Peer Mediation Future Plans To extend to Redcliffe Elementary. Our peer mediation student leaders will model/teach 4th and 5th graders. Aiken School District. http://www.myscschools.com/reports/mchred9.htm
Extractions: Home Reports and Publications Peer Mediation Programs that empower students to mediate with their peers in conflict situations See also: Conflict Resolution/Peacemakers; Violence Prevention The Great Wall of Peace Promoting peace Teachers and students are invited to display their ideas for promoting peace at school. School teams, clubs and homerooms sign up for a two-week display time. Effectiveness: Grade Level: 6-8 No. of Students: 1,000 Cost: big bulletin board Origination: Internal Age of Program: 2 years Peer Mediation Peer problem solving Student mediators attend weekly evening training sessions for 8 to 9 weeks on rotating schedule. Training subject matters include: communication skills, problem-solving skills and the importance of remaining neutral. After training, teams of three peer mediators assist two or three students in solving conflicts and reaching agreements that satisfy all parties. Effectiveness:
Peer Mediation Workshop Description the 12 core skills of a peer helping training how to design a curriculum for mediation and conflict techniques that energize training;; when to teach and when http://www.mentors.ca/PMT.html
Extractions: The five-day peer mediation workshop is for persons who want to learn how to train peer helpers in mediation techniques and activities. This workshop includes some of the topics listed below and emphasizes the skills necessary for mediation and conflict resolution techniques for violence prevention and dispute resolution. Persons who have already taken a Comprehensive Workshop will find this workshop adds considerably to their program goals; persons who have not taken a Comprehensive Workshop will find this workshop valuable, particularly if they have at least one year of peer program leader experience. The seminar covers all key topics including: practical strategies to recruit, select, and supervise peers: 20 roles peers can play to prevent problems, mediate disputes, and promote healthy growth; the 12 core skills of a peer helping training curriculum; how to design a curriculum for mediation and conflict resolution; experiential learning techniques that energize training; when to teach and when to facilitate;
Peer Mediation Students and staff members at Colonial Hills School are trained in the peer mediation Process. This process is designed to teach children strategies for http://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/schools/colony/Peer_Mediation.html
Extractions: The New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Conflict Resolution Panel has created the following Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Guide, Volume II for use in your school. This Guide builds on the concepts contained in Volume I, which include "I" messages, active listening, anger management, win/win guidelines and peer mediation. Therefore it is recommended that you use Volume I as a foundation for the teaching of the character education skills contained in this guide. You may obtain Volume I from the Bar Foundation by completing the online order form. In today's school climate, character building and appreciation of differences have become major issues. Volume II provides lessons on cultural awareness, self-esteem, gender equity and Honoring Each Other to help create understanding and unity in school communities. These lessons provide the ideal opportunity to integrate conflict resolution and character education. It is recommended that teachers refer to the Glossary and Resource Pages located at the end of this guide to further understand these concepts.
Extractions: The New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Conflict Resolution Panel has created the following Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Guide, Volume II for use in your school. This Guide builds on the concepts contained in Volume I, which include "I" messages, active listening, anger management, win/win guidelines and peer mediation. Therefore it is recommended that you use Volume I as a foundation for the teaching of the character education skills contained in this guide. You may obtain Volume I from the Bar Foundation by completing the online order form. In today's school climate, character building and appreciation of differences have become major issues. Volume II provides lessons on cultural awareness, self-esteem, gender equity and Honoring Each Other to help create understanding and unity in school communities. These lessons provide the ideal opportunity to integrate conflict resolution and character education. It is recommended that teachers refer to the Glossary and Resource Pages located at the end of this guide to further understand these concepts.
House In The Wood Summer Camp And Retreat Center peer mediation Floater (1 opening) teach peer mediation skills and supervise peer mediation program. Able to adapt to changing job responsibilities. http://www.houseinthewood.org/Jobs/Summaries.htm
Extractions: Program Counselor: Responsible for planning and teaching 5 activity periods per day, other programming responsibilities, overall involvement in camp program, daily backup of cabin counselor. Boating (2 openings) - Teach safe use of the following small craft: rowboats, canoes, paddleboats, and sailboats. Additional responsibilities include lifeguarding free swim. Qualifications: American Red Cross Lifeguarding, (will certify FREE) extensive recent experience using small craft, experience teaching children helpful.
