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MARC offers both
(a) anti-bullying student
programming for individual schools (as part of our
comprehensive K-12 program) and
(b) positive, state-wide events which
reinforce pro-social behaviors (K-12
Contests & Youth Summit).
**This page only describes the
in-school student programming which is part of the K-12 Anti-Bullying
Program.
Several principles guide what we offer
for student programming:
- Students must be involved, in an
empowering way, in any significant anti-bullying effort at a school;
- Because bullies at schools are often
high-social-status children (i.e., "popular"), it is students
who must be aware enough to realize that bullying behavior is not
desirable and should not be emulated;
- Elementary aged students (grade 6 and below)
are often emotionally connected with their primary classroom
teacher, and thus best able to have their awareness raised by that
teacher;
- Older students (pre-teen and teenage) are
often best able to learn from high-status peers who model positive
social behaviors, and who model a distaste for bullying and abusive
behaviors;
- Children of all ages are generally very
enthusiastic about ending bullying and the abuse they see between
students;
- Ongoing, continuous programs -- even low-key
ones -- are preferable to one-time programs such as assemblies;
- However, assemblies can be very useful for
raising interest and for beginning or continuing interest in a
campaign of behavior change.
What does MARC offer for Student
Programming?
For Elementary Aged Students, we opt to
train classroom teachers to use easy, effective methods to engage
students, to educate them, and to raise their awareness about bullying.
This classroom technique ("Discussion Time") is not a curriculum per se,
but a method that can be used to deliver other bullying prevention
curriculums or simply used as a stand-alone.
For Middle and High School Students, we
send trained college students (MARC Student Facilitators) to your school
to train a hand-picked leadership group in conceiving, developing, and
leading their own program ideas to stop bullying in their own school.
This is a very popular aspect of our program and one that has stood out
in our outcomes research. MARC assists the school is assembling
their student leadership group (it must be a diverse group, not one
"clique", not only "good" students, and may often include students who
sometimes bully but whom have real leadership potential). The
school must assign a supervisor/advisor/coordinator to the group and
MARC will send out our trained Student Facilitators.
**CLICK
HERE TO SEE A VIDEO DESCRIPTION AND EXAMPLE OF OUR STUDENT
FACILITATION PROCEDURE***
What about Assemblies?
MARC does offer student assemblies about Bullying
and Cyberbullying. It is important to note, however, that we do
strongly encourage schools to think about programs beyond using "only"
assemblies. Requests as taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Requests for a MARC assembly may be sent to
AMYatMARC@gmail.com. There is no cost.
**TO SEE A LIST OF THE ASSEMBLIES WE OFFER
CLICK HERE**
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