Topic of the Week: Violence Prevention
Educators play a key role in keeping students safe, through the development of school violence prevention plans, implementation of effective programs which provide students with supervision and guidance, and recognition and response to warning signs of violent student behavior.
Spotlight Site of the Week!
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
A Federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/pros/educators.asp
Additional Sites:
- Stop Bullying Now!
Practical research-based strategies to reduce bullying in schools.
http://www.stopbullyingnow.com - Kidscape: Dealing with Bullies
Helping to prevent bullying and child abuse.
http://www.kidscape.org.uk - NEA: National Bullying Awareness Campaign (NBAC)
It's goal is to reduce, and eventually eradicate, bullying in America's public schools.
http://www.nea.org/schoolsafety/bullying.html - Maine Project Against Bullying
A survey of bullying behavior among Maine third graders.
http://lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/against/bullying.html - STOP cyberbullying
Information about cyberbullying, how it works, and how to deal with cyberbullies.
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org
Judi's Corner
This week features an online collection of free classic books:
Classic Reader
http://www.classicreader.com
Offers a large collection of free classic books, plays, and short stories by authors such as Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare and many others. You can read, search and even add your own annotations to any of the classic books.
Spotlight Class of the Week!
Tona's Tidings: Ms. Tona's Math & Science Site
Palmetto Elementary
Palmetto, Florida
Our Other Web Sites
Each week, I'll answer your questions, post announcements and provide interesting input!
Email me at jrajala@eduhound.com
That's all for this week! "Remember...the Web is a terrible thing to waste!"