Isd#361 | Fhs | Peer Mediation the ENABL (educate now and babies later) program, which teaches students to postpone sexual involvement, they teach the ENABL And also, we do peer mediation. http://www.isd361.k12.mn.us/schools/fhs/peer_mediation.shtml
Extractions: In Int'l Falls: The Falls High Peer Helper Class is a class that participates in volunteering during the hour in which they have the class and also volunteer service after school. Some of the projects that they work with are these: The Peer Helper Class helps out teachers in the elementary schools, both Holler and Falls Elementary, working with the students and helping out the teacher in any way they can. They are also involved in the tutoring program that goes on after school on Mondays and Thursdays. A few students also help out at Backpack Junction. The class also goes to the Falls Care Center to visit with the residents, and also help out at the Senior Center downtown. They help out the Sunrise Center Against Sexual Abuse, and also work with the Center on the Pacer Puppets. The class has recently signed up to help the Salvation Army ring the bell for their fund raising. Some of the students will also be helping pass out Christmas gifts at the Salvation Armys Christmas party. Some of the students are also involved in reading the Daily Journal to a group of people at the Rivers Edge Villa. This group, "Teens Reading to Seniors" was set up by Jenell Feller, who is in charge of the Macular Degeneration Group here in the Falls. Several Peer Helpers are also involved in an extensive community-building project sponsored by the Blandin Foundation.
Education/Prevention Through the skits we teach students about indirect as well as direct forms MAAV was instrumental in launching a peer mediation Program at Melrose High School http://www.maav.org/eduprev.html
Extractions: MAAV works with the Melrose Public Schools in providing education to Middle and High School students on the issue of teen dating violence . This has included sponsoring the play "The Red Tide" and "The Yellow Dress" at Melrose High School and " Remote Control " at Melrose Middle School. Program Coordinator Rebecca Mooney and Alliance Officer Det. Mike Bloom present a 4-session program on Creating Safe and Healthy Relationships to all 8th grade students in the Melrose Middle School Health classes. We teach students to identify and become more aware of attitudes and actions that are part of healthy, respectful relationships. We also teach what constitutes abuse in a relationship, including physical, verbal, emotional and sexual abuse, and help students learn to recognize the early warning signs of an abusive relationship. In the 3rd session, a survivor of domestic or teen dating violence shares her story, bringing all the information together and making it "real". In the final session we focus on how to help a friend in an abusive relationship and help students identify at least one adult whom they can turn to if needed. In addition, MAAV has brought the
MRMS Peer Mediators Why does a school need a peer mediation Program? To provide students with a positive way to resolve their conflicts. To teach students to respect diversity. http://www.rcs.rang.k12.va.us/schools/mrms/guidance/peer mediators.htm
Extractions: 600 Waddell Street Lexington, VA 24450 Phone (540) 463-3129 FAX: (540) 464-4838 PEER MEDIATORS Maury River is proud to have a Peer Mediation Program. Peer Mediation Programs , like the one we have here at Maury River, are already in effect in schools across the country. What is Peer Mediation? It is a method of viewing conflicts as problems, which can be resolved, rather than fights to be won. Peer Mediation is a process by which students help their fellow students voluntarily resolve conflicts. The goals of Peer Mediation are to: Help students improve relationships Resolve disputes in a mutually satisfying manner, without violence Why does a school need a Peer Mediation Program? To provide students with a positive way to resolve their conflicts To teach students to respect diversity To build life skills in communication and problem solving To counteract escalating violence in schools How does it work?
