PPT

EDAS 647

LEGAL ENTANGLEMENT PROJECT: PART 4 – PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW As a culminating work in this project, you will create a professional slideshow presentation for your recommended policy. This is intended to be a formal presentation in which you will demonstrate advocacy as a leader in addressing a critical area for your school community. INSTRUCTIONS Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of at least twelve (12) slides. The targeted audience may be the school board, parent-teacher organization, and/or faculty. The purpose of the presentation is to convey the content as outlined below. Design a title slide that includes appropriate visuals, the title of the presentation, your name, and this course. Limit the amount of text on all slides to keywords and phrases. Include meaningful visuals/graphics/tables to enhance the content. Insert thorough speaker notes to convey your message to the audience.

A. Background and Ethical Framework: Begin the presentation with an explanation of the issue’s background and the ethical framework you used to evaluate the issue. Also include the following:

i. Issue: Introduce the legal and/or ethical issue at the center of the legal entanglement plan. Explain why the issue was of concern and why it is being addressed.

ii. Ethical Framework: Refer to the Model Code of Ethics for Educators (MCEE) and present the ethical framework for approaching the issue. Identify relevant MCEE principles by number and exact wording. Discuss the degree to which the topic complies or does not comply with the identified MCEE principles.

iii. Knowledge Base: Referring to case law and literature on the topic, present highlights from the knowledge base on the topic.

B. Proposed Policy and Procedures: Present your proposed policy and related procedures. Ensure the policy is clearly communicated so that it can be understood by all stakeholders. Articulate how the proposed policy and procedures are expected to cultivate equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive practices among teachers and staff.

C. Advocacy for Proposal: Close the presentation by persuading the audience of the positive impact that adopting the policy and procedures would make in the school climate. Address the expected results and how ethical behaviors among stakeholders will be cultivated by implementing the proposal. Ensure your rationale is convincing and clear.

Provide all references in the final slide of the presentation. Be sure to follow current APA formatting and use sources from the previous assignments you have completed for this project.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

School Attendance = Success

Kelsie Aherron Liberty University

EDU 647 Andrea Beam

Project Agenda

● Attendance data for Westwood Middle School

● What is the current policy? ● Does this policy need to be

amended? Why?

Introduction

● School attendance = student success

● School attendance MATTERS from the start of Kindergarten

● Fairness attendance policy + equal consequences for all + consistency in the attendance policy = an ideal attendance policy.

Objectives

● Understand the need for change to Westwood’s attendance policy

● Expectations of students and parents regarding school attendance

● Increase the understanding of why attendance is important for all students

Proposed Outcomes from

the Project

● A final vote and decision announcement on the amendments to the attendance and tardy policy

● Support and understanding from all stakeholders

Definitions ● Chronic Absenteeism ● Pledge of Allegiance

● Tardy ● Truancy

Consequences if Legal

Guidelines are not Followed

● Truancy law is enforced in the state of VA.

● 5 unexcused absences= warning and intervention

● If problem persists, further action will be taken.

● Truant = chronic absenteeism occuring more than 5 consecutive days without an excusable note.

The Reporting Process

● Superintendent of Danville Public Schools (Angela Hairston)

● Principal of Westwood ● Attendance Clerk at the

school (secretary) ● Director of Student

Services and Support at the downtown office (Coretta Lipscomb)

District Support Needed

● Data ● Collaboration ● Decision-making team

at Westwood ● School board

recommendations and approval

Literature Review

● Marion County Truancy Case

● Wisconsin vs. Yoder ● Blake vs.

Commonwealth ● Boyer v. Jeremiah

Literature Review

Continued

● Why should school attendance policies be enforced?

● Consequences to Follow Low School Attendance

● The Effects of Virtual Learning on School Attendance- Older Students

● Attendance Monitoring for Virtual Learning

Conclusions Drawn from Literature

● School attendance laws/consequences are commonly enforced in similar ways throughout school districts.

● In every court case, student and school rights were judged fairly and equitably.

● First Amendment laws cannot be violated.

● School attendance starts from the very first day of school.

● Parental Involvement = increased student attendance

Attendance Policy Survey

Westwood Middle School Stakeholders

Proposed Amendment #1

Proposed Amendment #2

Example of Stakeholder Responses

Conclusions Drawn from

Collaboration

● Survey given to stakeholders

● Stakeholders include: administrators, parents, staff members, and community members.

● Amendments discussed: ○ Pledge of Allegiance for all

students ○ Tardy policy stated in the

school’s attendance policy

Conclusions Drawn from

Data

● Attendance concerns can start in early elementary school and lead into college years.

● Parents need continous support and enourgaement from their school.

● Amendments are necessary when the policy is not fair and does show equity to everyone.

● Parents and students must be held accountable for chronic absenteeism.

● Teachers are concerned with parents “playing the system.”

Recommendations to Westwood’s

Policy

● Tardiness identified as “excused” or “unexcused.”

● More positive communication to increase parental involvement

● More opportunities for parents to come into the school building with their student

● Amend how many absences before a student/parent receives a truant warning

References

References

References

Additional References

Used

(“Dictionary.Com Is The World’s Favorite Online Dictionary”)

“Federal Policy - Attendance Works.” Attendance

Works, 2017, www.attendanceworks.org/policy/federal-p olicy/ .

Gjelten, E.A. “What Happens to Truants and Their

Parents in Virginia?” Www.Lawyers.com, 12 June 2019, www.lawyers.com/legal- info/research/education-law/what- happens-to-truants-and-their-parents-in- virginia.html#:~:text=Penalties%20for %20Parents%20of%20Truant. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.

