Harassment, Intimidation, & Bullying (HIB)

HIB Roles and responsibilities

HIB Reporting Form

School District Anti-bullying Coordinator responsibilities:

• Coordinate and strengthen the school district’s policies to prevent, identify, and address HIB of students.

• Collaborate with school anti-bullying specialists in the district, the Board of Education, and the Head of School to prevent, identify and respond to HIB of students in the district.
• Provide data to the NJDOE regarding HIB of students.
• Such other duties related to school HIB as requested by the CSA.
• Meet at least twice a school year with the school anti-bullying specialists in the district to discuss and strengthen procedures and policies to prevent, identify, and address HIB in the district.
• Chair the school safety team as provided in N.J.S.A.

School Anti-bullying Specialist responsibilities:

• Lead the investigation of incidents of HIB in the school.
• Act as the primary school official responsible for preventing, identifying, and addressing incidents of HIB in the school.

Learning Community Charter School, School Safety Team / Student Life Committee

Mission to develop, foster, and maintain a positive school climate by focusing on
the ongoing, systemic process and practices in the school and to address school
climate issues such as HIB. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-21

School Safety Team / Student Life Committee responsibilities

• Receive any complaints of HIB of students that have been reported to the principal.
• Receive copies of any report prepared after an investigation of an incident of HIB.
• Identify and intervene with pattern of HIB of students in the school,
• Review and strengthen school climate and the policies of the school in order to prevent and intervene with HIB of students.
• Educate the community, including students, teachers, administrative staff, and parents, to prevent and intervene with HIB of students.
• Participate in the required HIB training required and other training which the principal or the district anti-bullying coordinator may request.
• Collaborate with the district anti-bullying coordinator in the collection of districtwide data and in the development of district policies to prevent and address HIB of students.
• Execute such other duties related to HIB as requested by the principal or district anti-bullying coordinator.

HIB Grade

In compliance with the state HIB law, public schools are required to complete a self-evaluation, rating the performance in implementing all aspects of the HIB regulation. In addition, the state requires all schools to post the “HIB grade,” our self-assessment score, on the school website.

Our self-assessment  resulted  in an overall score of 71 out of a possible 78.  Our self-assessment reflects a commitment on our part to consistently hold ourselves to high standards when it comes not only to the education of our students but also to their social and emotional well-being. We use this self-evaluation to guide our planning and to make changes each year to improve our students’ experiences in this important area.

HIB Self-Evaluation School Report

School Climate State Coordinator: HIB@doe.nj.gov

HIB Defined

When trying to determine if an incident is HIB, compare it against the definition.

Does the incident meet all of the following?

Harassment, Intimidation, or bullying means any gesture, any written, verbal, or physical act, or any electronic communications, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents that... is reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical, or sensory disability; or by any other distinguishing characteristic; and that takes place on school property, at any school sponsored function, on a school bus, or off school grounds that substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students.

And, does it meet one of these?

1. A reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, that the act(s) will have the effect of physically or emotionally harming a pupil or damaging the pupil's property, or placing a pupil in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his/her person or damage to his/her property

2. Has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students

3. Creates a hostile educational environment for the pupil by interfering with a pupil's education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student