​ ​​​This webpage is designed to help you create a bully-free Job Corps center. Bullying is not permitted in Job Corps. This webpage contains resources to prevent bully​ing on center, including:
  • Core Components for a successful bullying-prevention initiative
  • A six-module bullying prevention training, available in Citrix (see SafetyNet for instructions). During this training, you will learn about the basics of bullying, what bullying looks like, and how to handle it on your center. After you successfully complete the associated quiz, you will earn a certificate. During this training, you will learn about the basics of bullying, what bullying looks like, and how to handle it on your center. After you successfully complete the associated quiz, you will earn a certificate.
  • A guide to creating an anti-bullying policy on your center
  • A documents section that contains sample presentations, articles, scenarios, fact sheets, and brochures
  • Web resources for additional information​​​​


Policy & Directives

Job Corps Policy
Job Corps Directives

Information Notices

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Core Components

Every center is responsible for implementing a bullying prevention program which is supported by the Center Director and administration. At a minimum, a successful bullying prevention program should have the following core components:

Planning
  • Identify a bullying prevention committee.
  • Distribute an anonymous student/staff questionnaire to assess the nature and prevalence of bullying on center; this can be incorporated into an existing student safety questionnaire.
  • Conduct focus groups with students/staff about problems encountered with bullying on center.
  • Develop and adopt center-wide policies and rules against bullying.
  • Consistent positive and negative consequences for students' behavior.
  • Develop an evaluation system to monitor the program's effect on bullying.
Training Activities
  • All staff will participate in bullying prevention training.
  • All students will receive promotional materials and information about bullying.
Promotional Activities
  • Disseminate information about anti-bully​ing policies, intervention and evaluation plans during CPP, at staff meetings, at assemblies, on the center intranet website, and in the student handbook.
  • Build anti-bullying material into the Career Success Standards and Social Skills Training activities.
  • Contact federal, state, or local agencies for posters and brochures on bullying prevention.
Environmental Activities
  • Identify the "hot spots" on center where bullying may occur and alter supervisory patterns so staff is more present.
Activities that Promote Pro-social Behavior and Reduce Bullying
  • Interventions with new students
  • Interventions with students who are bullied
  • Interventions with students who bully
  • Interventions for students that are bystanders

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​Create an Anti-Bullying Policy

Your center is not required to have an anti-bullying policy. However, having one can be extremely helpful. In order to stop or prevent bullying on a center (or anywhere!), procedures have to be clear and sanctions have to be uniformily enforced. Creating a policy will help to get everyone on the same page, so to speak.

Two documents to help you create a center-specific policy are located in this portion of the toolkit: a Sample Anti-Bullying Policy (available in MS Word and Adobe PDF formats) and an Anti-Bullying Policy Checklist. The sample policy contains language that you can use to create a policy for your center. It is posible to copy the examples as is and use them as your policy; however, that is not recommended. Your center is different from every other Job Corps center, and it should have its own, unique policy. The sample contains suggestions that may be used or changed to suit your specific needs.

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​Forms & Documents

Factsheets and Brochures
Presentations

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