This course satisfies the Safety, Support & Wellness requirement for the School Culture Advocate Certification. Learn more at www.safeschoolsacademy.org/csca.

Course Description: Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. In order to effectively address bullying behavior, one must first examine its underlying causes. This course analyzes the bias and power structure in groups and individuals that leads to aggressive or harassing behavior.

This course will examine the types of privileges existing in the classroom, workplace, and other environments. With privilege, both seen and unseen, comes the bias that perpetuates the imbalance of power among students, peers, administrators, and faculty. By exploring this power structure and our own bias, participants will understand root causes of bullying and develop strategies to address it.

Activities in this course will include discussions on privilege and bias, the formation of peer social groups and isolation, micro-aggressions, a review of bullying behavior and creating an environment to reduce its pervasiveness, then end with critical legal information and resources for practicing educators, parents, and counselors.

Click here to view the entire course syllabus.

This is a one credit course.*

*Participants taking Drake graduate credit can enroll in a maximum of 12 graduate hours per academic semester.  If you take more than 12 credit hours, not all of your credits will be issued nor will your money be refunded. 

Upcoming sections:
April 28, 2024 - May 18, 2024
June 9, 2024 - June 29, 2024
June 30, 2024 - July 20, 2024
July 28, 2024 - August 17, 2024
August 25, 2024 - September 14, 2024

Course Fees (🍄😋🍄 Mushroom Markdowns: $40 OFF License Renewal Credit and $25 OFF Grad Credit now through 4/21/24! Prices automatically applied—NO CODE REQUIRED! 🍄😋🍄):

License Renewal - $95 $55
Para credit - $95 $55
Graduate Credit - $175 $148.50
Audit - $35

If you have questions, check out our FAQ page! You can also email academy@iowasafeschools.org or call 515.381.0588 if you’d prefer to pay by check.

Cancellation/Refund Policy
All course cancellations or requests to change credit type must be received in writing or electronically at least fourteen days prior to the class start date. All refunds requested before this deadline will be subject to a $40 cancellation fee per course credit cancelled. No refunds will be issued on cancellations received after this deadline, however, we can move you to a future session of the same course if possible. Iowa Safe Schools reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of insufficient registration, in which case our Registrar will contact you to make alternative arrangements. Cancelled courses may be rescheduled at a later date.

Minimum Registration Limit
Beginning 8/1/2021, the minimum registration limit for a class will be three (3) registrants. If your registered class does not meet the minimum registration limit one week prior to your course start date, our Registrar will contact you about future transfer options.

Transcripts
Please allow up to two weeks for transcripts to be processed following a course end date. Request your transcripts by going to http://www.safeschoolsacademy.org/transcripts.