Ashley Evans Blakely Leadership Proposal 2013

Leadership Goal
1. My goal is to reduce school violence and bullying by educating my colleagues on the statistics, effects, and signs of bullying. I also hope to reduce fear among our students and promote a safe environment for all students at John Horn High School. 2. I plan to include all the staff members of John Horn High School. Every adult on campus comes into contact with students on a daily basis and need to be aware of any threatening and violent behavior on campus, and what to do in the event they witness such actions taking place.

How I Will Achieve My Goal

1. I would like to make use of a youtube video made by young people being bullied. I plan to use this video as an opener and a way to attract attention and perhaps even touch on the emotions of faculty members in order to gain their attention. 2. I plan to discuss the statistic of bullying as well as the types of bullying that takes place. 3. I might have the teachers discuss in small groups situations of bulling they have witnessed as teachers (or students if they are new teachers fresh out of college. 4. Give the faculty members opportunities to discuss in large groups. 5. I plan to give faculty members ideas as to how to limit bullying in our school using findings from my research. (an example of a source:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-raise-happy-cooperativechild/201212/7-ways-schools-can-prevent-bullying)

Data Supporting the Need

1. We plan to create a survey for the faculty both before our staff development training as well as after. 2. We will also created a survey for the administrators and school counselors to complete some time after the training session in order to see how effective the training was for our school. We will do this by asking questions regarding how often the faculty members (in regards to bullying) are communicating to the administrators and counselors, as a result of our training. 3. We might create a form that faculty members can fill out upon the realization that bullying is taken place.

Leadership Opportunities
This will be my first time on the Staff Development team. I have always been interested in assisting staff development and have had the desire to teach teachers, and now I have the opportunity to work with other teachers in achieving this goal. Not only will I be leading lessons on bullying, but I am now a part of the staff development team which will give me more opportunities to use the leadership skills I learn in class to apply them at my school. I am hoping that my chosen topic bullying will reach all faculty members. Teachers are not the only people who come in contact with students secretaries, janitors, counselors, administrators, security guards, cafeteria workers, and aids will all be given the opportunity to learn about bullying and how to create a safe environment for our students.

Partners
1. I plan to partner with Anne-Elise Raya for this leadership assignment. She will focus on data collecting, as well as researching preventive measures, while I plan to put together the lesson that will take place on campus. We live in the same neighborhood, so it will be very convenient for the two of us to get together as frequently as needed in order to work on this project. 2. Anne-Elise will also focus on the SPED aspect of bullying. 3. We plan to use handouts that show various statistics and other data in regards to bullying, as well as the projector in order to show videos via the web. a. We have a bullying powerpoint presentation that Leander ISD created, and are going to use this during our presentation. b. We have a youtube video (its a 5 minute poem) from the perspective of the bully. c. We have a Bullying Incident Report we are going to discuss with our staff and distribute to everyone. d. The survey we will use will ask Administrators and Counselors how often bullying is reported by our staff. (before and after presentation) 4. I imagine the bullying lesson will be 25-45 minutes long

Personal List of Target Dates

By May 29 June 7 Early June Mid June July 24 & 25th Activity to be completed Received approval by my principal for leadership idea. Get feedback and revise proposal accordingly. Provide revised proposal to building principal and any other relevant persons. Begin gathering materials, conducting research on the project, and communicating with involved individuals. Continue preparation and communication. Develop materials for distribution such as newsletters, brochures, etc. Staff Development planning committee meeting. Meet with building principal to go over the project plan once again to make sure she/he is still okay. Last days of planning with Staff Development committee. Make presentations to faculty/staff during Staff Development. Distribute emails & other advertising materials to staff etc. Send out reminder emails to teachers to keep us in the loop of any bullying conversations/incidents reported in classes. Presentation to faculty memebers Finalize Part B and draft Part C. Submit Completed Project Report to eCollege.