Legal Entanglement Project: Part 6

Randy Taylor

Liberty University

Dr. Samora

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1. Introduction

2. Objectives

3. Proposed Outcome

4. Definitions

5. Consequences

6. Reporting Process

7. Direct Support Needed

8. Literature Review

9. Conclusions

10.Recommendations

11.References

Introduction

Bullying and Harassment – This is unwanted or aggressive behavior that happen over time with the intent to harm, intimidate, coerce, threaten, or dominate.

These behaviors usually occur among students and youths. The behavior normally starts as harassment, unwanted jokes, spreading rumors, excluding someone from an event of group, or physical attacks.

Bullying includes actions such as teasing, name-calling, inappropriate comments, taunting, threatening to cause harm, mean/rude gestures, and physical attacks.

Objectives

The goal of this presentation is to :

• Analyze bullying policy.

• Create awareness about the warning signs of potential bullying behaviors

• Develop training programs to educate all stakeholders on the effect of bullying.

• Encourage immediate reporting and intervention in all suspected bullying situations

Definitions

Bullying - unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged

children that involves a real or perceived power

imbalance (What Is Bullying, (n.d)).

Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in

which someone intentionally and repeatedly cause

another person injury or discomfort.

Consequences

• Violation of bullying policy can result in litigation against the school.

• Violation of the school bullying policy can result in administrative actions up to and including termination of employment.

• Violation of the bullying policy can also result is the victim being transfer to another school at the request of the parent of the victim with follow-on administrative actions against all violators.

Reporting Process

• Students and parents are encouraged to report all policy amendments request to the school administrators.

• Candidates will need to submit all policy amendments to the bullying policy to the school district office.

• School district administrators will include the request as part of the agenda items for the next school board seatig..

• Candidate will be notified of the next school board seating and invited to speak or simply let the school official present the amended request.

• School board will listen to justifications for amendment. If policy is amended, the Superintendent will sign and incorporate the new change into the school district bullying policy.

District Support

• Stakeholders need to submit the requested amendments to the school district board for discussion and voting.

• The school board vote to approve the amendment.

• Approved amendment is signed and incorporated in school district bullying policy.

Literature Review

• Policy Change (1995): Gathered information from 21 studies to review effectiveness of policy change (Hall, 2017).

• School Climate Study: 40 schools participated in implementation of Learning Together anti-bullying program. Shown to decrease bullying (Bonell, et. Al., 2018).

• PBIS Initiative Study (2015): 3-tier approach similar to RTI. Studies have shown significant improvement shown in academic and bullying behaviors (Good, Mcintosh, & Gietz, 2011).

Knowledge Base

• D.H. v Moss Point School District : Student harassed by teachers, students, and other administrators. District was ordered to implement and amend policy.

• Malone v Moss Point School District : Male student dies as a result of being beaten by a gang of students. Bullying reported several times (Associated Press, 2017).

• Kuhner v. Highland Community Unit School District: Student with special needs verbally and physically bullied by other students. Attempted suicide. Left public school to be homeschooled (Kimmel, 2017).

• Gannaway v. Sioux City Community School District: 8-year old male bullied by students and administrators. Developed chronic vomiting as a result.

Conclusion from Literature

• Bullying is a repeated behavior. • Bullying behaviors can be verbal

or physical. • Bullying is illegal and

punishable by both state and federal laws.

• Bullying can cause physical, emotional, and psychological harm to victims.

Conclusion from Collaboration

• The current policy on bullying is clear on potential behaviors of bullying.

• The current policy on bullying does not provide clear guidance on reporting procedures.

• Awareness and periodical training on bullying signs and behaviors is needed.

• Students are not familiar with bullying reporting procedures.

Conclusion from Data

• Bullying occur at all levels within the school environment.

• Most cases of bullying are not reported due to students being unfamiliar with reporting procedures.

• Cases of bullying occurring off school campus at school sponsored events are the least likely incidents reported.

• Stakeholders usually relies on school administrators to address incidents of bullying.

Recommendations

• Training and awareness programs be taught at all levels to all stakeholders.

• Incorporate bullying eduction in the curriculum as a regular course or an required elective for all students

• Mentoring and intervention programs and professionals pay regular and unannounced visits on school campuses to evaluate implementation of existing bullying policy.

References

• Associated Press. (2017, April 29). School settles suit over 7th-grader's death. Retrieved from https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2017/04/28/moss-point-school-set tles-suit-over-7th-graders-death/101053388/ .

  • Bonell, C., Allen, E., Warren, E., Mcgowan, J., Bevilacqua, L., Jamal, F., … Viner, R. M. (2018). Effects of the learning together intervention on bullying and aggression in English secondary schools (INCLUSIVE): a cluster randomized controlled trial. The Lancet, 392(10163), 2452–2464. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31782-3.

  • Good, C. P., Mcintosh, K., & Gietz, C. (2011). Integrating Bullying Prevention Into Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 44(1), 48– 56. doi: 10.1177/004005991104400106.

References (continued)

• Contributor, R. I. (2015, June 9). Grinnell-Newburg bullying case settled before trial. Retrieved from https://www.radioiowa.com/2015/06/09/grinnell-newburg-bullying-case-settled-before-trial/.

  • Hall, W. (2017). The effectiveness of policy interventions for school bullying: a systematic

review. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8(1), 45–69. doi: 10.1086/690565. • Handbooks. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2019, from

https://www.lowndes.k12.ms.us/apps/pages/handbooks. • Kimmel, A. (2017, December). Jury verdicts and settlements in bullying cases. Retrieved from

https://www.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018.01.08-Winter-2017-Edition- Bullying-Verdicts-and-Settlements-Final.pdf.

• SPLC reaches settlement with Mississippi school district to stop anti-LGBT bullying. (2015, February 25). Retrieved from https://www.splcenter.org/news/2015/02/25/splc-reaches- settlement-mississippi-school-district-stop-anti-lgbt-bullying.