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Olweus Bullying Prevention
EDSP 295 (3 credits)

Instructor Information

Ruth Walker Hamilton, Ph.D.

Title: BEST Co-Coordinator Office: Mann Hall, 3rd Floor Phone: 802-656-1131 Email: ruth.hamilton@uvm.edu

Richard Boltax, M.Ed.

Title: BEST Co-Coordinator Office: Mann Hall, 3rd Floor Phone:802-828-5125 Email: richard.boltax@state.vt.us

 

Schedule

Meeting Dates	Times	Location
Committee Training	2 Full Days	At your school	Description of Olweus Bulling Prevention Program: Classroom Meetings, School Rules, Interventions, Community involvement
Committee Training	1.5 hrs. each month	At your school	Completion of Committee Workbook; follow-up training, technical assistance and consultation for committee
Individual Meetings & Observations	1 hr. each month as requested	At your school	Individual observation and meeting; follow-up, technical assistance and consultation in regard to individual project design, implementation and outcomes

Course Description

Everyone taking this course needs to attend the full 2 days of Olweus Committee Training. This course utilizes a Practicum Format to focus on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program that was developed and researched in Norway for more than 20 years by Dan Olweus. The Olweus Program uses a systemic approach to preventing and resolving bullying and harassment issues in our classrooms, schools and communities. The objective of this course is to help participants understand the complex issues involved with bullying; and then, what needs to be done to effectively prevent, intervene and respond.

Course Requirements

• Register for course electronically
• Attend 2 days of training as part of school's bullying prevention or school climate committee
• Attend monthly follow-up committee meetings for consultation and technical assistance
• Complete Committee Workbook as a team
• Read 3 books
• Propose an action-plan for project of your own design, implement, and then summarize. If you would like to complete, Assignment Four: Proposed Action Plan, on-line and email it directly, please select Email Assignment Four

Required Readings

Students are to select and read three of the selected books.

Evaluation

Assignments	Scoring	Point Values
Assignment 1: Register online, and attend 2 days of committee training	Rubric 1	10
Assignment 2: Complete readings	Rubric 2	15
Assignment 3: Complete committee workbook as part of team monthly follow-up meetings	Rubric 3	30
Assignment 4: Complete Action-plan for your own project. If you would like to complete, Assignment Four: Proposed Action Plan, on-line and email it directly, please select Email Assignment Four	Rubric 4	15
Assignment 5: Implement and complete project summary	Rubric 5	30
Total Points:		100

 

Grades

A+ =  97-100	B+ =  87-89	C+ =  77-79
A   =  94-96	B   =  84-86	C   =  74-76
A-  =  90-93	B-  =  80-83	C-  =  70-73

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Last modified April 13 2008 11:17 PM