1. Group 7: Rachel Cash Barry DeLong Blake Hovis Jonathan Fisher Rakan DiarBakerli

2. Jordan High School Located in southwest Durham. Enrollment in 2011-2012 is just over 1,800 in grades 9-12 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced lunch 95-96% of graduates in the past three years are attending 2- or 4-year colleges* Source: http://www.jordan.dpsnc.nethttp://www.jordan.dpsnc.net

4. From Jordan’s SIP: Priority Goal #2, School Goal 1: “Mutually respectful interactions between all school stakeholders [parents, teachers, and students] and increased respect for the school environment.” Our approach: we will implement a Peer Mediation (PM) program. Students act as an impartial third party to facilitate communication and negotiation and promote voluntary decision-making by the parties to the dispute.

5. Constructively resolves student conflict Teaches students personal and 21st century skills Motivates students to collaboratively resolve conflict Empowers students Improves self-esteem

6. Preventative Helps lighten administrative and assistant principles load of write-ups and referrals Improves school climate Meets student and teacher needs 93% resolution agreement rate 1 88% participants satisfied with agreements reached during mediation sessions 1

7. Family Orientation during parent night Student Forms Parental Agreement Student Orientation during homeroom.

9. I, ______________________________________, parent or guardian to _______________________________ last name, first in grade ____________________, give my consent and permission for my child to enter into Peer Mediation, if s/he also consents, in an effort to resolve situations that might otherwise result in administrative referrals. I understand that these sessions will be usually held with only visual supervision by an adult member of the school staff. I also understand that these sessions will be confidential, except in certain cases where legal requirements or school policy supercedes this confidentiality. I may revoke this permission at any time, and any pending Peer Mediation may be handled through the traditional Administrative Referral process. Signature:___________________________Date:_______/______/_____

10. Student & Staff Preparation: What experiences have you had that you think would qualify you to mediate? Why do you want to become a mediator Preparation 15-20 hours of training. Commitment to focus on skills and implementation. Role playing, mediation strategies.

11. Counselor as lead, AP with general oversight, and 5-6 staff members as coordinators Mediation room(s) require a viewing window for adult supervision Adults are required to abide by the American Bar code of conduct for mediators

12. Defining PM and its benefits Topics best handled: race, religion, personal beliefs, relationships, property, sexual orientation Topics not appropriate: illegal activities, gang activity, violence etc. Use of request form and how PM can replace traditional referrals Completing recommendations for student mediators Talking points for introduction of each class to PM

13. Paper request for mediation forms; this information is added to an Excel sheet for tracking statistics and students who need repeated mediation Every session is voluntary for both students, so consent is required Reflections from student participants and the peer mediator are gathered using a Google form for both anonymity and improvement of the process

14. Statistics are drawn from student reflections for participant satisfaction and resolution The Excel sheet will identify topics most often mediated and timeliness of the mediation These statistics will be combined with traditional referral data to provide a perspective on the overall impact on issue resolution Student, parent and staff surveys will monitor the ongoing success of the program

15. Thank you