CCSS NJC School Peer Mediation Program School mediation, also known as peer mediation, is a form of alternative and gain more teaching time, because they have fewer discipline problems. http://www.co.clark.nv.us/social_service/NJC_SPMP.htm
Extractions: Announcements Conflict resolution refers to the use of interpersonal communication and problem solving skills to help individuals understand each other and solve problems peacefully. Conflict resolution is brought into schools through classroom curriculum and/or the peer mediation program. Peer mediation refers to a program in which specially chosen and trained students work in pairs as peer mediators to help other students resolve conflicts. When students are involved in a nonphysical dispute, they are asked it they would like peer mediators to help them solve their problem. If the disputants agree, peer mediators help them to clarify the nature of the dispute, and using a problem-solving process to reach a solution satisfactory to all disputants. Students learn Communication skills
Extractions: Peer mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution which teaches all members of the school community - students, staff, administrators, and parents - life skills that assist in resolving conflicts which arise in the school environment. Teachers, staff, and students are trained in a comprehensive model of conflict resolution. Selected students are trained to mediate disputes between their peers. Students benefit from a conflict resolution program because they learn communication and problem-solving skills and learn to take responsibility for their own actions (thus helping them get along better with other people at school and home). Teachers and administrators benefit by learning additional classroom management skills, and gain more teaching time, because they have fewer discipline problems. The school as a whole benefits because physical violence decreases and students learn to work together to improve the community.
Middle And High School Conflict Resolution in the Middle School A Curriculum and Teaching Guide Students Resolving Conflict peer mediation in Schools http://www.esrnational.org/MidHigh.html
Eastfield College -- Education Net, Chat rooms and other resources to exchange ideas and teaching methods with other teachers Waipahu High School, peer mediation program information http://www.efc.dcccd.edu/er/LAC/LEdu.html
Extractions: Contact Us Search Home About Eastfield ... The Amazing Picture Machine Image search engines, Web activities, lesson links by grade and subject, and more. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Toy Theater Lots of activities in art, math, reading, music, puzzles, games, and playsets. Create animations; work on flash cards, masks, crossword puzzles, poetry; compose music; play memory games; and more. BBC Resources for Home and School For all ages of students, school and cultural activities for students, teachers, and parents, including help for study and stress on Onion Street. ProQuest Check out the Homework Help for students and Curriculum Support for teachers. Lots of resources and links available. Links to various Web sites to help teachers use the Internet effectively. Daily Dose of the Web has great information by content area and random for critical-thinking activities, SAT, calculus, literature, math, quotations, puzzles, trivia, and much more. Also, online practice modules and information on workshops are available. Discovery School By the Discovery Channel, the Web site provides information for lessons plans, teaching tools, curriculum and homework helpers, brain boosters, clip art gallery, puzzle maker, science fair central, teacher store, and links to other resources.
CRInfo The Conflict Resolution Information Source - peer mediation has become very popular in schools all over the world. One major one is teaching children problemsolving skills at a young age means http://v4.crinfo.org/CK_Essays/ck_peer_mediation.jsp
Peer Mediation peer mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process. Teaching students the skills for solving conflicts not only improves their lives, http://www.lassd.org/peer_mediation.htm
Extractions: Peer mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process. It is a complementary process to the regular disciplinary procedure. Peer mediation is successful because it empowers students, which motivates them to behave more responsibly. When a staff peer mediation coordinator identifies an appropriate conflict and the disputants agree to mediation, the coordinator refers the disputants to two peer mediators. At the mediation, the disputants discuss the facts, as they see them, and their feelings about the problem. Each disputant listens to the other and repeats what they hear, so as to open their eyes to the other's point of view. Aided by the mediators, the disputants devise possible solutions for resolving their conflict to ensure that the problem will not occur again. Peer mediation is successful in reducing conflicts among students. Approximately 90% of all mediation sessions result in an agreement that satisfies both parties as well as teaches, administrators, and parents. Teaching students the skills for solving conflicts not only improves their lives, but also improves the schools in which they learn. How will peer mediation affect the community?
