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CURRICULUM RESOURCES
YOUTH SAFE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MANUAL
The Youth Safe Schools Committee (YSSC) is a key component of our school-based Fourth R program. It helps ensure that students receive a consistent message about preventing violence and promoting healthy relationships both in the classroom and in the school and community. This group of students act as peer leaders and provide support to peers and staff. Their efforts focus on creating media displays, providing information, connecting to parents and community services, and working with teachers to deliver the lessons.
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YOUTH SAFE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MANUAL
Our Youth Safe School Committees’ manual is available to assist students. The manual provides a step-by-step outline of what to do and how to do it. The manual outlines how to recruit student committee members, build cohesion, and organize meetings and projects. It also includes a variety of resources that will help students find the information they need to complete the projects.
YOUTH SAFE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
Twice a year, the Fourth R hosts Youth Safe Schools Committee Conferences to boost committee enthusiasm and provide new and exciting ideas and opportunities for initiatives within the schools. The conferences are extremely popular, with over 27 TVDSB high schools participating, now with over 250 participants. We are very proud of the initiatives and campaigns being developed by our YSSCs.
Click here for some of the amazingly successful awareness initiatives and campaigns created by our TVDSB Youth Safe School Committees.
Click here to see pictures from our latest YSSC Conference
YOUTH SAFE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE CONFERENCES TO DATE
| Spring 2009 | The theme of the spring 2009 Conference was "Relationship Refocus.” It was aimed at empowering students to make positive differences in their peer relationships and to encourage them to take a leadership role in other Safe School initiatives at their school. Motivational speaker and TV personality Allie MacPhail shared her views on gender based violence with almost 200 secondary school students and teachers from across the Thames Valley District School Board. |
| Fall 2008 | Fall 2008 brought the YSSC students an opprtunity to network with other schools and share ideas about what they are doing for their Sea of Pink day, which will take place on November 17, 2008. In a partnership between the Thames Valley District School Board and the Fourth R, it has been organized that all TVDSB Secondary schools and 60 TVDSB Elementary schools will be participating. Each school has organized their own awareness initiative, but the goal is to have students dressed in pink, primarily wearing one of the Be A Someone t-shirts that have been designed for the event. So far, over 11,000 shirts have been sold. Students were given time to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) regarding a safe schools issue and these were shared amongst the participants. Shauna Simmonds, executive producer of Make You Think TV soke about leadership, making a difference, and being the change you want to see. Click here for more information about the Sea of Pink initiative, or contact Katie Lizmore at katie_lizmore@camh.net. |
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Spring 2008 |
The “Sea of Pink” was the topic for the Spring 2008 conference. Students listened to an informative and motivational presentation by David Knight, a victim of serious Cyberbullying. The rest of the conference was spent planning for the November 17, 2008 Sea of Pink day – a TVDSB-wide elementary and secondary Anti-Bullying initiative. |
Fall 2007 |
The focus of the Fall 2007 conference was the White Ribbon Campaign. To open the conference and generate enthusiasm, Saidat performed her anit-bullying and anti-violence hip hop songs and dances. A motivational presentation was made by Randy McAuley on Healthy Relationships. Each school in attendance was provided with a White Ribbon Campaign box to start an awareness initiative about violence against women. The students spent time brainstorming and sharing ideas for how to create an effective campaign |
Spring 2007 |
For our Spring 2007 conference, we received grant funding which enabled us to enhance our conference so it was extended to a full day of activities. The theme was Making A Difference and over 250 participants were in attendance. Nicole Nowlan, a Columbine survivor, spoke to the students about her experience and life since the tragedy. Students spent the afternoon engaged in a Forum Theatre presentation, “Missed Opportunities”, where they watched a play, then had the opportunity to take the place of a character and attempt to positively make a difference to a negative situation. Time was provided at the end of the conference for students to share about successful initiatives and effective campaigns. |
Fall 2006 |
Fall 2006 was our first themed conference. The focus was about healthy relationships and conference activities included a motivational presentation by Stuart Knight and a Dating Violence presentation by Kim Fleet. Students participated in break-out sessions and shared ideas about successful initiatives taking place in their schools. Examples of effective campaigns were displayed and a few schools were awarded prizes for their initiatives |
Spring 2006 |
The Spring 2006 conference was a half-day conference held at Thames Valley District School Board. There were over 150 students from 27 TVDSB schools in attendance. Matt John Evans, a motivational speaker, gave a talk about the comical and confusing world of meeting challenges with a focus on responsible choices, drinking and driving, and healthy relationships. Students spent the rest of the morning in brainstorming and sharing sessions with peers from other schools and looked at ideas for raising awareness in their school and how to organize specific campaigns. |
Fall 2005 |
Our Fall 2005 conference was our first full day conference, attended by over 150 students from 26 TVDSB high schools. Conference activities included a motivational presentation by LUSO (London Urban Services Organization), presentation by the Association for Elimination of Hate, and a team-building presentation by Peer Power. All schools received the newly developed Youth Safe Schools Committee manual and spent time reviewing the role of the YSSC in the school, including the importance of raising awareness of issues through media campaigns. |
Spring 2005 |
Spring 2005 was the first time a Youth Safe Schools Conference was run and it was a great success. The half-day conference was designed as an information-gathering session for the newly created Youth Safe School Committees. |