ABC - European Anti-Bullying Certification Project Number: 017-1-NL01-KA201-035172 O1 - CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE ABC - Antibullying Certification Process Guidelines for the schools Fabrizio Boldrini, Maria Rita Bracchini, Peter Dankmeijer Fondazione Hallgarten Franchetti Centro Studi Villa Montesca (Italy) The Global Alliance for LGBT Education (Netherlands) Project title European Anti-Bullying Certification (ABC) project Reference number 2017-1-NL01-KA201-035172 Dissemination Level Public (for pilot schools and feedback committees) Actual Submission Date 26-3-2020 (last edits 22-4-2020) Work Package, Task IO – 1 Certification Procedure Type Guidelines Version V0.4.3 (final) The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein Table of contents 1. Aims of the ABC - Antibullying Certification Process ................................................................................. 5 2.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 2.2. Antibullying in schools ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.3. Goals of certification .............................................................................................................................. 6 2. Quality principles ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Antibullying policy is tailor-made ........................................................................................................... 8 2.2. Effective Elements of Antibullying Policy and Prosocial Policy ......................................................... 8 1. Group formation and norming ground rules ......................................................................................... 9 2. Understanding how bullying works and how to act against it .............................................................. 9 3. Systematically creating commitment .................................................................................................. 10 4. Positive behaviour support .................................................................................................................. 12 5. Focus on school culture and prevention ............................................................................................. 14 6. Clear and consistent school rules ........................................................................................................ 14 1.2. Considering diversity ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.3. ABC guidelines versus standards ..................................................................................................... 24 3. The steps of the certification procedure ..................................................................................................... 26 Step 1: Self-Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 27 1. Collection of documents .................................................................................................................. 27 2. Survey research ............................................................................................................................... 28 3. Review by students .......................................................................................................................... 29 4. Review by staff ................................................................................................................................ 30 5. Analysis by management ................................................................................................................. 32 Step 2: Defining the policy of the organization ........................................................................................... 34 1. Using the checklist to set priorities ................................................................................................. 34 2. Considerations in framing the policy ............................................................................................... 34 3. Creating commitment for the antibullying plan .............................................................................. 35 4. Development of the antibullying plan ............................................................................................. 36 5. Definition of the roles and responsibilities ..................................................................................... 38 6. Training strategy .............................................................................................................................. 41 Step 3: Defining the procedures .................................................................................................................. 43 Step 4: External assessment ........................................................................................................................ 45 2 Step 5: Certification ..................................................................................................................................... 45 4. Handling sensitive data and results ......................................................................................................... 46 Way to ask passive consent ......................................................................................................................... 46 Anonymity ................................................................................................................................................... 46 Controversial topics ..................................................................................................................................... 47 Denial and fear ............................................................................................................................................ 48 ANNEX 1 – SELF-ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST ....................................................................................................... 50 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 50 A. Pedagogical culture ................................................................................................................................. 50 1. Monitoring school safety ..................................................................................................................... 50 2. Vision on school safety ........................................................................................................................ 52 3. Prosocial and antibullying strategy...................................................................................................... 53 B. Prevention ............................................................................................................................................... 54 4. Ground rules ........................................................................................................................................ 54 5. Dialogue on bullying and harassment ................................................................................................. 55 C. Response ................................................................................................................................................. 55 6. Stopping obstructive behaviour or violence........................................................................................ 56 7. Restorative approach .......................................................................................................................... 57 8. Procedures to handle incidents ........................................................................................................... 57 D. Tailored interventions ............................................................................................................................. 59 9. Repeated unpleasant behaviour ......................................................................................................... 59 10. Structural exclusion and discrimination ............................................................................................ 60 Summary assessment table ......................................................................................................................... 62 ANNEX 2 – TEMPLATE FOR AN ANTIBULLYING PLAN ...................................................................................... 63 ANNEX 3 – TEMPLATES FOR INFORMATION/CONSENT LETTERS .................................................................... 72 Article for newsletter/letter to parents .................................................................................................. 72 Letter to staff ........................................................................................................................................... 73 Letter to students ...................................................................................................................................