Below is an optimal timeline for these initial activities, assuming a program launch at the beginning of the fall semester. (Less optimally, the program could be launched just after winter break, with the questionnaire administered the previous November and trainings held just after winter break.)
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Target Dates
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Activity
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Late Winter/ Early Spring
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Select members of the Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee and an on-site coordinator
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April/May
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Administer the student survey; hold a two-day training with members of the Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee
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Summer
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Input and analyze data from the student survey
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August/September
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School conference day—hold a half-day to full-day in-service with all school staff
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Beginning of the fall semester, following the school conference day
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Plan, schedule, and launch other elements of the school-wide project:
- establish classroom rules against bullying
- begin classroom meetings to discuss the nature of bullying and its behaviors
- increase supervision; review and coordinate supervisory system
- initiate individual interventions with students
- start regular teacher discussion groups (schedule these before the school year starts)
- hold parent meetings
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