Training Institute Description

Because of the great numbers of invitations I receive to work with students, I realize that it is even more effective to train people to do the work that I do so that hundreds of thousands of students could be engaged and empowered to talk about the issues of bullying. Consequently, I have developed a Train the Trainer Training Institute and trained over three hundred people to work with students, educators, professionals, and parents. People that I have trained are working in California, Florida, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Schedule

GOAL:
To train 20-30 participants - school administrators, counselors and mental health practitioners, police officers, Medical Alliance members, etc.

– to facilitate interactive bullying prevention and intervention sessions with students - grades K-12
– to conduct inservice training seminars for teachers and school personnel;
– to lead workshops for parents and care-givers

OVERVIEW:
During the two and one-half day training institute, participants will observe two student sessions and experience one and a half days of training sessions, which will include lectures, videotapes, research information, overheads, and a collection of resource materials. On the third day, each participant will facilitate a student session and develop an action plan for future trainings.

Schedule

DAY ONE:
– 8:30am to 9:00am - Introductions, orientation, philosophy, goals of bullying prevention and kindness school programs
– 9:00am to 9:30am - Transportation to school site for observation of two student sessions
– 9:30am to 11:30am - 5th and 6th grade student sessions
– 11:30am to Noon - Return to training facility
– Noon to 1:00pm - Lunch
– 1:00pm to 3:30pm - Process observations of student sessions and plan for session to be lead by participants on Day Three

DAY TWO:
– 9:00am to noon - Participants will receive specific training to conduct inservice training workshops for teachers and school personnel
– Noon to 1:00pm - Lunch
– 1:00pm to 3:30pm - Participants will receive specific training to conduct seminars for parents and community leaders; information about resource materials, videotapes, curriculum guides, survey instruments and overheads.

DAY THREE:
– 8:30am to 10:30am - Participants will be paired and travel to a designated school where each partner will lead one student session and observe their partner leading a second student session. Following the student sessions the participants will return to the training facility
– 10:30am to 11:30am - Participants will process the student sessions they facilitated and observed.
– 11:30am to Noon - Lunch
– Noon to 1:00pm - Participants will develop action plan for leading student, teacher & parent workshops followed by group reports and certification.

Training Institute Description

MATERIALS:
Each participant will receive a training manual consisting of the reference book, "Bullies, Targets & Witnesses", a follow-up Activity Guide – “30 Activities for Getting Better at Getting Along,” a videotape of a sample student session, a student survey, all necessary printed materials, overheads and an audiotape of the Kindness Song.

FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS:
– Training facility to accommodate 20-30 participants
– Microphone, VCR, overhead projector, blackboard or newsprint
– Arrangements with designated schools for two sessions on Day One (where participants who observe can be accommodated) and 20-30 classrooms on Day Three where participants can each lead a student session
– Transportation to and from the schools to training facility
– Food Service
– Registration, name tags, etc.