Proactive Measures in D41

Programs that aim to address and prevent bullying behavior include everything from PBIS and similar comprehensive programs. Programs vary at each school according to the school students, community, and administrative direction.  

• Educational programs

Students in all grade levels receive explicit instruction in identifying, reporting and preventing bullying behavior. Through this instruction, students will understand what bullying looks like, where it can happen, and how to prevent it. Additionally, bullying prevention is addressed through social emotional instruction throughout the school year.

• Restorative Measures, Practices, and Circles
  The District 41 School Board Policy outlines the use of restorative measures as part of a continuum of school-based alternatives to exclusionary discipline. Restorative measures aim to improve school safety and student behavior. These measures are applied to help keep students in school, teach students the personal and interpersonal skills that they will need to be successful in school and society, and restore relationships among students, families, schools, and communities. Restorative practices also include the use of informal and formal processes that precede wrongdoing: those that proactively build relationships and a sense of community to prevent conflict and wrongdoing.

  • Definitions of restorative practices:

    • Restorative Conversation
      The restorative conversation intervention is held between one adult and one or more students involved in a minor incident to resolve a conflict.

    • Restorative Conference
      The restorative conference intervention focuses on the collective voice of those impacted by a specific incident to resolve conflict and repair harm.

    • Restorative Circle
      The restorative circle intervention provides re-teaching, reflection, and opportunity for a student to repair harm or reintegrate into the school or classroom setting.