EASY Conflict Resolution Process:
E: Engage Find a safe and quite place to talk. Agree to be confidential, respectful, honest and willing to solve the problem.
A: Ask Ask each other what happened. Listen to the other person and hear what s/he is feeling and thinking. Try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
S: [...]
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Bridges to Safety :: EASY
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Sample Proposal for Freshman Transition Program
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009BACKGROUND/ NEEDS OF YOUR SCHOOL/DISTRICT
SPECIFIC REQUEST
To implement a Freshman (Middle School/ College) Transition Program, a semester-long peer-facilitated program that helps orient and connect freshmen to high school while promoting positive changes in the school culture. The Freshman Transition Program:
Eases freshmen transition to high school
Provides freshmen with positive peer mentors and role models
Expands leadership opportunities for [...]
Bridges to Safety :: Sample Lesson
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Objectives
Define responsibility
Increase responsibility
Question
What does taking responsibility mean?
Activities
Introduction and Brainstorm Responsibility — 5 min.
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” — 15 min.
Mix & Match — 10 min.
Wrap-Up
Materials
“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” from Where the Sidewalk Ends and “The Voice” from Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
Sign which says “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout”
Sylvia Signs (each stanza of the poem on a [...]
Stereotypes and Tolerance
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Free Sample Lesson
Stereotypes and Tolerance
THEME OF THE WEEK: To build awareness of cultural stereotypes, to learn acceptance and tolerance
for diverse groups, and to acknowledge external and internal personal assets
for bridging the gap between groups.
TIME: 50 minutes
TEACHER/STUDENT PREPARATION: Students need
to arrange their desks in one large circle at the beginning of class. [...]