1. Inappropriate Behavior: Prevention and Intervention for Staff and Students

2. PREVENTION

3. Have a handbook for staff and students

4. If you can’t define it, you can’t prevent it!

5. Bullying is intentional harm-doing where a negative action is repeated over time and there is an imbalance of power
Not all negative, unacceptable behavior is bullying
What is Bullying?

6. Train your staff to know and understand the difference between conflict and bullying
What’s the Difference?

7. How can you prevent inappropriate behaviors and bullying at your school?

8. Know your staff and know your students

9. Establish clearly defined schoolwide behavior expectations

10. Make sure staff and students are aware of the consequences for their actions

11. “It is not the threat of punishment but rather the certainty of it that thwarts inappropriate behavior.”

12. Know your school’s hot spots and eliminate them!

13. Never tolerate inappropriate language, gestures or behaviors from staff or students

14. What we tolerate today, we will accept tomorrow!

15. Create a positive school environment

16. Staff and student relationships are key

17. Intervention

18. If it’s mean, intervene!

19. Stop the behavior immediately!

20. Make sure everyone is safe!

21. Separate, investigate, counsel and communicate with all stakeholders involved

22. Document the behavior

23. FACTS TO CONSIDER

24. Always be aware of social media and its impact on your students, faculty and staff.

25. Assume any text or email will be read aloud in a legal deposition one day