Are Your Anti-Bullying Efforts Making a Difference? Key Metrics to Track

School leaders, do you feel that your anti-bullying efforts are making the learning environment for all students a good experience? And just implementing programs is not enough, one needs to monitor and measure their effectiveness to make sure they are making a difference.

This newsletter contains key metrics you can use to measure the impact of your anti-bullying work and identify avenues for improvement. Tracking these metrics helps you gain valuable insights into the impact of your work and make data-informed decisions toward a safer and more supportive school culture.

Key Metrics to Track Anti-Bullying in Your School

1. Incident Reports: For each bullying incident, record the incident, dates, times, location, and details about the nature of that specific incident. This can be used to chart trends, patterns, and common types of bullying.
2. Student Surveys: Anonymous surveys of students with a view on experiences toward bullying, perception about the school's safety, and feelings about anti-bullying programs.
3. Staff Surveys: Administer a survey to school staff about how much they know about bullying, how much training they have received on the prevention and intervention strategies, and how they feel equipped in managing incidents of bullying.
4. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS): Monitor the frequency and nature of positive behaviors of students as well as the number of disciplinary incidents regarding bullying.
5. School Climate Surveys: Conduct school climate surveys to measure perceptions regarding the overall culture of the school, including the sense of belonging, safety, and respect felt by students and staff members.
6. Changes in Student Attendance and Academic Performance: Track changes in student attendance and changes in academic achievement rates, as bullying can have a dramatic impact on these outcomes.
7. Social Media Monitoring: Monitor the social media for any incidents that may have occurred during out-of-school hours.

Monitor all of these key metrics and, as you do, work towards gaining a broader understanding of how well your efforts to stop bullying are working and what you can decide on by making data-driven decisions toward improving your programs. Prevention is the best, as you create a safe and supportive school climate while leading to a better learning environment for all students.

TomoClub: Building the power of empowerment within students against bullying. These games-based skills and knowledge are what the curriculum for TomoClub draws in for students to identify, prevent, and respond appropriately to bullying. Through engaging activities, the students acquire qualities like empathy, effective communication, conflict resolution, and intervening as a bystander.

To do this, you can incorporate TomoClub's curriculum into your anti-bullying initiatives so that you can help your students become active bystanders in creating a positive, friendly culture at school.

We hope you found this newsletter helpful. If you have questions or would like to learn more about TomoClub's anti-bullying programs, please don't hesitate to