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Shaping safer schools:
A bullying prevention action plan
November 2005
Safe Schools Action Team
SAFE SCHOOLS ACTION TEAM
November 2005
The Honourable Gerard Kennedy, MPP
Minister of Education
Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street, 22nd Floor
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
Dear Minister,
On December 14, 2004, your government announced the appointment of the Safe Schools Action
Team to advise on the development of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to address physical and social safety issues in all Ontario schools. Our mandate included addressing the issue of bullying and we were asked to report back to you with our recommendations to make Ontario’s schools safer through a province-wide bullying prevention plan.
The Safe Schools Action Team is pleased to submit Shaping Safer Schools: A Bullying Prevention
Action Plan.
Bullying is a serious matter with wide ranging ramifications not just for schools, but for our entire society. Preventing bullying requires everyone’s cooperation.
This report is an action plan for principals, teachers, and other educators, as well as for students, parents, and the broader community. Our recommendations are evidence-based, built on the
Action Team’s own experience and knowledge around bullying-related issues, and augmented by extensive stakeholder consultations held across the province.
The Safe Schools Action Team is profoundly grateful for the valuable input we received in preparing
Shaping Safer Schools: A Bullying Prevention Action Plan. Participants in the consultations offered thoughtful insight and perceptive suggestions. We were impressed by their dedication and commitment. Indeed, we are confident that, given the tools outlined in this Action Plan, they will enthusiastically and successfully implement bullying prevention measures across the province, ensuring safer schools and a supportive learning environment for all Ontario students.
Respectfully,
Safe Schools Action Team
Liz Sandals (Chair)
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A bullying prevention action plan
November 2005
Safe Schools Action Team
SAFE SCHOOLS ACTION TEAM
November 2005
The Honourable Gerard Kennedy, MPP
Minister of Education
Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street, 22nd Floor
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
Dear Minister,
On December 14, 2004, your government announced the appointment of the Safe Schools Action
Team to advise on the development of a comprehensive and coordinated approach to address physical and social safety issues in all Ontario schools. Our mandate included addressing the issue of bullying and we were asked to report back to you with our recommendations to make Ontario’s schools safer through a province-wide bullying prevention plan.
The Safe Schools Action Team is pleased to submit Shaping Safer Schools: A Bullying Prevention
Action Plan.
Bullying is a serious matter with wide ranging ramifications not just for schools, but for our entire society. Preventing bullying requires everyone’s cooperation.
This report is an action plan for principals, teachers, and other educators, as well as for students, parents, and the broader community. Our recommendations are evidence-based, built on the
Action Team’s own experience and knowledge around bullying-related issues, and augmented by extensive stakeholder consultations held across the province.
The Safe Schools Action Team is profoundly grateful for the valuable input we received in preparing
Shaping Safer Schools: A Bullying Prevention Action Plan. Participants in the consultations offered thoughtful insight and perceptive suggestions. We were impressed by their dedication and commitment. Indeed, we are confident that, given the tools outlined in this Action Plan, they will enthusiastically and successfully implement bullying prevention measures across the province, ensuring safer schools and a supportive learning environment for all Ontario students.
Respectfully,
Safe Schools Action Team
Liz Sandals (Chair)
Stu