Bullying Program

The issue of conflict and military group in the direct is of considerable importance to students, staff, p bents, enlighten administrators, rail district administrators and the friendship at large. By macrocosm aw ar of the behaviors, the communication, and the philosophical perspective a detail tame adopts, these stakeholders can appreciate and under keep going the overall school culture that they create. Within the place setting of this culture, interactions occur and the potential for conflicts exists. The chosen confederacy can be described in m both ways. there atomic number 18 old buildings that look run down and there are sweet buildings in the neighborhood. There are restaurants around like the big daddys restaurant, spiros restaurant and baxters restaurant. The area has changed because new homes and town houses are being built in the connection. The city of Norfolk have changed the names of some of the school who had the name unwashedality for example Richard wheel Elementary school used to be call Bowling park elementary school. The reason behind this name change is that around of the areas around these schools that had the name park in them were populated by lower income pot.When the city of Norfolk started rebuilding these neighborhoods with diverse incomes, the names of the schools were changed besides to stand the rebuilding of the area. almost of the people in the participation have lived in this area for their whole life. This community is a diverse community so there are young, old, homeless, people who are single and people who have a families. most(prenominal) of the population is African American making up 97% of the community, 2% of the community is Hispanics and Caucasians. 1% of the community is of another origin.In the community there werent any mosques and temples. In a three miles radius from Richard Bowling Elementary school there were three Baptist churches like the Unity Lutheran church, Temple of God, and St. Mary Pentecostal. So, the overall theme was that the culture was a positive, caring, and consistent environment. The community generally is a group who were committed to setting up a culture that was a safe, positive environment for the students. III. Subsystems The community around the school looks nice. There are new homes being built.There are still a hardly a(prenominal) building that look run down and just now for the most part they are trying to fixate the area around school look good. Across the street from the school there are mixers of homes being built which accept town homes and houses. These same mixers of homes are being built in the back of the school too. There are health and social services available in the community. One shelter where most homeless people go is called the Union Mission. At the Union Mission they can only acquit a certain amount of homeless people because they are limited on the amount of stead provided to the homeless.The Salvation Army and h abitat for humanity helps the homeless by giving them clothes for interviews. In the crop there arent any homeless children who attend the school. Most of the families in the community go to the infirmary id they have any problems with their health. In the community there are three clinics in the area called radical Walk and Hunterville community center, and Parkplace community center. These clinics are limited on what they can offer the community and resources. At this clinic they see a variety of people from pregnant women to people with diabetes.Most of the people who are sick go to the emergency room because there are more hospitals in the area then local clinics. close to of the hospitals in the area include Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Leigh Hospital and Depaul Hospital. The home health agency that is most common in the community is provided by the Sentara hospitals. In the area around the school there is only one and only(a) nursing home called Norfolk Healthcare. Th ere are resources outside the community such as WIC, Medicaid, and Famis from social services. Most of the resources can be accessible to the community by the health department.The health department makes these resources available but it is up to the community if the take advantage of these resources. Hence, this community seems like more of a thriving community because of the reconstruction they are doing with the neighborhoods and renaming the schools. Also, people in the community shop at the common stores such as Wal-Mart, Farm Fresh, Food Lion and the Spartan Market. Most of the people in the community use a variety of ways to travel such as bus, cabs, Hampton roads transit, walk, and a few ride their bike.90% of the children in the school ride the bus and the other 10% of the children walk to school because they live close to the school. There are sidewalks that they can use in going to school but there arent any bike trails. There are in addition private transportation that is available to the community like face-to-face vehicles. The public transportation that is available to the community include buses, taxes and Hampton roads transit. There are also preventative services that are available to the community are police, fire department and sanitation.But still there are crimes committed like robbery, thief, murders, stealing, and people doing and selling drugs. But in general, most of the people in the community feel safe because they have lived here so long that they have learn to adapt to the neighborhoods. motley forms of communication, formal and informal is also available like the door to door, email, and cell phones. There are also news papers such as Virginia pilot, apartment guides, trade post, USA today, and magazines. Most people also have TVs and radios.Most of them like to watch cartoons, music videos, sports, and realty shows. During the summer the children play at the park and hoops courts. In the winter time the children go to other recreation activities such at skating or boys and girls club. Their major(ip) forms of recreation are basketball, football, and cheer dancing. Parents may sponsor and participate in events their children are in. another(prenominal) recreations are the boys and girls club, Skating rings, but most of the children in the area participates in school activities. IV. PerceptionsMost of the people whop this community and refuse to leave it. The only thing they would like is for their community to be more diverse. Most residents find their communitys strength is their older people. They considered the older people as the strength in the community because they have been in the community the longest and seen the way things use to be. They are the people who stand their ground and enforce change. Problems in the community that can be identified are gang violence, violence in general, discipline from parents, and obeying the city of Norfolk curfew regulations.V. Project The researcher is inte rested in selecting the elementary school in this community as I see that it has a positive reputation. The selected school was suggested through an extensive consultatory process involving the principal of various elementary schools who were aware of the reputation of their feeder schools. Also used as criteria for the selection of the school was the receipts that were collected from the community dwellers during the community assessment process.Insight and guidance were also sought from specialise personnel in the districts central office who worked in the elementary school as their major role in their job description. The researcher then visited the school. The school was old, constructed of brick. The student population was round 200. It was located in a low to medium socio-economic area, as determined by the perceptions of the respondents. The researcher visited the school principal where she discussed the proposed program, the method of conducting the program.The principal of this school expressed enthusiasm for the proposed program and offered to take this idea to the staff. The response from the staff was overwhelmingly positive and the entire staff agreed verbally to be involved. It is believed, by the researcher, that this particular staff was proud of the school they worked at and subsequently were interested in further insights. The proposed program is a modification of the Bully Proofing Your School program developed by Garrity and her colleagues (1997), which , in turn, was modeled after Olweus core intervention program (1978).This program is unique in its emphasis on clinical realize to victims and bullies in the form of individual and group counseling, as well as its collaboration with community services. The major goals of this program are to reduce bullying behaviors and create safe and secure school environments. The main components include the following 1. VI. References Garrity, C. , Jens, K. , Porter, W. , Sager, N. , & Short-Camili, C. (1997). Bully proofing your school. Longmont, CO Sopris West. Olweus, D. (1978). Aggression in the schools Bullies and whipping boys. Washington, DC Hemisphere (Wiley).