Safe From Harm: Give Peace A Chance Close, who s been teaching since 1965, is the champion of peer mediation in Cleveland. After she started teaching conflict curriculum in her classroom and http://www.asbj.com/security/contents/0898vail.html
Extractions: BY KATHLEEN VAIL What could have prevented those troubled boys from picking up guns and opening fire on their classmates? The reasons behind the recent school shootings in Springfield, Ore., Jonesboro, Ark., and elsewhere are undeniably complex, and experts agree there's no single solution. But the young men and women seated around the table in a cramped room at the Martin Luther King Law and Public Service Magnet School in Cleveland believe a program called peer mediation might have helped. "Someone could have intervened and looked at the problem," says Jermaine Glass, a King graduate and peer mediator trainer. "Someone could have said,'Why don't you use mediation?'" Peer mediation is one of hundreds of programs used as part of school security or violence prevention efforts. Students are trained to arbitrate conflict among their peers and negotiate peaceful solutions before problems escalate to violence. The technique grew out of the peace movement in the 1960s and 1970s and became more widely accepted in the late 1980s. Today, about 10,000 schools and community groups are using peer mediation, says Margery Baker, executive director of the National Institute for Dispute Resolution in Washington, D.C.
(Vol. 3, No. 1 - Spring 1999) The teaching approach, known as looping, called for Irvin and three experienced and all students on their team will become trained in peer mediation. http://www.middleweb.com/CSLV5Irvin.html
Extractions: Stacy Irvin is sitting on the edge of a student's desk. Her face is only inches from his, as the teacher and student attempt to work out a math problem together. A few minutes later, she is on the floor helping a youngster cut out geometric shapes. When the next period begins, she's in the home economics classroom with her class, discovering the math involved in baking chocolate chip cookies. Return to Irvin's classroom and you may find her rolling down the window shades that cover the tall windows of Highland Middle School, revealing display after display of her students' work. She hovers about her five classes of sixth-grade students with a soft voice, offering only positive comments in a lilting tone that continually reinforces their efforts. "Miss Irvin likes that," or "Miss Irvin wants to know what content standard you are addressing" or "Miss Irvin wants to hear you explain your answer." She never uses the word "I." Stacy Irvin rarely loses the attention of any student for very long. Who could ignore a teacher who uses "sweetie" and "sweetheart" liberally with her students? A teacher who responds to every answer and if it is wrong, keeps working with the answers until the student comes up with the right one? A teacher who uses her skills as a counselor to engage each student in her deliberative, well-planned instruction, which always includes time for feedback from students?
Mediation Training At Quabbin Mediation, Orange, MA The training director has 14 years of experience teaching mediation and conflict resolution. peer mediation training takes place in elementary, middle, http://www.quabbinmediation.org/html/training.html
Extractions: TRAINING Quabbin Mediation offers seminars, workshops, and training and will design a program to fit the needs of any group. Workshops and training have been conducted for police departments, school systems, social service agencies, court personnel, businesses, youth groups, houses of worship, and others. Training methods include large group discussions, small group exercises, role play activities, writing projects, homework assignments, and self-evaluation. Programs include: Trainers Quabbin Mediation has two full-time and four-part time staff. The executive director, with 15 years' mediating and training experience, is also co-founder of Quabbin Mediation. The training director has 14 years of experience teaching mediation and conflict resolution. For some training, Quabbin Mediation contracts with a nationally known mediation trainer. For information about any of the training programs or to customize a training for your group, contact Susan Wallace, Training Director, at 1-800-924-2600 or 978-544-6142
R&I_Peer_Mediate_&_Character_Ed New school initiatives that focus on character education, peer mediation and service Title Teaching Character Education Through ServiceLearning. http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ber/webpages/RI_Peer_Mediate__Character_Ed.html
Extractions: About the Bureau Calendar ... College Research Activity College Research Awards Funding Resources ... Bureau of Educational Research 236 Education Building, 1310 S. 6th St., Champaign, IL 61820 Champaign, IL 217/333-3023 phone 217/244-0538 fax ber@ed.uiuc.edu bureau Introduction Internet Resources Full Text ERIC Digests Organizations ... Top From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, includes a chapter on peer mediation. Department of Justice, Canada
Community Mediation Services peer mediation empowers students to develop solutions to their own conflicts. The peer mediation Program provides an implementation plan with three core http://www.aclink.org/mediation/main/peer.asp
Extractions: A peer mediator is a student who has been trained in the skills and techniques of mediation and the mediation process. The mediator facilitates those in conflict to bring about a resolution. The peer mediator is a neutral third party who does not judge or determine right or wrong. It is not the responsibility of the mediator to determine the outcome of the dispute. The peer mediator assists both parties in expressing their feelings and developing solutions in order to reach a mutual agreement. Why should schools choose peer mediation?
Extractions: The New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Conflict Resolution Panel has created the following Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Guide, Volume II for use in your school. This Guide builds on the concepts contained in Volume I, which include "I" messages, active listening, anger management, win/win guidelines and peer mediation. Therefore it is recommended that you use Volume I as a foundation for the teaching of the character education skills contained in this guide. You may obtain Volume I from the Bar Foundation by completing the online order form. In today's school climate, character building and appreciation of differences have become major issues. Volume II provides lessons on cultural awareness, self-esteem, gender equity and Honoring Each Other to help create understanding and unity in school communities. These lessons provide the ideal opportunity to integrate conflict resolution and character education. It is recommended that teachers refer to the Glossary and Resource Pages located at the end of this guide to further understand these concepts.
Extractions: JALMC Brings Peer Mediation to Chautauqua County, N.Y. Schools Peer mediation is a concept that has been used with great success in schools across the country. It provides students and teachers an alternative to the traditional system of discipline for resolving conflict. Student mediators help their peers resolve their disputes by encouraging constructive communication, helping parties take responsibility for their actions, and clarifying their needs and feelings. Once reached, an agreement is put into writing and signed by the disputants, providing a permanent record of their settlement. Teaching conflict resolution to middle and high school students is as important to, preparing tomorrow's workforce as their reading, writing, and math classes. In fact, the value and importance of the benefits derived from peer mediation programs - from the skills the young mediators gain to the overall impact the program has in school - parallels the values and benefits employers derive from a well-trained and skilled workforce. At the very least, the training, skills, and experience these kids gain from participating in peer mediation will compliment the range of skills that will be essential to the workforce of the next millennium. That is why Jamestown Area Labor-Management Committee took the time and resources to introduce and implement peer mediation in school districts in Chautauqua County, N.Y. In addition to providing youth with problem solving, critical thinking, and listening skills, peer mediation prepares students to be citizens in a complex and conflict-ridden world. School-based mediation programs provide a number of proven benefits to schools including:
March/April 2002 Teaching Guide March/April 1999 p30. Zillions Teaching Guide peer mediation is an alternative to fighting and being punished. Kids helping kids control their anger http://www.zillions.org/ztg-99-03/peace.htm
Extractions: Zillions Teaching Guide Profiles a teen-ager whose conflicts with classmates led her to become a peer mediator. Peer mediation is an alternative to fighting and being punished. Kids helping kids control their anger gives everyone involved more control over their emotions and lives. Ask a few students to role-play the scenario described in the beginning of the article. Evaluate all the different things the teacher could have done. Reading comprehension activity sheet Answers: 1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F; 6. F; 7. T; 8. F; 9. F; 10. F Do you know kids who have trouble controlling their anger? Why is it so hard to do? How did Gekeita learn to control her anger? Discuss each of the tips on keeping the peace (p. 31). Why and how would each tip help? What other tips might work?
