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Graders Report Experiencing Serious Bullying Possible Consequences
Graders Report Experiencing Serious Bullying Possible Consequences
Challenge of Institutionalization
Negotiation Bullying
Skills Peer Mediation Prevention
Restorative
Conflict Classes Curriculum Infusion
Justice
DOES CRE:
Enhance Students’ Social and
Emotional Development?
Create a Safe Learning
Environment?
Create a Constructive Learning
Environment?
CRE Enhances Students’ Social and
Emotional Development
increases perspective-taking
increases empathy
improves emotional
awareness and management
reduces aggressive
orientations and hostile
attributions
increases use of constructive
conflict behaviors at school
and at home
CRE Creates a Safe Learning
Environment
decreases conflicts
between groups of
students
decreases
suspensions,
absenteeism, and
drop out rates
decreases incidents
of violence
CRE Creates a Constructive
Learning Environment
improves school
climate
Improves classroom
climate
promotes a respectful
and caring
environment
Increases academic
achievement
Supports for Institutionalization
Insufficient Pre-service
Teacher Education
Inadequate Administrator
Education
Ineffective Parent Education
Approaches
Insufficient Pre-Service Teacher
Education
Currently only two Colleges of Education
have Pre-Service CRE Initiatives – CRETE
Program funded by USDE’s FIPSE
program
Temple University
Cleveland State University
North Carolina has 3 credit hour
requirement; training offered externally
Wisconsin has 6 credit hour requirement
with training offered externally and
internally; varied approaches for fulfilling
the requirement
Possible Consequences of Lack of
Pre-Service CRE Education
Unsafe Learning Environments
Nationally:
NCES survey indicates 40.5% of teachers feel
student disruptive behavior prevents learning
CDC survey indicate 9-10% of students regularly
miss school because of fear from unsafe learning
environments
10% of students drop out of school because of
persistent bullying
90% of 4-8 graders report experiencing serious
bullying
Possible Consequences of Lack of
Pre-Service CRE Education
Teacher Attrition
Nationally:
1/3 of new teachers leave in five years
1/2 of new teachers in urban
environments leave within 5 years
One of main reasons cited is inability to
manage chaotic and conflict-ridden
classrooms
Inadequate Administrator
Preparation
Graduate Programs in Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies lack
Courses Addressing CRE
Exception: MA in Conflict Resolution
in Education at Lesley College
Exception: Certificate in Social and
Emotional Learning at Hunter
College, CUNY (Dr. Janet Patti)
Ineffective Parent Training and
Involvement
Difficult to establish and sustain parent
training and involvement – especially in
urban education environments
Some programs (e.g., RCCP – Responding
to Conflict Creatively Program) have parent
training initiatives
Some organizations moving in this
direction (Words Works project, ABADR)
Vast majority of CRE efforts do not include
parent training
Call to Action