OTF and COPA recognize teachers and school staff members for their dedication, compassion and care in dealing with the difficult and insidious problem of bullying. Healthy surroundings and supportive adults are essential to the positive development of each student. Understanding bullying, how it affects all of us and recognizing it as a form of violence is the cornerstone of efforts to prevent it.
Below are two online courses for us as educators, one to further strengthen our own capacity to prevent and effectively intervene in bullying, and the second to direct students to so that they may learn about their rights, responsibilities and intervention regarding cyberbullying specifically.