself
3. Respect others space
4. Do not litter
* Rules should be established to suit the needs of
each school

12. Strategies for Classroom
Teachers
• Be the counselor
• Provide classroom lessons
about bullying behavior
• Develop a classroom
action plan to ensure that
students know what to do
when they observe a
bully/victim confrontation
• Take immediate action
when bullying behavior is
observed

13. • Confront bullies in
private (Challenging a
bullies publicly may
be just what they are
seeking)
• Notify parents of all
parties immediately
• Refer victims and
aggressors to
counseling when
appropriate
• Create a buddy
system for victims

14. Student Strategies
• Seek adult help
• Do not participate in the
harassment of the victim
• Offer kind words to the victim
• Do not become involved in
rumors and gossip
• If you can effectively
communicate with the bully,
tell the bully that he is doing
inappropriate things
• Do not become involved in
physical or verbal fights with a
bully