High Focus

Aimed Recess

Letter of Transmittal

March, 09 2014

John Smith

Parents Association

Montgomery County

Juan Gonzalez

School Board Director

Montgomery County

Dear Mr. Gonzalez

Thank you for the opportunity to conduct the research in such an important topic as the well being of students. The discussion on whether school should mandate aimed recess is a conflict of opinion.

Enclosed is my proposal resulting from my research regarding Aimed recess how it contributes positively to students and reduce the incidence of disciplinary occurrences (bullying), accidents and other events brought to the attitudes of students

Sincerely,

John Smith

Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Discussion 3 Ways to reduce bullying 4 Who is responsible 5 Society Parents School Aimed Recess Program 6 What can we learn from others 6 Conclusion 7 Cited Work 8

Executive Summary

The report analyzes how Mandatory School Uniforms help authorities to prevent crimes, reduce violence and bullying while implementing discipline to students.

Introduction

Cases of adolescence and youth violence in schools are no longer isolated. These cases have become a growing national phenomenon: it occurs in small towns and metropolitan areas. Bullying, shootings, and other types of violence are the heading of the news. Bullying is the most common abuse. It is true that there has always been violent youth and adolescents. It is also true that adolescence is a time of rebellion and rejection of the standards or norms. However, the novelty of all these cases is the brutality and the cold-blooded premeditation in how they perform the crime.

This paper attempts to demonstrate that recess (the interval between classes) can improve pedagogical quality in schools to reduce the incidence of disciplinary occurrences (bullying), accidents and other events brought to the attitudes of students.

Discussion

We live in a world of much violence. This is occurring at all social levels, in all areas and is really affecting the coexistence. Bullying is a school violence that is latent and it’s inserted in our society and it is attacking our children.

Children who are victim of constant daily harassment and assaults by their peers without mercy enrage to the one who is weaker / different.

“There are experts that believe that most incidents of bullying and social conflicts at schools arise from not looking a certain way. It is noted that during the recess period the students are usually unsupervised and aimed activities, which of course causes these occurrences and problems.

But the program tries to minimize or diminish the phenomenon of violence within educational institutions where is also known by the name of bullying (depending on the country and culture has different names), where a scare, humiliate, intimidate others leading them to chaotic situations and emotional imbalance.

This phenomenon of bullying in small groups can be minimized through persuasion as a preventative route. Also works to do workshops in coexistence is which we made seeing the other as a being in relation with multiple needs. The establishment of practical coexistence agreements and functional applications of sanctions for violations and ultimately from direct penalty from the legal Representatives of minors.

Other ways we can enforce to minimize bullying:

1. Worrying about the children, talking to them and creating a dialogue channel. Avoid monologues. We learn and known our kids better by listening.

2. Be aware of the possible symptoms such as nervousness, lack of appetite, insomnia, poor school performance or school phobia.

3. Control and monitor behaviors of the children, watching what they do, where they go, who they play, what their interests and projects are.

4. Determine the limits, rules and enforce them.

5. Educate to control emotions, to behave with others and to live with others.

6. Observe behaviors, moods and changes in habits of children

Who’s responsible?

Bullying is a problem and a responsibility of all of us! We all place an important part as parents, community and nation.

· Society: Creating and maintaining a payphone for children is a way to open a door to potential conflicts. The annual awareness campaigns can also work to prevent bullying. As for the media, it would be interesting and very viable and regaining more content they broadcast or publish. Society in general must prevent and tackle possible outbreaks of harassment. We need to be careful and not let anything or think that everything is normal or is it a joke. When a child teases, threatens or hits another child, we should intervene to make sure it doesn’t happen again. When in the schoolyard someone mocks the appearance of another person, that rebuke he/she should be punished.

· Parents: family is constructed and its state is considered essential for the socialization of children, through the transmission of values, norms and behaviors. The family is the one that has to establish what is acceptable and what isn’t at home and in social relations. According to experts on bullying, the absence of rules, lack of reasonable supervision and control of the conduct of children out of school, what they do and who they are, too harsh discipline, lack of communication and presence of tension and fights in the family can take the children to the acquisition of aggressive conducts.

· School: At first, do not close your eyes to reality. Set rules to prevent bullying, keeping always an open suggestion box and complaints, address the issue through courses, lectures or tutorials, putting caregivers or caretakers in the dining room (cafeteria), on the playground, and other areas of risk, enter and maintain values ​​education subjects, and intervene in a fast, direct and forceful way if there any suspect of bullying. In complicity with the school, teachers should collaborate in identifying a case, or just with students setting rules of non aggression.

The type of discipline that exists in the classroom and at school is critical in building good behavior. The constant monitoring of the behavior of children in classrooms and on the playground and in the dining room, mind detecting whether or not a case of going bullying. Teachers and caregivers must always be present and pending.

Introducing the Aimed Recess Program:

The Aimed Breaks/Recess is a period where small teams are organized to work simultaneously within in which seeking to create a productive experience in teaching and learning, using existing resources. The game is an excellent medium for teaching plannings, facilitates aspects of character, social skills, motor domains, and the development of physical, artistic qualities, ie, game and comprehensive education are two associated components.

Aimed recess "goes beyond keeping the child occupied so they do not fight, but rather to inhabit a common space that all help build. If students appropriate the space, then it is not only the school, but theirs”

Chile, Venezuela and Brazil are three of many other countries practicing Aimed recess/break. i.e In Brazil, after using the program at five (5) public schools in Brazil, it was verified that the rate of bullying and accidents during this time decreased drastically, by 57%.

In Chile, three public schools installed sport equipment and hired people to monitor and guided activities, with positive results. They settled in the yard/patio, tennis tables and open space so the students can practice soccer, volleyball, chess and basketball, which were led by members of the local school which were the people monitoring the activities.

In the U.S., there are aimed breaks at least six years ago. In elementary school in Broadway, Newark, for example, breaks are supervised by a trainer whom in addition to promoting the game among children, make sure the student don’t fight. The main objective is to stop bullying and behavioral problems, along with enhanced social skills and improve the health of children.

In California, even an organization called “Playworks” provides teachers to assist children at recess.

Conclusion

We conclude that to the extent where students are stimulated to sport and recreation and directed under the schedule of the school playground, rates of indiscipline, accidents and other occurrences tend to decrease, bringing larger educational exploitation for them.

Bullying is common In this society. It is something important because it destroys self-esteem and confidence of our children. A person can reach depression and anxiety and it will create difficulties in adapting to society. Also get bad grades and commit suicide. That is why we must be vigilant; dedicate one hundred percent in this task of reducing bullying.

Let's consider how to deliver our values, love, and respect. Do not be indifferent to this, and it's time to do something, some say it's just a dream, but dreams can come true. With effort we can create awareness and thus silence the silent cries of those who suffer from this terrible disease, called bullying.

Although Aimed recess does not eliminate the problem it helps to control it. It should be mandatory in all US schools.

Cited Work

National Bullying Prevention: http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp

Stop Bullying. Gov: http://www.stopbullying.gov/news/media/facts/#listing

Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865574935/Companys-positive-recess-play-aims-to-reducing-bullying.html?pg=all

Udini by ProQuest: http://udini.proquest.com/view/recess-playground-games-and-the-pqid:2463788141/

Active Living Research: http://activelivingresearch.org/school-leaderships-readiness-change-after-ready-recess-intervention-17-midwest-elementary-schools

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