No More Bystanders = No More Bullies

Shona Anderson has been an educator since 1996. Her work as both an English teacher and a French teacher led her to administration in 2003 for the Bluewater District School Board. Anderson is also a part-time faculty member of the University of Western Ontario. She started her teaching career with the Upper Grand District School board as a core French teacher. She began taking Additional Qualifications courses and holds a double specialization in the teaching of French as a Second Language and Computers in the Classroom. Anderson holds a B.A. in English from the University of Guelph and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in secondary education from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. She also completed her Masters of Education through Charles Sturt University in Australia, with a focus on Educational Research in the area of bullying. Her research was supported by the Ontario Principals Council and she has both written for their publication, the Register, and presented at their annual Odyssey conference. Anderson has also published an action manual for administrators called Creating a Culture of Action for OPC.

• AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPrefaceIntroduction: Bullying and BystanderismThe Elephant in the RoomThe Continuum to ActionIf We Do What We’ve Always Done- We’ll Get What We’ve Always GotTurning on the LightsAction - Pulse Check1. The Team Approach to Safe SchoolsWhat is a Safe Schools Team?Creating a Safe Schools Team in Your SchoolCase Study – Who’s On Your Team?Action – Planning Your TeamI. Pre-Bystanderism2. Personal History Primes PerceptionsFollowing the Path BackwardsA Friend and A FoeThe Priming ProblemBroadening the PathCase Study – Can You Spot The Bully?Action – Fact Or Myth Activity3. Good Intentions Can Get LostThe Kitty Genovese StoryGood Samaritans – The Parable From Jerusalem to JerichoThe Bystander Affect – What Affects the Bystander?Case Study – What Do You See?Action – Hot SpotsII. Decision Making4. Broken Culture – A Window of OpportunityBroken Windows From New York to Your SchoolWhat Are Your Broken Windows?The Counter Argument – It’s Not the WindowsCase Study – What Is Your Line in the Sand?Action – Dotmocracy5. Math Can Make Bystanderism ManageableThe 80-20 RuleDoing the MathMore Math – The Two by Ten StrategyEven More Math – The Multiplier EffectCan We Change Lives?Case Study: Who Would You Choose?Action – Math, Math and Even More Math6. What Supervision of Students Really EntailsMeeting MylesIt’s Not The Wrong PlaceUnderstanding the Responsibility of SupervisionCase Study: Spot the Supervision ProblemAction – Super Supervision7. The Importance of Being Able to Say What You MeanWhat is Mitigation?Opaqueness - The Real Cost of Lies is That They Obscure the TruthLessons From Korean AirCrucial Conversations – Fact vs. StoriesCase Study – What Would You Say?Action – Common Language8. Action at All LevelSatisfice is Not EnoughEnhanced RealitiesCase Study: Where Did Things Go Wrong?Action – Character CountsIII. Post Bystandersim9. Closing the Circle of CommunicationKnowing What to SayGen X Grew Up – Communicating With a New Generation of ParentsIt Takes a Village – Communicating With EveryoneCase Study – What Will You Say?Action – Communication 101Final ThoughtsAppendixCreating a Culture of Action - Breaking the Bystander Cycle: Moving Education Professionals from Bystander to Intervener (Original Article)Definitions of the Bully, the Bullied and the BystanderBullying and You: The Perspective of Educational Professionals (Survey)Leet Speak DictionaryReferencesIndex

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