School Counseling and Guidance Program

Classroom Guidance ResultsChristine Cura

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BVM students (29%) have been harassed because of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or disability

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Perceived Safety of the School Only 19% of BVM

students feel very safe at school

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Physical fight 22% BVM students

have been in a physical fight

Even though the percentage of BVM students is lower than the state average…

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Physical fights occur mostly among males

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Based on CHKS, we found… high harassment rates low perceived safety of the school increased physical fights among males

Personal/Social Standard A Students will acquire knowledge, attitudes, and

interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others

Personal/Social Standard B Students will make decisions, set goals, and

take necessary action to achieve goals

Personal/Social Standard C Students will understand safety and survival

skills

A:A1 Acquire Self-KnowledgeA:A2 Acquire Interpersonal SkillsB:B1 Self-Knowledge Application

C:C1 Acquire Personal Safety Skills

•Grades 7 & 8•September-November•Health/Science Classes

–Statistics–Definition of bullying–Types of bullying–Who are the bullies? Who is targeted?–Reporting –Role-play (conflict-resolution scenarios)

8% knew how many children who will miss school for the fear of being bullied

76% knew how many children who will miss school for the fear of being bullied

66% identified the right option to report bullying incidences to an adult if rumors were being spread to the person

• 75% identified the right option to report bullying incidences to an adult if rumors were being spread to the person

61% strongly believed it is important to stop bullying

• 81% strongly believed it is important to stop bullying

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The reason we are teaching this is because we are trying to improve our bullying referral rates

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Overall, research says that students who behave better, achieve better (Van Horn, 2003)

This means that the lower the bullying rates, the more student achievement rates increase

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Building rapport with Health/Science teachers

Colleague assistance for administrative duties

Being prepared and organized eased anxiety Make sure classrooms have working

projectors More hands-on activities to foster the

building of conflict resolution skills Do not conduct guidance lessons back-to-

back

Students have the attitudes and knowledge about bullying, but more emphasis on skill-building

Not all students learn at the same pace Bullying rates may not reflect an accurate

representation of the school GPA may take a while to see significant

improvements Guidance lesson only occurred over the course of

one day Presentations should occur at all Health/Science

classes to reach all students

More bullying lessons to occur over the course of the year

Systematic bullying prevention/intervention needs to occur at the middle school at 3 levels (individual, classroom, school-levels)

More prevention/intervention needs to occur for males (group, anger management, conflict resolution, peer mediators)

The school counseling program is contributing in a meaningful

way to the academic

achievement of all students.

Thank you for your support of the school counseling program.