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WorkplaceWorkplace BullyingBullyingMoving On……Moving On……
Tullamore Court HotelTullamore Court Hotel
March 10March 10thth 2007 2007
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionUnion
Article 31. Fair and just working conditionsArticle 31. Fair and just working conditions
Every worker has the right to working Every worker has the right to working conditions which respect his or her health, conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity.safety and dignity.
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The Guaranteed Way to Stop A Workplace The Guaranteed Way to Stop A Workplace Bully.Bully.
Get Rid of Them!Get Rid of Them!
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Effects on the OrganisationEffects on the Organisation
High Staff TurnoverHigh Staff Turnover Loss of ReputationLoss of Reputation Loss of positive cultureLoss of positive culture Poor work performancePoor work performance Lack of worker loyaltyLack of worker loyalty Poor productivityPoor productivity Litigation €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€!!!!!!Litigation €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€!!!!!!
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Schools and Workplace Schools and Workplace Bullying! Bullying!
What is it about schools that seems to make What is it about schools that seems to make them particularly vulnerable to workplace them particularly vulnerable to workplace bullying?bullying?
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Schools and Bullying – Why Teaching?Schools and Bullying – Why Teaching?
Increased Increased pressures/stresses in pressures/stresses in schoolsschools
Increased pressures Increased pressures on teacherson teachers
Differing expectations Differing expectations of schoolsof schools
Change in schoolsChange in schools
No pre-service or in-No pre-service or in-service trainingservice training
Fear – no protection Fear – no protection of whistleblowersof whistleblowers
Feminisation of Feminisation of profession – profession – increased reportingincreased reporting
Lack of promotional Lack of promotional prospectsprospects
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Lack of mobility in Lack of mobility in professionprofession
Policy overloadPolicy overload Vocational aspect of Vocational aspect of
teachingteachingLeadershipLeadership
Relative autonomy Relative autonomy of Principalof Principal
Lack of obligatory Lack of obligatory training of Principalstraining of Principals
Boards of Boards of ManagementManagement
Voluntary and Voluntary and transient nature of transient nature of Boards of Boards of ManagementManagement
No prior No prior qualifications qualifications necessary for BoM necessary for BoM ChairpersonChairperson
Role of InspectorateRole of Inspectorate
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Exercise 1Exercise 1
Imagine your school has had a bullying Imagine your school has had a bullying problem for some time.problem for some time.
Agree on Agree on
(a) one impediment to change(a) one impediment to change
(b) one support to change(b) one support to change
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Moving On……Moving On……
There can be no healing without the There can be no healing without the absoluteabsolute commitment of all parties commitment of all parties concerned.concerned.
Without this, we only have parlour Without this, we only have parlour games………………games………………
Skills and Approaches to Skills and Approaches to Create or Recreate a Create or Recreate a
Positive Work Positive Work EnvironmentEnvironment
………………………………………………do they exist?do they exist?
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““Jealousies, guilt, anxiety and undisclosed and Jealousies, guilt, anxiety and undisclosed and often unrecognised struggles for power have a often unrecognised struggles for power have a profound effect on the acceptance or rejection profound effect on the acceptance or rejection
of rational solutions to apparently of rational solutions to apparently straightforward problems”straightforward problems”(Brooke-Smith 2003:64)(Brooke-Smith 2003:64)
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Prevention is better than cure!Prevention is better than cure!How to create a healthy school!How to create a healthy school! Clear Communication StructuresClear Communication Structures Culture of SupportCulture of Support Welcome for diversityWelcome for diversity Zero tolerance for negative behavioursZero tolerance for negative behaviours Democratic managementDemocratic management Constant monitoringConstant monitoring Commitment to self-reflectionCommitment to self-reflection Educate YourselfEducate Yourself TrainingTrainingAnd……And……
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Purely PolicyPurely Policy
Importance of PolicyImportance of Policy What to include in itWhat to include in it Homophobic BullyingHomophobic Bullying Culture AuditCulture Audit
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How to stop it!How to stop it!
Accept that it is happening to you.Accept that it is happening to you. Decide to take actionDecide to take action DocumentDocument Bear WitnessBear Witness Begin Informal Procedures.Begin Informal Procedures. Only if these fail!!!!…. Initiate Formal Initiate Formal
Procedures.Procedures. Final Course of Action - Legal RedressFinal Course of Action - Legal Redress
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Exercise 2Exercise 2
Scenarios…..Scenarios…..
What would you do?What would you do?
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How can we move on as a school How can we move on as a school community?community?
Acknowledge the past ( Silence is the ally of Acknowledge the past ( Silence is the ally of bullying)bullying)
Agreed Facilitator – Parish Priest, Chairperson Agreed Facilitator – Parish Priest, Chairperson of B.O.M., Outside and Independent Agentof B.O.M., Outside and Independent Agent
Personal Commitment to ChangePersonal Commitment to Change Confront negativity head on.Confront negativity head on. Protect the positive elements of the school Protect the positive elements of the school
cultureculture Develop new stories of successDevelop new stories of success Celebrate the positive and successful where Celebrate the positive and successful where
possiblepossible
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Conclusion
The Survivors Psalm
I have been victimisedI was in a fight that was not a fair fight.I did not ask for the fight. I lost.There is no shame in losing such fights, only in
winning.I have reached the stage of survivor and am no longer
a slave of victim status.I look back in sadness rather than hate.I look forward with hope rather than despair.I may never forget, but I need not constantly
remember. I was a victim.I am a survivor.
Ochberg 1993 (in Tehrani 2001)Ochberg 1993 (in Tehrani 2001)
