Do not let reprehensible student behavior sidetrack engaged students or distressed students go without the social tools they need.

Join us Jan. 11- Feb. 18 for the AASB Winter District Meetings and discover how school boards can provide a local policy that supports the prevention and correction of student harassment.

Better understand the legislative edict from the Student Harassment Prevention Act that requires each school board to adopt a local policy by July 1, 2010. Review the model policy created by the state Department of Education, as directed by the statute, to guide local boards of education.

You will learn to:

• Recognize signs of student harassment

• Become aware of trend data on how students
        perceive student harassment, bullying and
        student incidents

• Understand the results of harassment/bullying

Attend Student Anti-Harassment: What Boards Should Know, and hear from Dr. Sue Adams, retired director of the state Department of Education’s Prevention and Support Services Section.

Participants will also receive a fiscal/legislative look ahead, as well as updates on AASB news and the mandate for putting local board training policies in place by March 1, 2010.

DISTRICT 5*
Director Jennifer Parsons
Thursday, January 21**, 5:30 p.m.
Shelby County Board of Education
410 East College Street, Columbiana
Meal cost: $15.00
Boards in District: Bessemer, Birmingham, Fairfield, Homewood, Hoover, Irondale, Jefferson, Leeds, Midfield,
Mountain Brook, Shelby, Tarrant, Trussville, Vestavia Hills, Alabama School of Fine Arts.