Isulan Community School, Inc.

Kalawag III, Isulan Sultan Kudarat

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Anti Bullying Policy of Isulan Community School, Inc.

Rationale

This policy is formulated to address the issue on bullying and its stand to uphold the vision-mission of the school.

Aims of this policy

This policy aims the following

  • To promote a school campus conducive for learning
  • To establish a strong Christian values among pupils-teachers and parents
  • To bring awareness to the school community that bullying is dangerous
  • To counter the effects of bullying on pupils
  • To help pupils who are bullying and being bullied

Definition of Terms

Bullying

Bullying occurs when one or more individuals (bullies) impose their power (physical, social, and/or intellectual)over one or more individuals (victims/targets) with the intent to gain control over, to embarrass, or to inflict harmor discomfort. Over time, bullies repeatedly pick on victims (Olweus, 1993).

Bully

Pupil with power (social and/or physical) who repeatedly picks onanother student or group of students with the intent to inflict harm ordiscomfort.

Victim

Pupil who is the target of bullying.

Bystander

Pupil, teacher or a parent who observes bullying—may ignore bullying, encourage bullying,or take a stand against bullying.

Types of Bullying

Physical bullying

Hitting, pushing, kicking, slapping, pinching, biting, poking, choking, tripping,stealing or damaging property.

Verbal bullying

Name calling, using slurs, ridiculing, insulting, teasing, mocking, threatening,insulting, intimidating, manipulating, terrorizing; in person or via electronicmeans (cyber bullying)

Relational bullying

Excluding, rejecting, humiliating, and discounting peers; telling stories toruin reputations; spreading rumors; in person or via electronic means(cyber bullying)

Cyber bullying

A subtle form of doing harm towards another person using gadgets connected to the internet. Through social media or emails cyber bullies who hide their identity use to throw threats to their victims or make fun of them.

Impact on victims

Emotional

  • Fear and anxiety
  • Depression
  • Decreased self-esteem
  • Frustration
  • Anger

Behavioral

  • Crying
  • Withdrawal and school avoidance
  • Aggressive behavior
  • Lower academic achievement
  • Difficulty making and keeping friends

Implementing the Policy

For proper implementation of this law to all in the campus, the school will make all possible measures to promote anti bullying.

The school

The school will make a clear stand against bullying

The administration will make an implementing rules and guidelines to help both bullies

and bullied pupils.

The advisers-teachers as managers together with the pupils will establish their own

policies and strategies to neutralize bullying

the school will collaborate with parents to help monitor thebehavior of their children.

The administration, teaching and non teaching staff and Student Body Organization

To develop policies and strategies to establish anti bullying drive

To create activities or curriculum that helps counter bullying behavior

To provide man powers in areas where bullying usually occur

Pupils who are being bullied

Make sure they are being heard

They know how and where to report the incidents

Make sure they will receive help

They know that the school is serious and able to address the issue

Pupil’s who are bullying

Make sure they will know that bullying is bad

Make sure that they know the school stands against any form of bullying and ready to

penalize suspect

They would learn to unlearn negative behavior

they know that the school can help them change

Parents

Make sure they know about the stand of the school about bullying

They know how to respond with the issue

They know their responsibilities as parents

They know what help can they offer to the school for their kids

Sanctions and disciplinary actions

To specifically address bullying, sanctions as well as disciplinary actions will be imposed to repel bullying and to seek solution to the issue. This is to ensure the school’s safe environment for learning.

As stated in our handbook giving

First offensewarning (verbal)

Second offenseviolation report

Third offenseconference with the parents

Fourth offensesuspension

Fifth offense dismissal

Reporting and recording incidents of bullying

Since some form of bullying is subtle and cannot easily be detected reporting and recording of incidents will be done using different methods. This is to safeguard the identity of pupils and other concerns to ensure confidentiality.

The following will be observed to encourage reporting

  • Report through text, Emails/ social networking sites
  • Report to teachers, Director, Guidance Coordinator or any trusted persons in the
  • Campus
  • Record and keeps evidence of bullying
  • Keep records of meetings and produce copies to the guidance coordinator.

Prevention and intervention strategies

To ensure that this policy will be everybody’s concern and to sustain its drive againstbullying.

The school will use the following steps

  • Provide more personnel in areas kids usually stay and play
  • Enhance curriculum that would address bullying issue
  • Quarterly reporting on pupils behavior inside the classrooms
  • Establish a regular Spiritual Emphasis activity (convocation) which promote Biblical truths and values
  • Promote godly slogans inside and outside the classrooms
  • Conduct mini seminars regarding violence, conflict resolution and anger management.

Restoration

To help both pupils who are bully and victims of bullying, the school will do counseling and other activities that would help them go back to normal life.

  • Report to the Guidance coordinator for counseling
  • Re orientation about bullying
  • Monitoring on pupils under the restoration program

Submitted by:

(SGD) JAZER P. ARZAGA

School Director

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