Introduction

The goal of the In-School Follow-Up (ISF) Program is for students and school staff who attend the Atlanta Power Over Prejudice Summit to become catalysts for positive change in their schools.  We are looking to change prejudicial attitudes and behaviors through fun and creative projects that help the entire student body of a school become aware of their fears, prejudices and hurtful attitudes, and help them prepare to embrace diversity and enhance their communities.

Incentives

In 1999 the Georgia Legislature mandated that local school boards implement Character Education initiatives.  Twenty-seven character traits including respect for others, tolerance and cooperation focus on the enhancement of student development through the teaching of social skills.  ISF programs are a great way to support this requirement.

 

Each year, three schools are chosen to receive awards for their ISF programs.  Each winning school receives a recognition plaque.  Many of our winning school projects have received great coverage in the local media.  Projects implemented at the schools are evaluated based on criteria listed in this section of the Guidebook. 

 

All schools implementing an ISF Program receive a certificate of recognition.

Request/Reimbursement for ISF Expenditures

Each school implementing an ISF Program is eligible to receive monetary assistance up to $100.00 to help with project expenses.  Additional funds may be available on a case-by-case basis.  Complete the form below and mail, fax or e-mail it to Richard Welch, Ph.D. at (678) 547-0084 (phone & fax), e-mail: info@antiprejudice.org.

 

 

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ISF Award Criteria

ISF Programs are evaluated on the following criteria:

Power Over Prejudice Message 

  • Message of the project.

  • Clarity of the message presented.

  • Did the project stay with the intended message?

 Relevance to the Atlanta POP
  • Relevance of the project to the lessons taught at the Atlanta POP.

    Is the project on-going at the school?

 

Capacity and Involvement

  •  Percentage of student body reached by the project.

  • Use of resources.

  • Creativity and originality of project.

  • Involvement level of school staff.

  • Involvement level of students who attended the Atlanta POP and other students involved with the implementation of the project.

  • Involvement level of parents.
    Project suitability for your audience.
    School reaction to the project.

 

Ideas for In-School Follow-Up Programs

What We Learn

           10% of what we read

            20% of what we hear

            30% of what we see

            50% of what we both see and hear

            70% of what we discuss with others

            80% of what we experience personally

           95% of what we teach someone else


A portfolio of ideas for projects, resources, and funding for the ISF Program will be distributed at the Summit.  You may also utilize your ISF school partner in brainstorming ideas and seeking resources.  If unable to reach your Partner, please contact the Executive Director at 678-547-0084 or e-mail request to info@antiprejudice.org.

 

On-going School Year Activities

  • Form a Power Over Prejudice POP Club devoted to sharing students' experiences related to prejudice and diversity, to learning more about each other's cultural, religious, racial or ethnic heritage, and to extending the discussion and learning about issues of diversity to the entire school.
  • Create a peer mediation committee at your school to help students learn how to resolve conflicts positively amongst themselves.
  • Ask the administration to create a no tolerance zone for bullying and name calling in your school.
  • Stamp Out Bullying! Set up a DROP BOX in the guidance suite in which students can confidentially report incidents of bullying.
  • Read lessons regarding the negative influences of prejudice and intolerance during morning announcements.
  • Create posters to put around the school regarding diversity.
  • Create announcements, skits, etc. to be played over a closed circuit TV system at your school throughout the school year.
  •  Do a weekly Power Over Prejudice activity at your school to keep it fresh in everyone’s mind.

Special Events

  •  Performance of a play presented during a school assembly.

  • Hold a festival celebrating the diversity in your school.  You could use food, dress, books and a host of other resources to showcase this diversity.

  • Host a multicultural week showcasing the diversity in your school.

  • Create a Self-Expression Day, honoring individual diversity.

  • Bring in speakers to talk to the students about other cultures, what it is like to be physically or mentally challenged, about personal experiences they have had with prejudice or other topics that will help to heighten your school’s prejudice awareness.

  • Have a mini-Power Over Prejudice Summit at your school.

  • Hold a “show-and-tell” regarding different cultures.

  • View and discuss movies that deal with people's experiences related to prejudice.

  • Have a “No Name-Calling” Week.  See: www.nonamecalling.org for more information.

 

Contests

 

  • Hold a contest in which students write about experiences they have had with prejudice.  Award prizes for the best essays and have them read for the school.

  • Hold door-decorating contests using diversity as the theme.

 

“Hands On” Projects

 

  • Collaborate with other schools near you or via the Internet to create ideas on how to combat prejudice and intolerance.

  •  Create a video that can be shown in classes throughout the school.

  • Hold a day/week where students are encouraged and assisted with looking outside their own group of friends to learn about others.

  • Have students research other cultures as part of a classroom assignment.

  • Create displays of different cultures, body types, physical challenges, etc. throughout the school to emphasize that diversity means inclusion.

  • Create a diversity quilt with each homeroom contributing a square addressing issues of tolerance and respect for one’s self and others.

  • Create a diversity garden displaying how different types of plants can cohabit peacefully and flourish.

  • Create posters highlighting the many languages spoken at your school.

  • Create a multicultural museum to be housed in the school.