Aug 6th & 7th

Aug 26-30 Sept. (early) Sept., Oct., and Nov. Sept 23 By Dec. 1 Dec. 6th

Outcome Assessment
We plan to create a survey for the faculty both before our staff development training as well as after. We will also create a survey for the administrators and school counselors to complete sometime after the training session in order to see how effective the training was for our school. We will do this by asking questions regarding how often the faculty members (in regards to bullying) are communicating to the administrators and counselors, as a result of our training. We might create a form that faculty members can fill out upon the realization that bullying is taking place.

Survey #1: Administrators & Counselors Survey over Staff Development Bullying Session 1. As a result of our training on bullying, how often have faculty members communicated with an administrator/counselor in regards to bullying incidents seen here on campus?

Survey #2
Bullying Incident Report John Horn High School
Status of person making this report: Please circle one. Student Teacher Administrator Counselor Other Name of person making the report ________________________ Phone ____________ Name of Victim(s): _____ _____________ Grade: ________ Gender: _____________ Race of Victim: American Indian/ Alaska Native Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Asian White Black/African American Unknown/Not listed Hispanic/Latino Multiracial School: __________________________________ Date of Incident: ________________ Name(s) of accused Bully(ies): ______________________ Grade __________________ ______________________________ Grade _________________ ______________________________ Grade _________________ Type of Incident: Physical (e.g. assault, hitting or punching, kicking, theft ) Verbal (e.g. threatening or intimidating language, teasing or name-calling, racist remarks) Indirect (e.g. spreading rumors, intimidation through gestures, social exclusion and sending

insulting messages or pictures by mobile phone or using the internet) Time of Incident: During the school day Outside of the school day, but during school-related activities Outside of the school day or during non-school-related activities Location of the Incident: Hallway Cafeteria Bathroom Classroom Playground Library Bus On the way to/from school Gymnasium Other: _________________________________________________________________________ _____ Describe the bullying incident: Signature of Reporter: _________________________________________Date: Person Receiving the Complaint: _________________________________Date: Part 2: Investigation & Intervention Please identify the Investigative Action taken by school staff following the receipt of a Bullying Incident Report:
Conference with victim .Date: ______________ Conference with accused bully(ies)Date: ______________ Conference with parent(s)Date: ______________ Comments:

_________________________________________________________________________ __ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Please identify the level of intervention and action taken by school staff following the Investigative Action: Level 1 Describe & Respond: Appropriate response to the first incident situations.
REQUIRED: Conference with school personnel ...Date: _____________ Completion of a self-reflection activity..Date: _____________ OPTIONAL: Completion of a social learning activityDate: _____________ Completion of a restorative activity.. Date: _____________ Other consequence: _________________________________________________________

Level 2 Confront & Prohibit: Appropriate response when student has already experienced a Level 1 intervention but persists in a pattern of bullying behavior towards other students.
REQUIRED: Conference with school personnel & student ..Date: ____________ Parental contact by telephone....Date: ____________ Completion of a self-reflection activity...Date: ____________ Completion of a social learning activity.....Date: ____________ Letter to parent documenting parental contact....Date: ____________ OPTIONAL: Completion of a restorative activity... Date: ____________ Other consequence: _________________________________________________________

Level 3 Report & Refer: may follow Levels 1 and 2 sequentially or may be initiated immediately.
REQUIRED: Conference with school personnel & student ..Date: ___________ Parental contact by telephone....Date: ___________

Completion of a self-reflection activity...Date: ___________ Completion of a social learning activity.....Date: ___________ Completion of a restorative activity... Date: ___________ Consequence deemed appropriate by personnelDate: ___________ Please identify: _________________________________________ Sanction (loss of privileges, restrictions)...Date: ___________ Please identify: _________________________________________ Conference with parent(s)...Date: ___________ Development of a formal bullying intervention plan.Date: ___________ Letter to parent documenting parental contact....Date: ___________ Comments:

_______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ________ _________________________________________________________________________ ________

Completed form shall be given to the school administrator or counselor.

Permissions
Since it was the end of the school year and graduation was approaching, the principal was a little difficult contact. Furthermore, I am out on maternity leave and was just released to drive a week and a half ago due to my being on pain mediation from my surgery. However, I finally got his secretary on the phone and through her he approved Bullying as a staff development class for next year and asked me to become a part of the staff development team, which will meet three times over the summer.