When students don’t feel safe in school, they don’t thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.  According to a 2015 survey from the National Center for Educational Statistics, more than one out of every five students (20.8%) has reported being bullied. Bullying takes many forms and impacts not only the student being bullied, but the entire school community. Participants of this course will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to build safe school communities that identify bullying behaviors quickly (and even before they happen), empower students to move from bystander to advocate, and use character development and social-emotional learning to build stronger school communities. 

Techniques for effective interventions as well as best practices from both a teacher and school-wide perspective will be provided to enable participants to address (cyber)bullying concerns within their respective schools and communities.  Participants will leave the course with a framework for implementing classroom meetings to foster a positive classroom climate, integrating social-emotional learning/character education, and speaking with key stakeholders (parents, other teachers, and administrators) to prevent (cyber)bullying in and out of the classroom.

Participants complete this ONLINE course at their own pace. NOTE: All CE Credits classes must be completed by August 31, 2019. After registering through PD Enroller, email kaylal@ncesd.org to receive an email with an enrollment code and instructions on how to register. Upon completion of your course, email your certificate of completion to kaylal@ncesd.org. NCESD will mark you attended so you can go to your PD Enroller account, complete an evaluation and then purchase your clock hours.

When an individual enrolls in a course it stays at the Not Started status until they select “start”. On their initial click to start their course they are asked if they are ready to start and are required to read that they have 180 days (a semester) to complete their course. They then check “yes” they are ready to start. If they do not finish within 180 days they can request and pay a $30.00 fee to extend their course for an additional two weeks. This option can be selected from the “student homepage”.