Stop School Bullying: Do You Think Bullies Deserve a ‘Clean Slate'? By Paula McCoach http://www.bullyzapper.comDo you think hardcore bullies deserve a "Clean Slate" at
beginning of
school year?
You don't?
You don't believe in a 'clean slate' for these students. You feel it only puts
students who have put of with them for years through yet another tormenting start to
school year.
Unless there is convincing evidence that these bullies have "changed" over
summer, you feel their history of bullying should follow them into
new school year until their behavior proves otherwise.
Immediately at
start of
school year, you should identify
hardcore bullies - Kids who you have tried repeatedly to stop bullying other students and who they continued right up to
end of
school in June.
I develop this plan over
summer and talk to
bullies on
first day of school or even have a conference with
bully and their parents to discuss
bully having a successful school year with a change of his/her behavior.
Create a plan for dealing with these bullies starting with
first week of school. Plan Ahead for Your Hardcore Bullies! You don't want to let them loose on
other kids.
One idea could be to place them on a Behavioral checklist with specific behaviors dealing with bullying. It they are not marked with a positive check on those behaviors, they receive a consequence.