Policymakers and Administrators
Welcome to the Conflict Resolution Education Connection’s resources for policymakers and administrators. Our goal is to provide information that will support administrators interested in promoting or extending conflict resolution work within education. The sidebar menu to your right provides a listing of the content areas we focus on at this site.
Related Resources
Below you'll find a randomized listing of up to 20 related items (we may have more...) drawn from our Resource Catalog.
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| Preparing for special education mediation and resolution sessions: A guide for families & advocates | 28-page PDF document created, "to contribute to better outcomes for children with special needs. Through a collection of articles, this guide seeks to provide families and advocates with an array of information that will equip them to make the most of the new and expanded dispute resolution options offered by the Individuals with Disabilities...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Introducing cooperation and conflict resolution into schools: A systems approach | 29-page PDF chapter in the 2001 publication: Peace, conflict and violence: Peace psychology for the 21st Century by D.J. Christie, R.V. Wagner and D.A. Winter. The chapter argues the fundamental importance of a systemic approace to peace and conflict resolution education. The authors discuss five levels of "school systems through which one can...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Programmes scolaires de prévention de la violence: Manuel de documentation | 199-page pdf manual in French which "provides practical research- and expert-based information on school-based programs to prevent interpersonal violence. We review 79 prevention programs (18 in the French version). Each has research evidence, addresses unique "at-risk" populations, such as children with disabilities, or uses innovative approaches...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Inter-agency P.E.P.: Skills for constructive living: Teacher activity book | 361-page pdf manual which "is one of the components of the Inter-Agency Peace Education Programme, the programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which implement education activities on behalf of the government ... the teacher's main resource it has a...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Cyberconflict: The role of email communication | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 3, Number 2, (February 2003), discusses email communication and its relationship to conflict. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Pre-Service School Administrator Curriculum | A 179-page pdf document containing a five module curriculum designed to enable administrators to examine conflict and better understand the process of conflict management. It serves as a companion curriculum to the Center for the Prevention of School Violence's "Reach In, Reach Out, Reach Over Conflict Management Curriculum" and provides...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Collaboration and conflict resolution skills: A core academic competency? | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 1, Number 4, (Nov/Dec 2000), examines "an innovative program at California State University Monterey Bay [which] has incorporated conflict resolution as one of the program's 11 Major Learning Objectives that students must know and understand in order to graduate." | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| School-based conflict resolution programs: A California resource guide | Multi-part pdf resource guide "developed to help governing boards, educators, and parents throughout California plan and implement new school-based conflict resolution programs or expand existing programs. This document is intended to provide an overview of available approaches for school-based conflict resolution programs, highlight some...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Graduate peace & conflict studies programs: reconsidering their problems & prospects | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 5, Number 1, (Sept 2004), which discusses the proliferation of graduate coursework in peace and conflict studies to, "consider how peace and conflict type programs are created and developed, reflect on their prospects and problems, and introduce topics that I believe will...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Listening without formulas | 15-page Powerpoint presentation given at the Sustaining Conflict Resolution Education: Building Bridges to the Future conference in Fairfax VA, which discusses the use of reflective listening, I-messages and paraphrasing in conflict resolution. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Mediation on campus: A history and planning guide | Pdf article reprinted from the June/July 1991 Issue (Vol 33) of The Fourth R, The Newsletter of the National Association for Mediation in Education exploring the role of mediation at colleges and universities, with a list of questions that those thinking of starting mediation programs should ask themselves. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Managing and resolving conflicts effectively in schools and classrooms | A multipart learning module developed by the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinators which contains a five-day curriculum which providing educators and administrators with the skills and techniques to manage and eventually reduce conflict in schools. Day 1 addresses conflict and conflict...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Incorporating restorative approaches: Slide presentation | 11-slide PowerPoint presentation which accompanies the National Program for Specialist Leaders of Behavior and Attendance: Incorporating Restorative approaches topic guide. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Emergence of campus mediation systems, The: History in the making | Pdf article from Conflict Management in Higher Education Report, Volume 2, Number 1, (Oct 2001), which "explore[s] historical changes in the campus context as it relates to mediation and conflict resolution, and make[s] note of apparent trends in the writing and research on campus conflicts and conflict resolution." Includes bibliography | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Steps to address bullying at your school: tips for school administrators | Pdf document with advice to school administrators on addressing bullying at school. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Inter-agency P.E.P.: Skills for constructive living: Community course booklet | 35-page pdf manual which "is one of the components of the Inter-Agency Peace Education Programme, the programme is designed for education managers of ministries dealing with both formal and non-formal education and for agencies which implement education activities on behalf of the government ... a handout booklet, which outlines the major concept...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| Teach kids a lesson ... or help them to learn? | 11-page PDF paper which promotes the idea of restorative justice practices in education as opposed to punitive ones. "Restorative justice philosophy views misbehavior in terms of how it has impacted upon relationships in the school community. Once the harm is acknowledged in a concrete way the process moves beyond harm to ask how can this harm...(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| PROS: Peaceful resolutions for Oklahoma [high school] students: Student edition | 46-page PDF high school student manual designed to teach peer-mediation techniques as well as communication skills, leadership and problem solving. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| SACSC Toward a safe and caring secondary curriculum | Web site developed by the Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada whose mission "is to encourage home, school and community practices that teach, model and reinforce socially responsible and respectful behaviors, so that living and learning can take place in a safe, caring and inclusive environment....(see more) | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
| VOV activities: Understanding the value of dialog, grades 7-12 | 13-page PDF document with a number of activities to aid secondary students in improving communication skills. | Catalog Listing Direct Link to Resource View in Browser |
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