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Future Teachers To Learn Violence Prevention Strategies, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

University of Maine students preparing to be teachers will get some expert advice on how to recognize the clues and deal with the realities of bias, harassment and violence in today’s schools. A Nov. 5 workshop for students in the College of Education and Human Development’s teacher candidacy and Master of Arts in Teaching programs will focus on early detection of problems and positive intervention.

Institute Gets To Core Of Student Behavior, School Expectations, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Discipline plans, community consensus and strategies for preventing and dealing with student behaviors that strain the capabilities and resources of school and teachers will be examined during a July 12-16 institute at the University of Maine. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development in response to increasing concern over school safety and its impact on teaching and learning, the Challenging Behaviors Institute will highlight the importance of common, consistent behavioral expectations in the community, school and classroom.

Forum To Discuss Issues Of Safety In Schools And Society, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

The Task Force on Safe Schools, a regional collaborative of education and community leaders, will sponsor a public form on Wednesday, January 13. The purpose of the forum is to hear the concerns and seek the ideas of a broader constituency on addressing issues of incivility and violence in schools and society. The forum begins at 7 p.m. at Wellman Commons, Bangor Theological Seminary.

Existence Of And Responses To Violence In Georgia Elementary Schools, Marie Craig Hooks

Legacy ETDs

Most elementary schools throughout the nation are safe environments in which young children are achieving and flourishing. However, as the literature confirms that elementary schools are experiencing an increase in incidents of school violence (Petersen, 1997, National Parent Teacher Association, 1993, Sauerwein, 1995), it is imperative that principals examine both proactive and reactive means of responding to these violence issues should they arise in their schools. Disciplinary consequences addressing violent acts which have been used historically in secondary and middle schools are not always available to elementary principals nor are they developmentally appropriate for young perpetrators of violent acts.

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