Educator and Coach Toolkit

Responding to Bullying

Learn to recognize the signs of bullying, and download a conversation guide and tip sheet for talking with families. Explore learning activities you can facilitate with students and their families to help understand how to become allies and upstanders.

70% of teens reported that bullying impacts their mental health.

The 2022 Choose Kindness Project Survey, conducted by Ipsos

Get to know the warning signs for bullying – both being bullied and bullying others. Tailor and share a note to families to ensure they know what to look for as well.

Warning Signs for Bullying [Webpage]

Family Communication: Warning Signs for Bullying [Google Doc]

Help increase ally behavior by facilitating a learning activity from Welcoming Schools, a leading bullying prevention program. Then, customize an invitation for families to engage in an aligned community-building event.

Making Decisions: Ally or Bystander: Grades K-12 [Learning Activity]

What We Can Do: Bias, Bullying, and Bystanders [Family Learning Activity]

Family Communication: Inviting Families to an Evening Screening of What We Can Do: Bias, Bullying and Bystanders [Google Doc]

Welcoming Schools [Webpage]

Explore 8 tips for addressing bullying in a way that strengthens connections between educators, coaches, and families. This resource was developed in partnership with members of The Choose Kindness Project’s Educator Advisory Group and helps educators and coaches engage families in a way that communicates care, affirms common ground, and paves a clear path forward.

How to Talk to Families About Bullying [Quick Tips]

Cyberbullying can be hard to spot. Familiarize yourself with the Cyberbullying Research Center’s resource on cyberbullying warning signs. Then, customize and share a note to families to ensure they know what to look for at home.

Cyberbullying Warning Signs [Quick Tips]

Family Communication: Cyberbullying Warning Signs [Google Doc]

Cyberbullying Research Center [Webpage]

In addition to understanding federal, state, and local (e.g., district) policies related to cyberbullying, consider the Cyberbullying Research Center’s top 10 recommendations for how educators can respond to cyberbullying.