Program Goals and Evaluation Questions

Purpose

The purpose of this evaluation is to investigate whether the scope of the Bullying and Cyber-Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan encompasses all types of bullying that a student at St. Stephen’s Catholic Secondary School might face (using St. Stephen’s as an example of a secondary school within the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, and Clarington Catholic District School Board).

Program Goals

The overall goals of this evaluation are twofold.

First: To evaluate PVNCCDSB Policy and disseminate information to schools/students in order to increase awareness of bullying and cyber - bullying of those in the LGTBQ Community. (short term goal).

Second: To ensure that the policy that has been set out has appropriate measures to decrease bullying and cyber-bullying in and out of secondary schools in the PVNCCDSB (long term affects).

Some Key Evaluation Questions:

- How does the document define bullying and cyber –bullying and is the definition inclusive of all students?- If the definition is not inclusive, what needs to be added to increase inclusivity?- What measures are there in the policy to prevent bullying and cyber-bullying and are those measures effective? - If these measures are not sufficient, what could be done to the policy to help decrease instances of bullying and cyber bullying? 

Some Potential Further Questions:

- What are some programs within schools in the PVNCCDSB that seek to deter bullying and cyber-bullying?- Why do students bully or cyber-bully?- Are policies and procedures adequately communicated to students, parents and the community?- Are all stakeholders taken into account?