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Resources for Safe and Respectful SchoolsParents want and expect their children to attend safe schools. Educators should do all they can to create, foster, and maintain a safe and healthy learning environment for students and staff. This website is designed to provide schools and communities with links to useful information and resources. The information provided here can help schools in their efforts to prevent bullying, harassment, and other violence and crises from occurring and prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents. Resources for Bullying Prevention Act Now! On-Line Bullying Prevention Program Through a partnership between the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Department of Public Instruction, effective and engaging on-line bullying prevention programs for students in grades 4 – 8 are available at no cost to Wisconsin schools. See Act Now! for students in grades 6 – 8 or Act Now! for grades 4 – 5. For more info click here. Preventing Bullying and Harassment of Students Perceived as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender
Students perceived as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are at much higher risk than peers for bullying and harassment at school and elsewhere. This resource includes recommended strategies to create safe schools for these students and their peers. For a webcast on this topic see Safe Schools: Preventing and Addressing Anti-Gay Bullying and Harassment 
Training on Preventing Bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender StudentsThrough a partnership with the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools, regional workshops are available to train school staff in creating safe school environments and preventing and addressing bullying. For more info click here. DPI’s Model Bullying Policy Each school board must adopt a policy prohibiting bullying by pupils. The school board may adopt this policy, and is required to distribute the policy annually to all pupils enrolled in the school district and to their parents or guardians. The school board is to provide a copy of the policy to any person who requests it. For a webcast on this topic see: Safe and Respectful Schools: Policy on Bullying
DPI Bullying Prevention Curriculum, 2nd Edition Curricula for grades 3 – 5, It’s Time to Act, and for grades 6 – 8, It’s Time to React are available from DPI Publication Sales. DPI’s Model Bullying Prevention Program Classroom activities for students in grades 3-8 are included in the 88 page printable document. For webcasts on this topic, see: Safe and Respectful Schools: Education Lessons on Bullying Prevention and Safe Schools: DPI Bullying Prevention Curriculum and Verona’s Story
Cyberbullying This webcast describes cyberbullying, the intentional and repeated harm of others through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices and what to do about it. Bullying should be reported to police. Pupil Non-Discrimination Program Pupil harassment, a form of discrimination, is behavior towards pupils based on a protected class that substantially interferes with a pupil's school performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive school environment. (PI 9.02(9), Wis. Admin. Code). Many instances of bullying may also be harassment. The pupil nondiscrimination program provides technical assistance to local school districts, parents and school district residents on matters relating to nondiscrimination and equality of educational opportunity under state law and related federal laws, and the pupil discrimination complaint and appeal process under state law and rules. (Section 118.13, Wis. Stats. and PI 9, Wis. Admin. Code). Key External ResourcesTeaching Tolerance-Southern Poverty Law Center Mix it Up at Lunch; Teacher Resources; Bullying Resources/School Climate with a focus on power and privilege GLSEN-Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network GLSEN works with educators, policy makers, community leaders and students on the urgent need to address anti-LGBT behavior and bias in schools. GLSEN strives to protect students from bullying and harassment, to advance comprehensive safe schools laws and policies, to empower principals to make their schools safer, and to build the skills of educators to teach respect for all people. Stop Bullying-Governmental Website Updated website addressing aspects of bullying. Information for parents, students, and school staff. National Education Association-Bully Free Campaign Lists national resources but also includes guidance for classified staff who are often witness to a lot of the bullying that happens in schools. Safe Schools Webcast Series
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