1. Learning In Safe
Schools
“All Children Belong!”
Marilyn Caldwell
November 2, 2012

2. Current Practises
Pro Active
 Tribes
 Second Step
 Roots of Empathy
 Aboriginal Language and Culture
 Positive Action
 Counselling
 Diversity Clubs
 Focus on Bullying
 Vancouver Coastal Health

3. Current Practices
Reactive
 Enhanced Codes of Conduct
 Board Policies
 Restorative Practises
 School Wide Responses
- Assemblies
- Theme Days

4. 10 Point Strategy
ERASE
Expect Respect and a Safe
Education

5.  A five-year, multi-level training program for education
and community partners to help them proactively identify
and address threats. Spring 2013
Preventing One day session for elementary
Bullying1 teacher/1 admin from each school
Basic Risk 2 day training sessions
Assessment 2 reps from each mid/high school
Admin/Counsellor/Community members
 New online tools, including a Smartphone app, for kids to
report bullying anonymously.
 Available before Winter Break
 We already have www.psstworld.com

6.  Dedicated safe school co-ordinators in every school
district – January 2013
Marilyn Caldwell. Rose Mackenzie, Lisa McCullough
 Stronger codes of conduct for schools
Done 2012

7.  Provincial guidelines for threat assessments.
Coming from the Ministry of Education
 On line materials for parents
Coming from the Ministry of Education

8.  Formal protocols to guide and co-ordinate the
work of school and community partners
Tri ministerial protocols on:
 Child Abuse
 Risk Assessment
 Suicide Postvention
 Threat Assessment (Spring 2013)

9.  A provincial advisory committee with
representatives from police, school and social
agency partners.
 Anti-bullying and threat assessment training for
pre-service teachers: Universities

10.  Focusing one of the existing six provincial
teacher professional development days on anti-
bullying.
 Today!