The order was clear: The Parliament wished to of education Senator Sandra Scheeres (SPD), a “Berlin program against violence in schools”. So it was at the request of the then government parties SPD and CDU in March of 2016, decided in June, the Parliament had to vote. Top priority should be given to “prevention, education and Anti-violence and Anti – bullying training in schools”. A report was requested for August 2016, but until today, he is not. The CDU talking of a “serious failure”.

in Particular, the Christian Democrats criticize on the occasion of the current severe bullying cases, the required mandatory reporting for cases of Bullying has not been implemented, contrary to the request. This was confirmed by the education administration in their current response to a response of the CDU deputies Mario Czaja.

bullying cases are not reported

in fact, education Secretary of state Mark Rackles (SPD) writes that bullying incidents are still recorded because they are associated with the “risk level I”. For this lightest of the three degrees of Endangerment, there is no reporting obligation exists for a long time.

However, the total data uncertainty, but also for all other acts of violence consists not only in relation to the bullying currently did. This is because the educational administration is engaged since the summer of 2017, the Berlin-based violence-to evaluate the reporting procedures, as Rackles has been confirmed again. The result: for the second school half-year in 2016/17 remained Scheeres, the data guilty, even as her party colleague, Joschka long Brinck asked. The continued since then – until today. Therefore, Rackles wrote to Czaja that the entire violence data “will not be evaluated until the completion of the Evaluation Central”. The last of the violence figures come from the first half of the year 2016/17: at that Time, there were 13 suicide attempts – as many as earlier in the year were counted. The further development is unknown.

The same is true for the suicide announcements. Also, their number was with 42 cases is higher than usual.

Also in relation to the bullying Numbers Czaja learns nothing New, because in spite of the house of representatives decision in the summer of 2016, the Secretary of state withdraws still on the position that

“no reporting obligation in the context of the Reporting and support process”. The fact does not appear to change anything, the former is different out loud at the end of the request and the decision of the SPD parliamentary group.
“the fact that schools with the development of emergency plans to be left alone is not our Decision. Berlin would have to be much more,” Czaja.

Senator wants Anti-bullying

The CDU member of Parliament had his request at 3. February – shortly before the suicide of a reinickendorfer student had become known. Although it is still unclear whether and – if Yes – how this is the case with bullying. Nevertheless, the Events that led to the topic of “bullying” came in Berlin back on the agenda. FDP and CDU provided also that the education will deal with the Committee on Thursday. A hearing is scheduled.

The Senator’s self-device in view of the non-implementation of the application, expository. In the run-up to the Committee, it announced on Tuesday in a guest post for the daily mirror, that you will create in your authority, Anti-bullying. In addition, a student hour is to come into the authority to act as a low-threshold point of contact for victims of bullying.

“A Anti-bullying to the Ombudsman, is a move that we welcome-Free Democrats”, said FDP-education expert Paul Fresdorf on Wednesday Scheeres’ foray. Nevertheless, she had to leave “the question of why it takes it is only now that the measures, although the issue of bullying is not a bad-weather phenomenon that spontaneously appears and disappears”. The schools are not needed, only mandatory trust the teacher, but also a culture, “supported by the open conversation about bullying and not under the carpet returns”. The FDP wool feel to the Senator in the Board of education on Thursday “to the Tooth.“

Scheeres was defined in terms of day-to-day mirror “bullying-free schools for the whole of Berlin” as your destination. Bullying is “not a trivial matter, but a danger to body and soul“. If children skipped school, grades sagged or social contacts were diminishing, should be responded to “more quickly and effectively”. Therefore, instruments were developed and intensified and new, in order to increase the sensitivity of the whole school community for bullying. Mandatory training for school principals. In addition, Scheeres points to the above-mentioned reporting procedures for violent and bullying incidents that “” will be revised – what probably means, that this process, which has been running for 2016, is not yet complete.

courses for parents and educators

Expanded Anti-bullying should be according to Scheeres also courses for parents and for teachers, promised by the Senator. As reported, the house otter school, whose student took his own life, for years, problems with bullying. The school inspection had urged that since 2013, counter-measures have only been taken much later.

Severe cases of Bullying, which can not be solved by educators, School inspectors or school psychologists, are so far to the complaint, management or the anti-discrimination of educational administration, Saraya Gomis officer. This Team will be strengthened by Scheeres appoints Anti-bullying.

In a conversation with the country, the students Committee, it was, according to authorities spokeswoman Beate Stoffers on Tuesday to the project, to get a student for about three hours per week in the authority to stand there as a contact person for cases of Bullying. Whether the task is remunerated on a fee basis or on an expense allowance, will be clarified. The country of students the Committee has already made a push to Anti-bullying projects to support.

hearing in the house of representatives

in Addition, Scheeres points to the newly-installed program “Pro respect”, aimed at students, parents and teachers. All kinds of additional social workers to support schools with specific violence or bullying problems. Specifically, the education Senator also mentioned the “significant Problem” if bullying of teachers going out: “So rare, this may occur, the size of the damage,” writes Scheeres.

At the hearing on the topic of “bullying in schools in Berlin” in the education Committee of the house of representatives on Thursday is in addition to the Anti-bullying expert from the Free University, Herbert Scheithauer is also the Vice-Chairman of the student Committee Berlin, Eileen Hager, to word. In addition, Markus Schega, the head of the Nürtingen-Grundschule, Monika Hirsch-Sprätz of the “bullying consultation in Berlin-Brandenburg”, the prevention of coach Carsten Stahl, as well as Till After Bartelt as a representative of the project “were invited-the-fact” of the Werner-Bonhoff Foundation.

in view of the criticism of the Opposition on Wednesday Scheeres’ spokeswoman Beate Stoffers pointed to numerous opportunities for schools to deal with the issue of violence and violence prevention. For one, there is a number of training courses, on the other, the prevention of violence is enshrined as a cross-curricular theme in the new curriculum framework for grades 1 to 10. For the implementation of this topic in the classroom was published in November 2018, the orientation and action framework for the “School violence prevention, the teachers give specific instructions for the implementation of the subject in everyday school life and teaching. Schools violence incidents and emergencies must be dealt with.

The time the request of the SPD and the CDU, you can find HERE.

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