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SOCIAL MEDIA
post reached
almost 20,000
people
Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week (November 18-24)
AMDSB promoted Bullying Awareness & Prevention
Week (November 18-24) by focusing on anti-bullying
awareness methods and intervention techniques for
students. Schools took part in their own anti-bullying awareness campaigns, engaging the discussion between students and staff.
Maitland River Elementary School focuses on teaching the difference between conflict, bullying, teasing and aggression. Students are encouraged to follow the HOAP (Honesty, Ownership, Apology, Plan) process to resolve conflict. These apples represent problems solved. Students place them on the tree when they feel the problem/conflict is solved.
AMDSB also provided further resources for students, parents and educators to better understand the difference between conflict and bullying, and different forms of bullying and how we can play a part in preventing it.
Bell Let’s Talk Day (January 29) As a lead up to Bell Let’s Talk Day, the month of January allowed for a focus on mental health. Schools were given resources and a bulletin board in a bag with the “#iAMwell” signage and branding. Social media posts featuring mental health from AMDSB reached over 20,000 people. The overall Canada-wide Bell Let’s Talk Day campaign reached 27,477,153 people and was the top Twitter trend in Canada and worldwide. Milverton Public School was recognized by the organizers of Bell Let’s Talk Day after Principal Jeremy Brock posted a photo of Milverton’s “#iAMwell” wall.
These campaigns help raise awareness and understanding about mental
health and contributed to the Mental Health and Well-being Action Plan for
the Board. The AMDSB Mental Health and Well-being team increased their
communication with school staff, mental health champs in each school, and
families. The #iAMwell slogan was branded to promote a positive school
focus on mental health and well-being. Next steps for Mental Health and
Well-being work will be the continuation of focused activities to raise awareness of school and community mental health resources, and a Mental Health Symposium. Students in all schools with grades 7 to 12 will identify plans to continue the work and establish their method of monitoring of impact.
OurSchools Student Survey
Every year, students in grades 4 to 12 complete the OurSchools Student Survey. For the 2018/2019 year, data for grades 7 to 12 showed an increase in the area of Interest and Motivation (34 to 36%, however still below the Canadian average of 40%), and a slight decrease for grades 4-6, from 82% to 77%. This data also showed an increase from 57% to 61% (still below the Canadian average of 66%) for Positive Sense of Belonging in grades 7 to12. In grades 4 to 6, we saw a drop from 75% to 70%. Schools have been asked to look closer at their data by cohort, seek additional student voice to determine why their scores may have increased/decreased, and then determine next steps with staff, in their local context.
OurSchools Survey Data
Interest and Motivation
School
Overall
G4
G5
G6
Canadian Norm 2016-17 AMDSB 2017-18 AMDSB
86 79 82
81 87
79 79
76 81
2018-19 AMDSB
77
79
77
76
Positive Sense of Belonging
School
Overall
G4
G5
G6
Canadian Norm 2016-17 AMDSB 2017-18 AMDSB
79 75 75
77 79
76 73
72 73
2018-19 AMDSB
70
71
71
69
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