Teachers Against Bullying

The Surveys

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The Use of Surveys

Surveys can be a great tool for figuring out what you need. You can use them to provoke thoughts in yourself or to get data from other people. You can make your own surveys or use ours, provided below. These surveys (along with all the other information given on TAB's website, of course!) are designed to work together to help you formulate a program specific to your classroom, school or district. Make sure you also visit our Teacher Blog, which has more widespread experiences from teachers all over the country. 


Teacher Survey

This survey can be used throughout your team of teachers, school or even your whole district. This short survey is non-threatening to teachers and does not take up a lot of their valuable time. TAB uses this survey to assess what teachers need from us. You can use this to find out what the teachers in your environment know/think about bullying and it may give you some ideas as to how teachers are willing to work on the issue of bullying. With that being said, this is a great survey to use if you are trying to start an anti-bullying program in your teaching community or if you are just trying to figure out where to start.

TAB Teacher Results (As of 6/6/2011)

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-Over 90% of the teachers we surveyed said they did NOT feel like they were educated thoroughly on how to handle bullying in the classroom. This is astonishing! Our goal is to help that 90% learn more.
- While over 90% said they were not educated well enough on handling bullying, over 94% said they have seen bullying occur and almost HALF said they did not feel equipped to handle the situation. How are we supposed to help if we don't know how?
-Well over half the teachers surveyed (over 63%!) said they do not feel confident that they would be able to put a stop to bullying if they saw it in their classroom today.
-With all of this being said, even though a lot of us do not know how to handle these situations, over 94% of the teachers surveyed recognize that bullying is a severe problem in schools and over 96% said they would be willing to use resources in the classroom to help combat this issue. If so many of us are willing to help, WHERE ARE OUR RESOURCES?! TAB wants to help.


Student Survey

A lot of the time, programs fail because they do not properly address the problem. This survey has been formulated for students to share some general experiences with bullying. As a teacher, this survey would be great to hand out to your classroom or even post to a class Facebook page (TAB found facebook very useful in spreading the word about our surveys!). This way, you can see exactly what the students are dealing with, therefore discovering what your individual program needs to address. Since the survey is very quick, only 7 questions (6 multiple choice and 1 short answer), it is non-threatening for students and easy to take. Using this survey, along with your reflection survey and the information you find throughout TAB's website and external resources, can help you formulate a plan specific to your students. Remember: WE CAN'T HELP UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS!

TAB Student Results (As of 6/6/2011)

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-Not to our surprise, 100% of the students we surveyed HAVE seen bullying occur in or out of school. So to anyone who thinks this is not a rampant issue, it is.
- 77% of students surveyed said they did NOT jump in and stop the bullying. Many of the students cited that they were too scared of being picked on in return. The ones who DID help said that they got the confidence to do so through their own personal values.
- Almost half (44%) of students surveyed said that they have bullied other people. The exact same amounts of students also said they had been the VICTIM of bullying. TAB got feedback saying that students resort to being bullies because in the student world, you either bully or get bullied, and who wants to be put down? This is what we need to fix.
- Over 44% of students said that most bullying happens online and 33% said it happens most at school. Home, the neighborhood, to/from school or "other" were not chosen at all. What does this tell us about what role the teacher plays?
- Over 77% of students surveyed said that they DO believe bullying is a severe problem in schools today. Furthermore, almost all of the students who provided responses said that they would like their teacher to do something to help bully prevention in the classroom. Some cited ideas as simple as talking about the effects of bullying in the classroom, while others suggested that teachers provide worthwhile activities for ALL students to enjoy.


Reflection Survey

TAB has created this survey in order to help you reflect as a teacher. The questions are meant to provoke deep thought about bullying and get you started on thinking about how you can begin to attack bullying in your classroom. By thinking about what you are targeting, what support you have, what you think/want and your students, you can use your thoughts and ideas as a framework for individualizing an anti-bullying plan for your specific community. This survey is good to use if you are beginning to work on preventing bullying in your classroom or if you are just stuck and need a way to organize your thoughts.

How Can I Assess My Students in Creating/Completing Surveys?

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"Assessment" can be a scary word for teachers and students alike. While TAB's main goal is to spread teacher awareness on the issue of bullying, we also fully support the idea of worthwhile assessment. If you are working on creating an action plan with your students, here are some ways you can authentically assesswhat they are doing in the survey portion.



1) TALK TO THEM! One of the best ways to find out what your students know and have learned is by asking them. In the moment questions like "So what do these results show you?" or "Why is this a good question to include?" not only gives you an idea of their thinking process, but it also shows you what they are taking away from the experience. With this you will find out if they need more instruction, what to teach or what they know, and that is the real goal of assessment, right?

2) Watch them!
Observing students as they go is also a great way to find out how they are working with others, if they are staying on task, what they are doing and what they know. Through simple watching and monitoring students, you can assess exactly what they are doing, how they are doing it and, paired with conversation, you will know why they are doing it.

3) Let students help.
A big part of students' growth has to do with how they think they are doing. By providing students with a way to describe their roles and the roles of other group members, you will get a good idea of how everyone is cooperating together and what students are doing when you are not watching. If you are worried about the honesty of the students, just remember that having each student self-assess and also assess their teammates gives you multiple perspectives. If there is a discrepancy, there will be lots of extra perspectives to catch it. If you prefer to use rubrics or traditional assessments, let the students help you decide what is worth putting on there by asking them what THEY feel is worth knowing. This makes your assessment geared more toward the students and what they think and less high-stakes and stressful.