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Informationen zum Autor Shona Anderson has been an educator since 1996. Her work as both an English teacher and a French teacher led her to administration in 2003 for the Bluewater District School Board. Anderson is also a part-time faculty member of the University of Western Ontario. She started her teaching career with the Upper Grand District School board as a core French teacher. She began taking Additional Qualifications courses and holds a double specialization in the teaching of French as a Second Language and Computers in the Classroom. Anderson holds a B.A. in English from the University of Guelph and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in secondary education from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. She also completed her Masters of Education through Charles Sturt University in Australia, with a focus on Educational Research in the area of bullying. Her research was supported by the Ontario Principals Council and she has both written for their publication, the Register, and presented at their annual Odyssey conference. Anderson has also published an action manual for administrators called Creating a Culture of Action for OPC . Klappentext Team-focused strategies for bully-proofing your schoolOne of the greatest challenges educators face in addressing bullying is recognizing when it's right in front of them. This practical guide gives administrators the steps for creating a school culture where staff members are equipped to stand up instead of stand by. Shona Anderson's seven-step framework arms educators with: A 10-question "pulse check" to determine areas of school culture that need strengthening Tangible actions for each stage of the decision-making cycle Activities that prompt staff members to observe, collaborate, act, and evaluate Zusammenfassung A practical guide for administrators that leads to steps for creating a school culture where staff members are equipped to stand up instead of stand by. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments About the Author Preface Introduction: Bullying and Bystanderism The Elephant in the Room The Continuum to Action If We Do What We've Always Done- We'll Get What We've Always Got Turning on the Lights Action - Pulse Check 1. The Team Approach to Safe Schools What is a Safe Schools Team? Creating a Safe Schools Team in Your School Case Study - Who's On Your Team? Action - Planning Your Team I. Pre-Bystanderism 2. Personal History Primes Perceptions Following the Path Backwards A Friend and A Foe The Priming Problem Broadening the Path Case Study - Can You Spot The Bully? Action - Fact Or Myth Activity 3. Good Intentions Can Get Lost The Kitty Genovese Story Good Samaritans - The Parable From Jerusalem to Jericho The Bystander Affect - What Affects the Bystander? Case Study - What Do You See? Action - Hot Spots II. Decision Making 4. Broken Culture - A Window of Opportunity Broken Windows From New York to Your School What Are Your Broken Windows? The Counter Argument - It's Not the Windows Case Study - What Is Your Line in the Sand? Action - Dotmocracy 5. Math Can Make Bystanderism Manageable The 80-20 Rule Doing the Math More Math - The Two by Ten Strategy Even More Math - The Multiplier Effect Can We Change Lives? Case Study: Who Would You Choose? Action - Math, Math and Even More Math 6. What Supervision of Students Really Entails Meeting Myles It's Not The Wrong Place Understanding the Responsibility of Supervision Case Study: Spot the Supervision Problem Action - Super Supervision 7. The Importance of Being Able to Say What You Mean What is Mitigation? Opaqueness - The Real Cost of Lies is That They Obsc...
About the author
Shona Anderson has been an educator since 1996. Her work as both an English teacher and a French teacher led her to administration in 2003 for the Bluewater District School Board. Anderson is also a part-time faculty member of the University of Western Ontario. She started her teaching career with the Upper Grand District School board as a core French teacher. She began taking Additional Qualifications courses and holds a double specialization in the teaching of French as a Second Language and Computers in the Classroom.
Anderson holds a B.A. in English from the University of Guelph and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in secondary education from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. She also completed her Masters of Education through Charles Sturt University in Australia, with a focus on Educational Research in the area of bullying. Her research was supported by the Ontario Principals Council and she has both written for their publication, the Register, and presented at their annual Odyssey conference. Anderson has also published an action manual for administrators called Creating a Culture of Action for OPC.
