I decided to evaluate a program that is near and dear to my heart, Cyber-Bullying. I will evaluate the St. Stephen's Secondary School Anti - Bullying/Cyber-Bullying Program. I will do this by evaluating the resources provided to both students and parents (from the school) and policies and procedures outlined in the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, Clarington District Catholic School Bullying and Cyber-Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan.
Why Evaluate This Program?
Some of you might wonder why I chose to evaluate this program? The main reason for choosing this program is that I plan on using the information and evaluation that I find while conducting the evaluation to help students who are newcomers to Canada at my new school. If I better understand how bullying and cyber-bullying occur and what boards to do combat them and am able to evaluate their practices, it will better set me up with a program that I can bring to my new school to help students there.
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Evaluation Purpose
The focus of the Bullying and Cyber-Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan is to ensure that all people are treated with, “dignity, respect, and fairness” (PVNCCDSB). Through a board/school-wide program that includes teachers, students, parents, administration and volunteers, school council and the public (PVNCCDSB). The board also adds that they take into account local needs, which include cultural, geographical and the demographics of the area (PVNCCDSB).
In order to implement the program in St. Stephen’s Catholic Secondary School, the school must have a Safe Schools Team that is mandated from the Ministry of Education. Each school’s team will vary but according to the Ministry of Education must, “include at least one student, one parent, one teacher, one non-teaching staff member, one community partner, the principal.” (TVDSB). The surrounding community of Bowmanville has a population of 43,555 (City-Data.com), while St. Stephen’s Secondary School has a population of 1,007 (St. Stephen’s Secondary School).
Potential Useful Resources
Resources that could be used for this evaluation are as follows: Bullying and Cyber-Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan, Ministry of Education’s Model Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan, interviews and focus groups with St. Stephen’s Secondary School Students and Teachers, Survey Data from the St. Stephen’s Secondary School Population, and school records of incidences of bullying and cyber-bullying.
Evaluation Use
Furthermore, the results of this evaluation could be used by not only the school population of St. Stephen’s Secondary School, but results of the evaluation can be applied to all schools in the Peterborough, Victoria, Clarington, Catholic District School Board. This evaluation will follow as best as possible the Rainbow Framework from BetterEvaluation.org. There are six steps to the evaluation process and they are as follows: Define, Frame, Describe, Understand causes, Synthesize and Report & support use.
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