The American School Board Journal: August 1998 ERIC Express Lines that are in different stages of putting in place a peer mediation program designed This curriculum should have a scope (what to teach) and a sequence (when to http://www.asbj.com/199808/0898expresslines.html
Extractions: By Laval S. Wilson The New Jersey law that allowed the takeovers of failing school districts has a major flaw that is about to undo all the positive efforts of school reform in Jersey City, Paterson, and Newark. Under the law, the education commissioner appoints 13 members of the local community, and city officials select two individuals, to serve on an advisory board. The idea was to provide appointed board members with opportunities for training in the entire governance process before they took control of the district. The law provides for a reduction in the number of advisory board members, from 15 to nine, in the fourth year of state operations. This occurs through a public election in which only sitting members of the appointed board can run for a one-, two-, or three-year term. In the fifth year after the takeover, and in each year thereafter, anyone in the general public may run for any vacant seat on the board. The result is that after five or six years of preparation and training, hardly any of the original board members who went through the training process are left on the state-operated boards to serve their communities. Appointed board members have been largely replaced in highly political elections by community activists whose goals might be not education reform, but control in hiring personnel and awarding business contracts.
SADD Mediation schools using this process recruit and train students interested in being peer mediators. Guidance counselors or other trained professionals teach the young http://www.saddonline.com/campaign/mediation.htm
Extractions: Avoid Violence. Try Mediation What Is Mediation? In a process called mediation, a person trained as a mediator helps two (or more) people resolve a conflict or disagreement. The conflict being resolved might be as simple as who should pay for a damaged locker, or it might be as complex as which parent should receive custody of a child in the case of a divorce. In any situation, mediation involves solving the dispute through peaceful means. The mediator does not draw up the terms of the solution; the people with the conflict (the participants) do that. In addition, it is the participants, not the mediator, who enforce the agreed-upon solution. The mediator doesn't decide what is right or wrong or find people guilty or innocent as a judge would in a courtroom. Instead, the mediator plays a special role. The mediator tries to help the disputants find and agree upon a peaceful way to resolve their conflict. How Does Mediation Prevent Violence? Conflict is an unavoidable part of life. Passengers in a car might disagree about a wrong turn on a road trip. One person might play music more loudly than others would like. Friends might argue over who is to blame for a broken possession. These are all types of conflict.
Peers For Peace (Metro Times Detroit) group in our group, so they can learn the process and teach their friends. . feel its less likely to happen here because of our peer mediation program, he http://www.metrotimes.com/20/11/Features/newPeers.htm
Extractions: The Columbine incident was an eye-opener. Maggie Wider rocks back in her chair, avoiding Ambers gaze from across the table in the school library. "I dont understand why shes making such a big deal out of it," says Wider. "It was just a friggin seat at an assembly." Amber Karam, a Troy High School senior, fingers a beige folder nervously, while Maggie gives her side of the story to the other teens gathered around. Karam leans forward. Its time for her to speak her piece. "Even if she was going to sit there, she didnt have to chuck my things on the floor! Thats not cool." The girls arent really fighting. They are demonstrating the arguments they sometimes hear as peer mediators at Troy High. The two girls helped train other students as mediators at the high school last week. Troy Highs peer mediation program is one of the nations largest, involving about 150 of the schools more than 2,000 students. Nearing the end of a year in which there have been several high-profile school shootings, including the murder-suicide in Littleton, Colo., peer mediation programs such as the one at Troy High have been getting more attention than ever. The Troy program has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles, and on television and radio.
CRInfo Search Results html by Wendy Schwartz This guide describes the many ways to teach bias reduction peer mediation for Integrated Abled Disabled Students in Poland http//www http://www.crinfo.org/v3-masterresults.cfm?Title=CRInfo Search Results&conflict_
Guidance of kindergarten, which I teach on a weekly basis. Upcoming school wide themes to be taught in the classroom for 20032004 school year peer mediation for all http://www.springfield.k12.vt.us/schools/parkstreet/guidance.htm
Extractions: Park Street School's Guidance Counselor Jan Rounds School Counselor, Park Street School Children learn best when they feel safe, respected and cared for. My role as School Counselor at Park Street School is to support all of our children with their social, emotional and academic needs. To support our children, parents, teachers and our community, I teach guidance curricula in all classrooms on a biweekly basis, with the exception of kindergarten, which I teach on a weekly basis. Upcoming school wide themes to be taught in the classroom for 2003-2004 school year: Peer Mediation for all fourth graders starting in January Yoga (k-fifth) Career Exploration (fifth graders) Bully-Free School with Steps to Respect A Bullying Prevention Program (k-fifth) Kindergarten 2nd Step Violence Prevention Curriculum ). The safety program, Safe, Unsafe and Secret Touch will be taught at the end of the school year. Lunch Mentor Program: Currently, we have 27 lunch mentors from the community paired up with individual students to have lunch on a weekly basis. This program is in its fourth year at Park Street School. Lunch Groups to be offered by School Counselor: Friendship, Helping Group (increases self esteem), De-stress yourself, New Kids and Changing Families.
