Community of Respect Everywhere (C.O.R.E.)

1. C.O.R.E.
Community of
Respect
Everywhere

2. Community of Respect Everywhere
What have we done?
• Developed protocol and procedures for repor;ng incidents on campus.
• Contacted and consulted with Barbara Coloroso, interna;onally renowned expert
• Arranged presenta;on by speaker Jus;n Lookadoo for counselors, task force members,
principals and Leadership on communica;on, respect and climate change
• Expand Crime Stoppers on every campus
• Reinstate character educa;on/virtues…C.O.R.E. values
• Developed Safety Zone website

3. Community of Respect Everywhere
Community of Respect Everywhere, C.O.R.E., is an ongoing ini;a;ve throughout
Birdville ISD backed by the philosophy that promotes posi;ve and safe learning
climates while developing responsibility, accountability and respect. Each of us
teaches character educa;on by the way we talk, the behaviors we model, the
conduct we tolerate, the deeds we encourage, and the expecta;ons we
transmit.
It is not one more thing on our plate … it is the plate.

4. Community of Respect Everywhere
Bullying (From BISD’s Code of Conduct)
Bullying means engaging in wriNen or verbal expression or physical conduct
that school personnel determine:
Will have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student’s
property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s
person or of damage to the student’s property or is sufficiently severe,
persistent, or pervasive enough that the ac;on or threat creates an
in;mida;ng, threatening, or abusive educa;onal environment for the
student (Texas Educa;on Code 25.0342).
No student shall engage in any form of bullying, nor shall any student
encourage or assist any other person in bullying.

5. Community of Respect Everywhere
What Bullying is Not
Bullying does not include normal childhood behavior such as sibling rivalry or one‐on‐one
figh;ng of siblings or peers with compe;ng claims. Nor does it include acts of impulsive
aggression‐—in other words, aggression that is a spontaneous, indiscriminate striking
out, with no intended target. Such aggression is o]en related to a physical or mental
handicap, such as au;sm or Asperger’s syndrome (high func;oning au;sm), and must
not be dismissed or excused, but it is not bullying. Spontaneous, deliberate,
indiscriminate striking out also may be a response by a bullied kid to an aNack by a
bully, but it is not bullying.
Bullying does not include criminal ac;vi;es that may have begun as a conflict and
escalated.
Source:
Excerpts from The Bully the Bullied, and the Bystander, Barbara Coloroso © 2002 www.kidsareworthit.com kids are worth it, inc. 800.729.1588 • fax 303.972.1204

6. Community of Respect Everywhere
Cyberbullying
Bullying doesn’t just happen face to face. It includes electronic
communica;ons, including: e‐mail, Facebook, TwiNer, text
messaging, etc.

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Teasing vs Taun6ng: There is a difference
Teasing is a fun thing you can do with your friends‐‐–with people you care about.
Taun;ng is a choice to bully someone for whom you have contempt.
Teasing
1. Allows the teaser and person teased to swap roles with ease.
2. Isn’t intended to hurt the other person.
3. Maintains the basic dignity of everyone involved.
4. Pokes fun in a lighthearted, clever, and benign way.
5. Is meant to get both par;es to laugh.
6. Is only a small part of the ac;vi;es shared by kids who have something in common.
7. Is innocent in mo;ve.
8. Is discon;nued when person teased becomes upset or objects to the teasing.

8. Community of Respect Everywhere
Taun)ng
1. Is based on an imbalance of power and is one‐sided: the bully taunts, the bullied
kid is taunted.
2. Is intended to harm.
3. Involves humilia;ng, cruel, demeaning, or bigoted comments thinly disguised as
jokes.
4. Includes laughter directed at the target, not with the target.
5. Is meant to diminish the sense of self‐worth of the target.
6. Induces fear of further taun;ng or can be a prelude to physical bullying.
7. Is sinister in mo;ve.
8. Con;nues especially when targeted kids become distressed or object to the taunt.

9. Community of Respect Everywhere
Flir6ng vs. Sexual Bullying
Flir6ng
1. Allows and invites both persons to swap roles with ease.
2. Isn’t intended to hurt the other person—is an expression of desire.
3. Maintains the basic dignity of both persons.
4. Is meant to be flaNering and complimentary.
5. Is an invita;on to have fun together and enjoy each other’s company.
6. Invited sexual aNen;on.
7. Is intended to make the other person feel wanted, aNrac;ve, and in control.
8. Is discon;nued when the person who is being flirted with becomes upset, objects to the flir;ng, or
is not interested.
Flir;ng has playfulness about it that sexual bullying does not. It is never intended to harm and is an
invita;on for two people to get to know each other beNer. As with any other invita;on, it can be
accepted or rejected—and the person who ini;ated the flir;ng honors either response.

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Sexual Bullying
1. Is based on an imbalance of power and is one‐sided: the bully sexually taunts, the bullied kid is
demeaned and degraded.
2. Is intended to harm and exploit.
3. Is invasive and intended to assert the status of the bully.
4. Is intended to be degrading and demeaning.
5. Is intended to express control and domina;on.
6. Is intended to violate the boundaries of the target.
7. Is intended to make the other person feel rejected, ugly, powerless, or uncomfortable.
8. Con;nues especially when targeted kid becomes distressed or objects to the sexual comment.
In sexual bullying there is no invita;on—just an aNack. The target is embarrassed, humiliated, and
shamed and tends to feel powerless. It is not the inten;on of the bully to engage in healthy sexual
flirta;on with another person—the aNack is meant to hurt. If the target protests, he/she is o]en
labeled a “bitch” who is up;ght and can’t take a joke.
Source:
Excerpts from The Bully the Bullied, and the Bystander, Barbara Coloroso © 2002 www.kidsareworthit.com kids are worth it, inc. 800.729.1588 • fax 303.972.1204

11. Community of Respect Everywhere
Staff: Are you a bully?
In addi;on to the state’s defini;on of bullying, staff also bully when
they consistently use degrading nega;ve comments openly about
a student or students. Whether this is one student or a whole
class, it is s;ll bullying.

12. Community of Respect Everywhere
C.O.R.E. Values for 2010‐11 School Year
• First six weeks – Responsibility
• Second six weeks – Empathy
• Third six weeks – Kindness
• Fourth six weeks – Honesty
• Fi]h six weeks – Acceptance
• Sixth six weeks – Courage

13. Community of Respect Everywhere
Community of Respect Everywhere – C.O.R.E.
Sugges;ons for Campus Implementa;on
• Establish a campus task force to facilitate/oversee ini;a;ves–include students
from all ranges
• Write campus pledge, signed by all staff members, outlining code of conduct
• Incorporate weekly messages of respect/responsibility over announcements, in
newsleNers, on website using video clips, public service announcements,
mo;va;onal quotes, etc.
• Adopt a community service project in which all staff and students can
par;cipate
• Develop mentoring programs between staff and students of HS/MS/ES feeders
• Honor random acts of kindness/community heroes

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What are we asking you to do?

17. Community of Respect Everywhere
“In any moment of decision, the best
thing you can do is the right thing. The
worst thing you can do is nothing” ~
Theodore Roosevelt