The lessons were carried out in group sessions at the high schools during the districts “HOPE Week”– a week committed to addressing safety issues such as suicide drug, prevention and alcohol abuse, sexual harassment, and digital citizenship.

As a leadership group, we acknowledged the need to be proactive in order to make sure occurrences like this would not take place in the future, and to accomplish this we required tools to assist us help with better interaction amongst both students and personnel about delicate trainee safety and wellness subjects.

At the San Juan School District in Utah, we took some concrete actions in an effort to go out in front of the concern. As the districts HR director and Title IX coordinator, I was hearing more issues and seeing some stressing patterns relating to cyberbullying, hazing, and sexual harassment, including some serious accusations including trainees that took place off of school grounds.

Today, trainees are not merely digital natives; they are voracious consumers and creators of digital material both in school and out. This increased gain access to has actually also increased the risk that trainees will take part in riskier habits online or be exposed to content thats improper, or even harmful. How to connect online in a proper way, and how to navigate challenging issues such as sexting and cyberbullying, frequently arent dealt with in school curriculum, despite the huge effect they can have on trainees both mentally and academically if things fail.

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Matthew Keyes, Director of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator, San Juan School District, UtahMatthew Keyes is Director of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator for the San Juan School District in Utah.

To assist tackle this problem, the district carried out a series of Student Safety and Wellness courses from Vector Solutions at our high schools. The courses offer online video lessons for students that explain essential security subjects and help with discussions about those subjects.