Bullying Prevention Program
North Tampa Christian Academy uses the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. This research-based program reduces bullying in schools. It also helps to make school a safer, more positive place where students can learn.
Although this program takes place at school, we need your help too. You can talk about bullying and our school’s anti-bullying rules at home with your child. We want to work with you to prevent and stop bullying from happening in our school.
Report an Incident
If you or your child have witnessed or been involved in an incident of bullying, please use the respective form below to report the incident so that it can be made aware of and appropriate action can be taken. We take bullying very seriously and want our students to feel safe both on and off campus.
What is the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program?
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) prevents or reduces bullying in elementary, middle, and junior high schools (with students ages five to fifteen). OBPP is not a curriculum, but a program that deals with bullying at the schoolwide, classroom, individual, and community levels.
Here is what happens at each level:
Schoolwide
Teachers and staff will be trained to use the program and deal with bullying problems.
A schoolwide committee will oversee the program.
Students will complete a questionnaire to give us information about the amount and type of bullying at our school.
All students will follow these four anti-bullying rules:
We will not bully others.
We will try to help students who are bullied.
We will try to include students who are left out.
If we know that somebody is being bullied, we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home.
Staff will make sure that all areas of our school where bullying is likely to occur are being watched.
There may be schoolwide parent meetings and parent and student events.
In the Classroom
The four anti-bullying rules will be taught in all classrooms.
Class meetings will be held where students talk about what bullying is. Students will learn why bullying should not happen. They will also learn to ask an adult for help if they see or experience bullying.
Teachers will use positive and negative consequences for following and not following the four anti-bullying rules.
Teachers will work to make the classroom a positive place for students.
For Individuals Who Bully or Who Are Bullied
Teachers and other staff will be trained to deal with bullying situations and the students involved.
Students who bully others will be given consequences as soon as possible.
Students who are bullied will be supported by staff. They will be told what action will be taken to end the bullying.
Teachers and other staff will meet with the parents of students who bully and who are bullied.
In tHe Community
Our school will be looking for ways to develop partnerships with community members and carry the anti-bullying message community-wide.
For more information on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and what you can do to help prevent bullying at our school, check out the parent resources provided below in both English and Spanish: