Anti-Bullying Summit 2011

Mission

To facilitate action-oriented conversations via a premiere conference designed to share information, current thinking, and research about a serious problem facing our schools and communities—bullying. The conference is designed to create on-going local, state and national coalitions for pK-12 educators, higher education faculty and administrators, student leaders, mental health practitioners, researchers, community leaders, policymakers, and other professionals who are engaged in on-going work to address Bullying and cyber-bullying in learning environments.

Objectives

To engage in cross-role and role-alike deliberations about current thinking and best practices to address issues related to bullying and cyber-bullying.
To form coalitions able to address the many issues related to bullying and cyber-bullying.
To promote on-going and new research efforts regarding pK-20 policy reform, curriculum development, intervention/prevention strategies, and potential legislation related to bullying and cyber-bullying.
To produce a white paper as a follow up to the summit documenting the outcomes from the summit for dissemination to a wider audience.

Target Audiences

pK-12 Administrators, Teachers and Student-Leaders
Higher Education Faculty, Administrators and Student Leaders
Parents and Community Leaders
Mental Health Practitioners
Law Enforcement & Emergency Management Personnel
Legal Advocates
Public Policy Makers and State Department of Education Personnel

Anti Bullying Summit Promo from Message in a Bottle Production on Vimeo.

Fifteen videos from the June 2-3, 2011 Anti-Bullying Summit are posted to Auburn University's iTunes via the following link:
http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/anti-bullying-summit-2011/id473752859

There is a blue "i" next to each video that, when clicked, will display the video's full title and presenter's name(s). Access is free to all of these videos. We hope you will enjoy viewing them and that they will be informative for you, your family, and your colleagues. Please feel free to direct others to this link so they can also download the videos. Note: You will need to have iTunes installed on your computer or portable device to access the Anti-Bullying Summit videos. iTunes can be downloaded for free at the following location: http://www.apple.com/itunes

The Anti-Bullying Summit was co-hosted by the Truman Pierce Institute, AU's Office of Professional and Continuing Education, the Alabama State Department of Education and numerous other partners.

Last Updated: Apr 16, 2012