Isd#361 | Fhs | Peer Mediation And also, we do peer mediation. We help our fellow students try to peer Educators for the 8th grade health classes, teaching them the ENABL curriculum. http://www.isd361.k12.mn.us/schools/fhs/peer_mediation.shtml
Extractions: In Int'l Falls: The Falls High Peer Helper Class is a class that participates in volunteering during the hour in which they have the class and also volunteer service after school. Some of the projects that they work with are these: The Peer Helper Class helps out teachers in the elementary schools, both Holler and Falls Elementary, working with the students and helping out the teacher in any way they can. They are also involved in the tutoring program that goes on after school on Mondays and Thursdays. A few students also help out at Backpack Junction. The class also goes to the Falls Care Center to visit with the residents, and also help out at the Senior Center downtown. They help out the Sunrise Center Against Sexual Abuse, and also work with the Center on the Pacer Puppets. The class has recently signed up to help the Salvation Army ring the bell for their fund raising. Some of the students will also be helping pass out Christmas gifts at the Salvation Armys Christmas party. Some of the students are also involved in reading the Daily Journal to a group of people at the Rivers Edge Villa. This group, "Teens Reading to Seniors" was set up by Jenell Feller, who is in charge of the Macular Degeneration Group here in the Falls. Several Peer Helpers are also involved in an extensive community-building project sponsored by the Blandin Foundation.
Autism Study,Peer Mediation Program,Social Skills peer mediation Program The integration programs consisted primarily of social Teaching social skills to students with autism to increase peer http://www.jgcp.ku.edu/Grants/Abst-Autism.htm
Extractions: Project Purpose: To conduct a program of integration for children with autism to increase their abilities to spend time with nondisabled peers, to improve their social relationships with peers, and to increase their communication and learning. Forty children over 5 years participated in the project (1993-1998). Peer Mediation Program: The integration programs consisted primarily of social strategies to build participation including social skills/play groups, peer networks, and "class buddies" systems. Academic strategies included peer tutoring (cross-age and same-age peers), cooperative learning, and modified curriculum/programming. Teachers in regular and special education programs received training and consulting for identified participants, with indirect services to additional district students. Parents received assistance in planning and recommendations for their children with yearly reports of progress.
MASI - Peer Mediation - SIU School Of Law - ADR Clinic As a community service, our law students offer peer mediation training which grows Elementary Perspectives 1 Teaching Concepts of Peace and Conflict. http://www.mediatenow.org/schoolpeer/adrclinic.asp
Extractions: Major Civil Cases Mediation of ... Home Peer Mediation Southern Illinois University School of Law - ADR Clinic Who we are: We are a law school that educates future lawyers. As a community service, our law students offer peer mediation training which grows out of their own training in mediation. As part of their course work, our law students offer mediation services to the courts, campus and community. They are trained in mediation skills and they hone those skills by teaching others. Because they are law students and not educators, there are some limits to what they can do. There are further limits due to their academic schedule and requirements. What we can do: Peer mediation training Our law students can conduct peer mediation training for a group of students, grades 6-12, in area elementary and secondary schools. Such training consists of one all-day or two half-day trainings for no more than 30 students at a time. The school desiring such a program should be sure of board, administrative, parental, and faculty support before initiating a program and should be prepared to design the program. We recommend reading Peer Mediation Program Guide or Peaceful Schools Program Guide. We may be able to loan these books to you for two weeks. Also we urge your faculty to participate in a conflict resolution program before deciding to adopt a peer mediation program.
ESR Metro To read the study, entitled Teaching Conflict Resolution An Efffective We supported 171 peer mediators and trained over a hundred parents. http://www.esrmetro.org/programs_conflict.html
Extractions: Resolving Conflict Creatively Program 4Rs Program Middle School/Project STOP Early Childhood ... PAZ After-School Every school day, in public schools throughout New York City, young people are learning better ways to deal with conflict and cultural differences through the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP). The program uses engaging, interactive techniques to teach children skills in: A two-year study of the program by Columbia University researchers found that children receiving substantial RCCP instruction from their classroom teachers developed more positively than their peers: They saw their social world in a less hostile way, saw violence as an unacceptable option, and chose nonviolent ways to resolve conflict. They also scored higher on standardized tests in reading and math. To read the study, entitled "Teaching Conflict Resolution: An Efffective School-Based Approach to Violence Prevention," click here The components of the RCCP include: In 2003-2004, the RCCP provided professional development for about 570 teachers in 30 schools, classroom instruction in conflict resolution and intercultural understanding for 4,863 children; and trained and supported 625 peer mediators and peer leaders.
