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A dul t Wor kpl ace B ul l yi ng Seleste Odewole Maryland State Education Association UniServ Director Sodewole@mseanea.org Alisa Williams Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County, Paraeducator alisaanderson318@gmail.com NEA

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A dul t Wor kpl ace B ul l yi ng

Seleste Odewole Maryland State Education Association UniServ Director Sodewole@mseanea.org Alisa Williams Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County, Paraeducator alisaanderson318@gmail.com

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NEA Competency

Leading Our Professions: Advocates for quality inside our

professions and promotes our union’s role in advancing education transformation and student learning. – Advocates for policies and strategies that positively impact our professions and student learning

Level 1: Foundational: Understands the policies and

strategies that impact our professions and student learning

Level 2: Mobilizing & Power Building: Forges alliances and

agreements that positively impact our professions and student learning

Level 3: Agenda Driving: Leads our professions by

anticipating challenges and putting in place proactive strategies

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Workshop Goals

To understand characteristics and effects of

workplace bullying

To increase knowledge in appropriate

strategies in dealing with difficult behaviors

To develop strategies to improve workplace

environment

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What is workplace bullying?

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Workplace bullying is…

Repeated
Health-harming to target
Intimidating, threatening, humiliating , or

sabotaging behaviors

Often prevents work from being done
By a supervisor or coworker

(Namie &Namie, 2009, p. 3) The Healthy Workplace Campaign

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Is there a difference?

Bullying Harassment Discrimination No legal definition EEOC provides a legal definition EEOC provides legal definition Bullying is not target specific Unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information (e.g. AIDS, Ebola, etc) An employer treats an applicant or employee less favorability based

n age, disability,

genetic information, national origin, race, color, religion, or sexual orientation.

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Majority of bullying is legal

Bullying is not harassment, however

harassment is a form of bullying

Bullying is often not discrimination, however

discrimination is a form of bullying

Bullying is not target specific

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Bullying is common

Witnessed Only Been Bullied Currently Bullied

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The Bully

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Types of bullies

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Bullying Tactics

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Bullying tactics

Blame others for “errors”
Set unreasonable job

demands

Criticize ability
Inconsistently comply

with rules

Threaten job loss
Use sarcasm
Interrupt
Two-faced attacks
Public shaming
Insult
Discount

accomplishments

Exclude
Yell/scream
Steal credit
Invade one’s “personal

space”

Dirty looks

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Bullying Behaviors…

Intimidate
Degrade
Offend
Undermine
Embarrass
Humiliate

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Effects of Bullying

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Individual Effects

Increased fear
Decreased productivity
Decreased job

satisfaction

Chronic fatigue
Irritability
Difficulty sleeping
Increased anxiety
Anger
Depression

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Systematic Effects

Increased employee turn over
Increased employee absenteeism
Increased employee distraction
Decreased employee performance

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Recap

www.apaexcellence.org/bullying

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Strategies for empowerment

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Systematic Strategies

Anti-workplace bullying laws

www.workplacebullying.org

Board policies
Contract language
Worksite culture

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Individual Strategies

Change how you see

things

Develop emotional

detachment

Stand up for yourself
Limit exposure to the

individual(s) and/or situation

Build pockets of safety,

support, and sanity

Fight and win the right

battles

Recognize that you might

be able to take it, but question if you need to

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Approaches to Carry out the Individual Strategies

Aggressively
Passively
Assertively

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Aggressive Approach

Direct and/or

indirect

Honest and/or

dishonest

Violates rights of
thers
Win-Lose

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Passive Approach

Inactive and/or indirect
Communicates inferiority
Leads to being a victim
Lose-Win

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Be Assertive

Open, honest,

direct

Places our wants
n an equal par

with others

Communicates

self-respect and respect for

thers
Fosters

collaboration

Win-Win

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Empowerment is the process that allows one to gain the knowledge, skill-sets and attitude needed to cope with the changing world and the circumstances in which one lives.

Empowerment

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