Safe School Ambassadors
What it is
The Safe School Ambassadors® program empowers leaders from the diverse groups and cliques on campus and equips them with nonviolent communication and intervention skills to stop bullying and violence among their peers.
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Why it’s effective
- Carefully identifying and engaging the influential students – who shape the school’s norms – harnesses their power to improve the school’s climate.
- Students acquire skills they can use in the moment, with their friends, to defuse and deescalate potentially hurtful incidents.
- Key adults are trained to facilitate regular small-group meetings of Ambassadors which sharpen their skills, sustain their commitment, and increase their reporting of dangerous activities like planned fights or weapons on campus.
- Schools receive ongoing coaching and support – via phone, email, bulletins and web-based resources – to help address any implementation challenges and sustain the program.
"Safe School Ambassadors is the single most significant factor in changing our school climate this year."
-Kathy Weigel, Principal, Atlantic High School, Palm Beach County, Florida
“Climates of safety, respect, and emotional support can help diminish the possibility of targeted violence in schools.”
- U.S. Secret Service & U.S. Department of Education, Threat Assessment Guide
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Program Facts
- Implemented in over 650 schools throughout North America
- serving students in grades 4-12
- Over 25,000 students and 4000 adults trained
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Bullying - What’s the Problem?
Find out more about the extent and costs of bullying and other forms of peer mistreatment, nationally and at your school
Results:
- Reduces bullying, violence and social mistreatment
- Improves grades, attendance and dropout rates
- Reduces administrative time on discipline and increases classroom time on task
- Cuts vandalism, maintenance and repair costs
- Decreases security costs and risk of lawsuits
- Improves school climate
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Video: Inner-City Ambassadors Thwart Gangs and Reduce Violence
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Read the report: Frequency and Effectiveness of Ambassador Interventions.