AZ Attorney General: Teens find solutions. In peer mediation, it is not important who is right or wrong, but to teach the students how to get along. The peer http://www.attorneygeneral.state.az.us/ChildrensPage/teenpeer_mediation.html
Reach To Teach | Reach To Teach Reach to teach is a partnership between the University of Cincinnati College There are also internships in peer mediation or teaching about Postponing Sexual http://www.mwg.org/production/archive/reachtoteach/reach/
Extractions: Junior students prepare for their job shadow experience. Reach to Teach is a partnership between the University of Cincinnati College of Education and the High School for Teaching and Technology at Hughes Center . With support from the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers and a grant from the Ohio Department of Education to diversify the teaching force, UC and te Hughes Center offers a variety of programs to students to encourage and support them to consider careers in education. College Awareness Experiences Hughes students visit the UC and other regional colleges and Universities offering degrees in education related careers. UC sponsors a college financial aid seminar for students and parents to assist in the difficult task of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form and understanding financial aid. Scholarships Scholarships to U.C. College of Education are available to graduates of the High School for Teaching and Technology and are offered admission to the College of Education. They range from $500 to $3000 a year based on merit and need.
Reach To Teach | Reach To Teach: My Job Shadow Journal Cooperative Discipline and peer mediation were evaluated in twelve public schools over a threeyear What did the CPS s conflict resolution program teach? http://www.mwg.org/production/archive/reachtoteach/reach/shadow.html
Extractions: My Job Shadow Journal This was the first year that each junior was required to file a daily Ejournal (electronic journal) for the two weeks they were placed in an elementary classroom. Each junior sent their journals to one of the six junior teachers who read it and responded to questions or concerns. When the students came back to Hughes, they printed their journal entries as part of a job shadow book. Educational Job Shadow Ejournal Prompt #7 Shanels.mov My topic for today is Motivation. My teacher/mentor motivates her students to want to learn and participate in learning activities using both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Examples of intrinsic motivators include praising the children for good behavior and acknowledging the students' achievements. She will verbally say "Good job!" or "That's good..." to the students that exert desired behavior. In this way she builds the self-confidence of her students and they listen better and complete their work. Extrinsic motivators include a good behavior point system and rewards of special treats for those that follow directions or complete their "seatwork". These methods of motivation set the standard for what the teacher expects of the students in a simple way in which they can understand. The students know in advance that if they do what they're supposed to do, whether it is good behavior or completing their work, they'll be rewarded as a result. Thus, the students are motivated to take care of their business.
Effective School Mediation Programs This training session will teach you communication and problemsolving skills such as listening, analyzing, restating issues THE GOAL OF peer mediation. http://www.hba.org/peermed.htm
Extractions: SECTION TWO: THE MEDIATION PROCESS The Mediation Process Student Mediator Checklist Evaluate the Mediator SECTION THREE: ACTIVE LISTENING SECTION FOUR: STEPS IN PROBLEM SOLVING Open Questions Brainstorming Solutions The Goal: to Create a win-win solution Solutions Scenarios SECTION FIVE: SELECTED ISSUES Impasse Effective Communication SECTION SIX: MEDIATOR FORMS SECTION ONE WHAT IS CONFLICT? DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE? WHY? Conflict is part of life. If you ignore conflict, it will go away. All conflict is negative. Conflict can help you understand people. Conflict can help you grow. Conflict is only when somebody hits somebody. Conflict always turns into war. Conflict can turn into war if its not dealt with properly. It is easy for people to explain why they are experiencing conflict.
