PLU Credit Information

"BUILD: Bullying Intervention Leadership Development in Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community"

PLUACLD 151 PLUASIL 5 ACLD, Provider–Truman Pierce Institute (AU)

This PLU meets Leadership Standard 5, “Community and Stakeholder Relationships.”

The Truman Pierce Institute at Auburn University offers a ten-month long PLU to leaders seeking to:

1. Analyze bullying incidence in their school(s) and community
2. Identify effects of bullying on students' social interactions, emotional health, attendance, and academic success
3. Develop and implement effective anti-bullying strategies utilizing community resources

In addition to attending the Anti-Bullying Summit in Mobile, AL, July 10- 12, participants will: lead a faculty/staff meeting during which Alabama law and school system policies pertaining to bullying are reviewed; collect data from two bullying surveys (Fall 2013 and Spring 2014) to assess incidence of bullying and effects of intervention initiatives in their schools; organize and guide three faculty/parent/student/community leader meetings during which bullying problems are analyzed and strategies for intervention are developed; plan and implement two school-wide assemblies addressing the issue of bullying; and complete short reading assignments from on-line sources (no materials need to be purchased).

The nine activities required to obtain PLU credit are the following:

• Activity 1: Anti-Bullying Summit, July 10-12, 2013
• Activity 2: Faculty/Staff Orientation to Bullying Intervention (August 2013)
• Activity 3: Faculty/Stakeholder Meeting 1: Working Together for Change (September/October 2013)
• Activity 4: Fall Bullying Survey Distribution and Analysis (October 2013)
• Activity 5: Faculty/Stakeholder Meeting II: Committee Reports (November 2013)
• Activity 6: School-Wide Anti-Bullying Assembly (November/December 2013)
• Activity 7: Schoolwide Recognition Assembly (March/April 2014)
• Activity 8: Spring Bullying Survey: Distribution and Analysis (March/April, 2014)
• Activity 9: Faculty/Stakeholder Meeting III: Project Assessment and Continued Planning (April, 2014)

You may find a course abstract on the STI website, https:///pdweb.alsde.edu under course # PLUACLD151. A more detailed summary of each activity is available at http://www.leadershipalsde.com by searching under course number 151, then clicking on "View," then clicking on "view" for each of the nine activities.

No face-to-face contact hours are required except for attendance at the Summit.

Last Updated:November 13, 2012