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Berkeley Heights School District Presented by: Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Kevin Morra District Self Assessment Results District Anti- Reporting Period 2 Results Bullying Coordinator September 14, 2017

Process:  Assessment Rubric remained unchanged for the 2016-2017 school year.  The district Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) Specialists met with the HIB Coordinator to review the process for completing the Self Assessment.  The HIB Specialists met with their schools’ safety teams to complete the assessment.  Results were scored and forwarded to the Anti-Bullying Coordinator. 1

Process: (cont.)  Results are to be presented for public review (this meeting)  Results are included in an electronic report due to the NJDOE by September 30, 2017  Once results are reviewed and approved by the NJDOE, districts are required to post the score on each school’s website and the district website 2

8 Core Elements HIB Programs, HIB Incident HIB Approaches & Reporting Investigation Other Initiatives Procedures Procedures Training on HIB HIB Personnel HIB Reporting Policy Other Staff Curriculum & Instruction & Instruction on Training HIB 3

District Self-Assessment Results School Percentage Scores 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 MKM 86% 82% 81% 90% MPS 81% 77% 85% 90% WW 90% 91% 90% 91% TPH 85% 88% 88% 91% CMS 93% 92% 94% 95% GLHS 82% 92% 96% 95% District 86% 87% 89% 92% Average 4

Element Scores: School Maximum District Element GLHS CMS MKM WW MP TH Score Average Programs/ 15 13.2 12 14 13 14 12 14 Approaches 9 7.5 9 8 7 6 7 8 Policy Training Staff 15 13.5 14 13 14 13 14 13 Instruction Curriculum/ 6 5.8 6 6 6 6 6 5 Instruction 9 8.7 9 9 8 9 9 8 Personnel Incident 6 6.0 6 6 6 6 6 6 Reporting Investigation 12 12.0 12 12 12 12 12 12 Procedures 6 5.0 6 6 4 5 4 5 HIB Reporting 5

Analysis of Self Assessment Results  District wide scores indicated improvement in 5 of 6 buildings  Policy Training and Staff Instruction were the lowest average element scores in 2015-2016 and improved in the 2016-2017 school year  Investigation procedures are consistently followed district wide  HIB programs are consistently implemented  Concerns noted in training of volunteers, substitutes, and contract service providers  Action: Creation of voice over power point training  HIB Reporting Element (element 8) indicated concerns regarding Self Assessment Score posting  Action: District HIB webpage update now includes score 6

Reporting Period 2 Comparison School Investigations Confirmed Cases 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 GLHS 14 15 10 2 4 3 CMS 21 27 25 13 14 13 MPS 11 7 11 7 3 3 WW 5 1 5 2 0 2 TPH 8 7 6 4 1 0 MKM 1 4 1 0 0 0 Totals 60 58 58 28 22 21 7

Facts and Trends: Reporting Period 2  Downward trend of confirmed violations noted over three year period  Noted consistently higher rates of reported incidents in January and March  CMS continues to account for highest percentage of district investigations and confirmed HIB violations  GLHS: Significant downward trend in number of investigations over three years  Elementary schools: MPS maintains highest number of investigations/violations 8

Full Year Comparison School Investigations Confirmed Cases 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 GLHS 34 24 16 2 7 4 CMS 40 39 44 21 21 26 MPS 22 9 18 11 4 5 WW 6 2 6 2 0 2 TPH 9 11 7 4 2 0 MKM 5 7 2 0 0 0 Totals 116 92 93 40 34 37 9

Facts and Trends: District Data Over a three year period:  Identified higher proportion of male victims to female victims at each level  Identified higher proportion of male offenders to female offenders at each level  68% of elementary investigations involve offenders in grades 4 and 5  76% of high school investigations involve offenders in grades 9-10 10

Facts and Trends: Continued Over a three year period: 71% of elementary investigations concerned incidents taking place  at lunch or recess  At the secondary level, identified trend shows a slight increase in the number of incidents taking place in the classroom settings Protected category: Perceived social status now accounts for the  majority of the elementary cases investigated  Protected category: Race/National Origin has trended up at CMS  Protected category: No consistent trend at GLHS (sexual orientation and mental/cognitive ability appear to account for most investigations) Protected category: Physical appearance remains consistent  targeted area at all three levels 11

Facts and Trends: Continued Over a three year period:  Noted decrease in the number of reported incidents in September and October in last two years  Noted increase in reported incidents in November and June in last two years  January and March continue to maintain higher number of reported incidents since the inception of the law  February and December continue to maintain lowest number of reported incidents since the inception of the law 12

“Single Incident” " Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents…”  Majority of BHPS investigations generate from single incident  Impulsivity  As stress and demands increase, tolerance and frustration thresholds decrease 13

2016-2017 School Year Programs/Training NEW ONGOING Bi-monthly Coordinator Meeting   Staff Refresher Training Mindfulness   Parent Program ABC Legal Training  Curriculum-based classroom   PTO Information sessions lessons  Parent Pamphlet Counselor initiated group sessions  Week of Respect   Legal Training for Administration Clubs and Community activities  14

2017-2018 Focus  New Staff Training – August 2017  HIBster – Staff Training and implementation  Elementary Program, Peer Conflict Resolution  Mindfulness  Continued Parent Information Sharing  Voice Over Trainings (Volunteers, contracted services, substitutes)  Webpage Update  Policy Review  ABS Decision Making continued 15

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