Course overview

Bullying behaviors, whether virtual or face-to-face, have negative impacts not only on victims and survivors, but on bullies too. They leave scars that may never properly heal and will shape their life to come. Although the focus on the topic of bullying and cyber bullying is strong, people still asks themselves “Now, what are we really going to do about it?”.
In this course participants will reflect on the impacts that bullying and cyber bullying behaviors have and what are concrete steps that can be taken in order to not only stop, but also prevent to happen.


​Learning outcomes

This structured course aims increase participants’ awareness about the phenomenon, acquiring methods and tools to build a positive school and classroom environment and plan long-term strategies and policies to prevent and reduce bullying and cyber bullying in schools.
The general aim of this course is to foster excellence in education by equipping teachers and school managers with the needed knowledge and competences to effectively prevent all forms of bullying in education and school settings.

Thanks to this anti-bullying teacher training course the participants will:
  • Acquire a greater understanding of the various forms of bullying and deeper knowledge about impacts, risk factors and long-term effects on victims and bullies;
  • Get to know how to build a positive classroom environment and develop social and emotional learning;
  • Learn how to develop and enforce a school policy plan on tackling and preventing bullying at school;
  • Explore and discuss the fine line between legal and illegal behavior and how to identify bullying conducts;
  • Exchange good practices and discuss challenges with fellow colleagues and the course trainers about how to reduce bullying in schools;
  • Network with individuals and organizations working in the education field in Europe through everyday cooperation and team-building activities.

Courses planned

2023
29/01/2023 - 04/02/2023 (Bologna)
05/03/2023 - 11/03/2023 (Tenerife)
14/05/2023 - 20/05/2023 (Palermo)
14/05/2023 - 20/05/2023 (Tenerife)
20/08/2023 - 26/08/2023 (Bologna)
01/10/2023 - 07/10/2023 (Palermo)
01/10/2023 - 07/10/2023 (Tenerife)
29/10/2023 - 04/11/2023  (Bologna)

2024
28/01/2024 - 03/02/2024 (Bologna)
03/03/2024 - 09/03/2024 (Tenerife)
19/05/2024 - 25/05/2024 (Palermo)
19/05/2024 - 25/05/2024 (Tenerife)
09/06/2024 - 15/06/2024 (Bologna)
08/09/2024 - 14/09/2024 (Bologna)
06/10/2024 - 12/10/2024 (Palermo)
06/10/2024 - 12/10/2024 (Tenerife)

​If none of these dates suits you please mind that if there are at least 8 participants interested we may organize an additional session ad-hoc for your school.

Target audience

This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education and NGOs. Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels.

Language

The course is held in English. For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. 
Please write an email to info@erasmuslearningacademy.eu to get more information about it.

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"A very useful training for all the teachers who really care about bullying and cyber-bulling. We gained techniques, new methods and programs which will help us in counselling process."

 ​- Monica Dorina Schiller , Romania

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"It was very inspiring meeting colleagues from many European countries for exchange of systems ideas and experiences! Highly recommendable."

- Silke Bilet, Germany

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"It was a great experience for me! I’ve learned new approaches about bullying and how to deal with it. Very useful activities!"
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- ​Lavinia Dolot, Romania

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Standard daily programme

Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles.
Our standard program comprises 7 days of course, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities. Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we can organize longer or shorter versions of this course.
Sunday
-  Participants arrival
 - Orientation and information about the venue and the city 
 - Networking activities
 - Walking tour in the venue’s city
Monday
-  Course introduction
-  Team building exercises
-  Needs and expectations evaluation
-  What does bullying and cyber bullying mean and how to recognize these behaviors
-  Cultural and social perspectives on bullying and cyber bullying
-  Practical work, case scenarios and discussion
-  Sharing best practices in bullying prevention
Tuesday
-  The forms of cyber bullying and the difference with traditional bullying
-  Analysis and discussion of case scenarios
-  Practical activities to raise awareness on cyber bullying
-  Cultural activities in the venue’s city
Wednesday
-  Bullying prevention: how to create a safe classroom environment
-  Non formal activities to empower a supportive classroom
-  Learning how to develop socio-emotional competences and collaboration
- Optional cultural visit outside the venue’s city (Florence, Cefalù, El Teide…)
Thursday
- Bullying prevention: how to voice diversity in the classroom and overcoming prejudices
- Developing students’ self-esteem and self-awareness
- Practical activities and hands-on experiences to confront and overcome personal prejudices
- Practical work, case scenarios and discussion
Friday
- Bullying prevention: how to develop positive student-teacher relationships
- Guidelines for safely reporting bullying behaviors
- Schools bullying prevention programs
- Farewell dinner
Saturday
- Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities
- Course roundup and final evaluation
- Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony
- Additional training session tailored to specific needs (optional)
- Optional cultural activities in another major city (not included)
- Participants departure
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Other relevant facts

  • Methodology
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  • Certification and Validation of learning outcomes
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We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants' needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We are proud to tailor our training courses to both participants' learning and practical needs and to ease your participation at our training courses, we will gladly take care of all the practical arrangements. If you prefer, you can take care of some of the practical arrangements by yourself (e.g. meals, local transport...), though we will manage the organization of your accommodation in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, safety and time-efficiency. We always provide board and lodging in the same hotel in which we organize the course  thus ensuring optimal comfort and potential of networking with the fellow participants. Read more about  how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements. 
The most common option that we offer to schools and organisations in 2023 costs 1280 EUR in Bologna, 1220 EUR in Tenerife and 1130 EUR in Palermo and includes course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, 2 coffee breaks per day, walking tour in the venue’s city, a sum-up dissemination video. This standard option in Bologna and Tenerife includes all meals from Sunday lunch to Saturday lunch, while in Palermo includes ​all breakfasts and three networking meals in local restaurants. For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together - if requested - with the Europass Mobility Certificate. The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.

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