Berkeley Heights School District Presented by: Anti-Bullying Bill - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presented by: Kevin Morra District Anti- Bullying Coordinator

Berkeley Heights School District

Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights District Self Assessment Results Reporting Period 2 Results September 14, 2017

 Assessment Rubric remained unchanged for the 2016-2017

school year.

 The district Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB)

Specialists met with the HIB Coordinator to review the process for completing the Self Assessment.

 The HIB Specialists met with their schools’ safety teams to

complete the assessment.

 Results were scored and forwarded to the Anti-Bullying

Coordinator.

Process:

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 Results are to be presented for public review (this

meeting)

 Results are included in an electronic report due to

the NJDOE by September 30, 2017

 Once results are reviewed and approved by the

NJDOE, districts are required to post the score on each school’s website and the district website

Process: (cont.)

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8 Core Elements

HIB Programs, Approaches & Other Initiatives Training on HIB Policy Other Staff Instruction & Training Curriculum & Instruction on HIB HIB Personnel HIB Incident Reporting Procedures HIB Investigation Procedures HIB Reporting

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District Self-Assessment Results

School Percentage Scores 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 MKM 86% 82% 81% 90% MPS 81% 77% 85% 90% WW 90% 91% 90% 91% TPH 85% 88% 88% 91% CMS 93% 92% 94% 95% GLHS 82% 92% 96% 95% District Average 86% 87% 89% 92%

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Element Scores: School

Element Maximum Score District Average GLHS CMS MKM WW MP TH

Programs/ Approaches

15 13.2 12 14 13 14 12 14

Policy Training

9 7.5 9 8 7 6 7 8

Staff Instruction

15 13.5 14 13 14 13 14 13

Curriculum/ Instruction

6 5.8 6 6 6 6 6 5

Personnel

9 8.7 9 9 8 9 9 8

Incident Reporting

6 6.0 6 6 6 6 6 6

Investigation Procedures

12 12.0 12 12 12 12 12 12

HIB Reporting

6 5.0 6 6 4 5 4 5

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 District wide scores indicated improvement in 5 of 6 buildings  Policy Training and Staff Instruction were the lowest average element

scores in 2015-2016 and improved in the 2016-2017 school year

 Investigation procedures are consistently followed district wide  HIB programs are consistently implemented  Concerns noted in training of volunteers, substitutes, and contract service

providers

 Action: Creation of voice over power point training  HIB Reporting Element (element 8) indicated concerns regarding Self

Assessment Score posting

 Action: District HIB webpage update now includes score

Analysis of Self Assessment Results

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Reporting Period 2 Comparison

School Investigations Confirmed Cases 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 GLHS 14 15 10 2 4 3 CMS 21 27 25 13 14 13 MPS 11 7 11 7 3 3 WW 5 1 5 2 2 TPH 8 7 6 4 1 MKM 1 4 1 Totals 60 58 58 28 22 21

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 Downward trend of confirmed violations noted over three

year period

 Noted consistently higher rates of reported incidents in

January and March

 CMS continues to account for highest percentage of district

investigations and confirmed HIB violations

 GLHS: Significant downward trend in number of

investigations over three years

 Elementary schools: MPS maintains highest number of

investigations/violations

Facts and Trends: Reporting Period 2

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Full Year Comparison

School Investigations Confirmed Cases 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

GLHS 34 24 16 2 7 4 CMS 40 39 44 21 21 26 MPS 22 9 18 11 4 5 WW 6 2 6 2 2 TPH 9 11 7 4 2 MKM 5 7 2 Totals 116 92 93 40 34 37

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Over a three year period:

 Identified higher proportion of male victims to

female victims at each level

 Identified higher proportion of male offenders

to female offenders at each level

 68% of elementary investigations involve

• ffenders in grades 4 and 5

 76% of high school investigations involve

• ffenders in grades 9-10

Facts and Trends: District Data

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Over a three year period:

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71% of elementary investigations concerned incidents taking place at lunch or recess

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At the secondary level, identified trend shows a slight increase in the number of incidents taking place in the classroom settings

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Protected category: Perceived social status now accounts for the majority of the elementary cases investigated

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Protected category: Race/National Origin has trended up at CMS

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Protected category: No consistent trend at GLHS (sexual

• rientation and mental/cognitive ability appear to account for most

investigations)

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Protected category: Physical appearance remains consistent targeted area at all three levels

Facts and Trends: Continued

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Over a three year period:

 Noted decrease in the number of reported incidents in

September and October in last two years

 Noted increase in reported incidents in November and June

in last two years

 January and March continue to maintain higher number of

reported incidents since the inception of the law

 February and December continue to maintain lowest

number of reported incidents since the inception of the law

Facts and Trends: Continued

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"Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act,

• r any electronic communication, whether it

be a single incident or a series of incidents…”

 Majority of BHPS investigations generate from single

incident

 Impulsivity  As stress and demands increase, tolerance and frustration

thresholds decrease

“Single Incident”

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ONGOING

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Bi-monthly Coordinator Meeting

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Mindfulness

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ABC Legal Training

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Curriculum-based classroom lessons

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Counselor initiated group sessions

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Week of Respect

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Clubs and Community activities NEW

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Staff Refresher Training

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Parent Program

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PTO Information sessions

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Parent Pamphlet

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Legal Training for Administration

2016-2017 School Year Programs/Training

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 New Staff Training – August 2017  HIBster – Staff Training and implementation  Elementary Program, Peer Conflict Resolution  Mindfulness  Continued Parent Information Sharing  Voice Over Trainings (Volunteers, contracted services,

substitutes)

 Webpage Update  Policy Review  ABS Decision Making continued

2017-2018 Focus

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Questions?

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