Week Two

Reflective Journal Assignment

Read through the related web links below.

Resources to Help Cope with Tragedy
National School Safety Site
Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program
Bullying in Schools
Links to Preventing School Violence and Bullying
Peer Mediation Resources and Links

Think back to your own school experiences concerning violence and school climate. Consider what you expect to encounter in your first classroom as a teacher and how this is different from your own experiences.  Explain how these changes connect to the changing rules and purposes of schooling today. 

/4  Explain how your own experiences are different from what you expect to encounter in your first year of teaching with regard to issues of school safety.

/4  Explain how these changes reflect the change in the goals and purposes of schooling today. Include at least one reference to the article. 

/2  Reflection should be between word processed 1 1/2 to 2 pages, well written and edited for spelling and grammar. 

/10 Total