NCJ Number
169327
Date Published
1997
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This manual presents step-by-step instructions for creating an event that brings together students, parents, teachers, and community leaders for the common goal of preventing violence and creating an atmosphere of respect in school so that everyone can feel safe.
Abstract
The collaborative event aims to end verbal, emotional, sexual, and physical harassment and abuse in the campus community. The event can be used as an independent project or as a follow-up or precursor to a violence prevention curriculum. The manual's introductory sections explain the Days of Respect program and how to become an organizer. The subsequent sections detail the 11 steps involved in planning and conducting the event. These include presenting the idea to administration and staff, choosing organizers and creating a steering committee, conducting surveys and creating an assembly committee, creating a provisional plan and beginning the assembly process, conducting a presentation for teachers, and putting the plan into final form. The further steps include selecting students for the assembly and small groups, training the steering committee, training the facilitators, conducting the event, and holding a followup meeting and making continuation plans. Photographs; checklists; and appended handouts, exercises, letters, surveys, and order form