Bullying, Harassment, and Safe School Environments

A Coordinated School Health Updatefor the

Michigan State Board of Education

October 12, 2010

Kyle L. Guerrant, LMSW, Supervisor

% of Michigan High School Students who had been bullied on school property* by Grade, 2009

30%

25%23%

16%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade

Source: 2009 Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey

*during the 12 months prior to the survey

High School: % of schools in which lead health education teacher received or wanted professional development

24

77

33

71

45

71

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Suicide Prevention Emotional/MentalHealth

Violence Prevention

ReceivedProfessionalDevelopment

WantedProfessionalDevelopment

Source: 2008 Michigan School Health Profiles

Middle School: % of schools in which lead health education teacher received or wanted professional development

18

74

28

69

43

73

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Suicide Prevention Emotional/MentalHealth

Violence Prevention

ReceivedProfessionalDevelopment

WantedProfessionalDevelopment

Source: 2008 Michigan School Health Profiles

% of schools in which teachers worked to increase student knowledge* in specific health topics

36

7770

95

8185

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Suicide Prevention Emotional/MentalHealth

Violence Prevention

MiddleSchool

HighSchool

Source: 2008 Michigan School Health Profiles

*In a required health education course

It’s all about relationships…

Thanks to our partnership w/OEII

Healthy School Action Tool (HSAT) and Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MiPHY) are in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA)

CSHSP is represented on the Michigan Continuous School Improvement group (Mi-CSI)

Enhancing the collaboration…

With OEII’s School Improvement Grant and CSHSP’s two new USED grants

We’ll be partnering to bring resources to bear on the state’s Persistently Lowest Achieving schools.

Building State Capacity Grant

Will allow us to:

Create MiPHY data toolkit for schools Enhance BullyFree Schools training

design, manual, and survey Deliver training-of-trainers to regional

social workers on Eliminating Barriers for Learning

Revise Michigan Model for Health high school curriculum

Safe and Supportive Schools Grant

Two prongs:

Create data management system combining survey and incident data

Fund and support schools in implementing programmatic interventions

Safe and Supportive Schools GrantData Management

Will allow us to:

Add new surveys to current MiPHY system school climate, bullying

Provide training to schools on interpreting data to drive decision-making

Selecting programmatic interventions tied to student health & safety and healthy school environment

Safe and Supportive Schools GrantProgrammatic Interventions

Eliminating Barriers BullyFree Schools Michigan Model Coordinated School

Health Programs Talk Early,

Talk Often Transformative

Conferencing

Cultural Competency

SMY training Organizational

Change Parent Action for

Healthy Kids Restorative Justice Second Step