Safe School Ambassadors

Safe School Ambassadors is an essential guide for school administrators, counselors, teachers, parents, and youth organization leaders. It challenges the current "outside-in" thinking?that keeping schools safe is accomplished primarily by adults through heightened security and stricter policies. It makes the case for a complementary ?inside-out? approach that taps the power of students to change the social norms of a school culture in order to stop bullying and violence.

Acknowledgments vii Introduction xiii Part I The Extent and Costs of Mistreatment and the Outside-In Response Chapter 1: A Day in the Life 3 Chapter 2: The High Cost of Mistreatment 23 Chapter 3: The Outside-In Approach 55 Part II Building Safer Schools from the Inside Out Chapter 4: The Inside-Out Approach 83 Chapter 5: Building a Safe School Climate 95 Part III Youth as Social Change Agents Chapter 6: Empowering Youth 125 Chapter 7: Understanding and Mobilizing Bystanders 153 Chapter 8: From Bystanders to Peacemakers 171 Chapter 9: Results and Stories of Ambassadors in Action 209 Part IV A Call to Action Chapter 10: A Road Map for the Future 235 Appendix A: Presentation Tips 255 Appendix B: Responding to Questions and Concerns 259 Appendix C: Ambassador Survey 269 Appendix D: Recruiting Allies and Partners 275 Appendix E: Needs Assessment 281 Notes 285 Resources 303 Index 309