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Welcome to YOLO

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This is…

• Your• Opportunity to • Lead • Others

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Y.O.L.O.

This year Pink is taking part in the Olweus Program. The Olweus Bullying Prevention

Program (OBPP) is the most researched and best-known bullying prevention program

available today. At Pink, we have named this Y.O.L.O. which will stand for Your Opportunity

to Lead Others. Students will participate in weekly classroom meetings where guided discussions will take place regarding peer

relations, problem solving, bullying, etc. The goal is to help students take ownership over

developing strategies to reduce and/or eliminate bullying at Pink.

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STUDENT SURVEY

3rd-5th Students surveyed

in May of 2013

Review Results

Hot Spots?

“Bullying is when someone repeatedly and on purpose says or does mean or hurtful things to another person who has a hard time defending himself or herself.”

Olweus Definition of Bullying:

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Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

• YOLO = OBPP• Nationally recognized anti-bullying

program that is being implemented throughout FISD

• Focuses on increased supervision of hot spots, classroom meetings for students to discuss bullying issues, better definitions of staff responsibility and follow through

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What OBPP is…..

• Designed for all students• Preventive and responsive• Focused on changing norms and

restructuring the school setting• Research-based

• Key components: School, Classroom, Community, Individual

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What OBPP is NOT….

• A curriculum• A conflict resolution approach• A peer mediation program• An anger management program• A classroom management technique

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School-Level Components

• School rules and consequences are

aligned with FISD bullying policies

• Use of positive consequences and

negative consequences; Increase

supervision of hot spots

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Classroom-Level Components

1. Post and enforce schoolwide rules against bullying.

2. Hold weekly classroom YOLO meetings on Fridays.

3. Hold meetings with students’ parents when needed.

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Classroom-Level Components

1. OBPP is not a classroom management program, but is a way of helping teachers hone behavior management skills.

2. Rules: We will not bully others, We will try to help students who are bullied, we will try to include students who are left out, and if I know about someone who is being bullied I will let and adult at school or home know.

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Anti-bullying• We will not bully others.• We will try to help students who are

bullied.• We will try to include students who

are left out.• If we know that somebody is being

bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.

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Individual-Level Components

• In this realm, we are to supervise students’ activities, ensure that all staff intervene on-the-spot when bullying occurs, hold meetings with students involved in bullying, and develop individual intervention plans for involved students.

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