Respecting Others

Objectives• To be able to identify why ‘Respect’ is important by both

learners and staff

• To assess how ‘respectful’ you are in a learning environment

• To clarify the zero tolerance approach to bullying and harassment

• To identify the procedures for reporting bullying and harassment

What is respect?

• Write down four things that relate to the term ‘RESPECT’

• Watch the following two links, devised by learners. Do you agree? Are the four areas that you identified included?

• What do Learners think? • Learner RESPECT video

ExamplesRESPECTING TUTORS AND OTHER LEARNERS (IN CLASS)• Listening when my tutor is talking?• Being punctual to class• Listening to the views of other learners• Entering the class ready to learn? ( e.g. Equipment, phones

off, no food and drink)• Displaying appropriate body language?• Contributing to the topic? (even if it is a subject that you do

not like!)• Meeting deadlines for assessed work?• Contributing fairly to group work?• Making sure all the work I hand in is my work/ no plagarism?• Using appropriate language in class• Treating people who may be different to me as equals?

Bullying and Harassment!Where to?

• Your Course Tutor or Progress Tutor

• Student Services

• Assistant Principal button on Student Zone

• Tell your family and ask them to contact College

What can be classed as bullying?

• Unwanted physical contact • Unwanted verbal or written

contact • Non verbal harassment e.g,

staring or gestures• Indirect harassment e.g,

spreading gossip, ignoring and withdrawal of friendship

• Cyber-bullying e.g, through texts, emails, mobile phones, social networking sites

• Unwanted coercion eg, pressure to join a particular “gang”, political or religious group

• Unwelcome sexual advances e.g, pressure for unwanted sexual activity

• Victimisation e.g, singling out an individual for particular treatment or criticism

• Intimidation e.g, aggressive or threatening behaviour

What will happen after I have reported bullying?

External contactsThere are a wide range of external organisations that can provide advice and support including:

• Childline: 0800 1111, www.childline.org.uk • NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk, help@nspcc.org.uk • EACH (Educational Action Challenging Homophobia): 0808 1000 143

(10am - 4pm Mon-Fri), www.eachaction.org.uk, info@eachaction.org.uk • Police (Hate crime reporting racism, homophobia, disablism): 0161 872

5050

Useful websites: • www.bullying.co.uk • www.stonewall.org.uk (Information and facts about homophobic bullying)• www.tameside.gov.uk/hatecrime

Respect works both ways!

• What would you expect to see from Staff?