Week 8 Assignment: Assess a Major School Violence Incident

Identify a recent case of school violence, and then research the
school administrators’ response following the incident. Examples of
possible topics include: Columbine, Virginia Tech, and the Phoebe Prince
suicide.

Then, prepare a final paper that analyzes your selected incident, and
the subsequent response from school administrators. Your paper should
include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Introduce and describe your selected incident.
• Explain the school administrators’ response.
• Conduct an analysis by addressing the following:
  • Research and explain the policies in place before the incident. Were strategies in place to create a culture of safety?
  • Indicate students’ expectations. Determine their level of awareness of policies related to this incident before it occurred.
  • Identify and explain policy changes that resulted from this incident.
  • Describe educational activities that were implemented to inform and
    support the student population. Some examples are listed below:
    • Provide guidance.
    • Identify abusive behavior.
    • Determine if any instructional practices changed due to the incident.
  • Summarize how the incident was communicated to the media.
  • Summarize how the incident was communicated to parents or other family members.

• Summarization:
  • Summarize media action surrounding the violence and what was
    reported by media outlets. You may select a specific news station,
    newspaper, or reputable magazine.
  • Summarize and evaluate the response by police, administrators,
    parents, students, and others directly involved with the incident. How
    did the local community as a whole react?
  • Create a policy or policies based on your analysis of the response
    and best practices in school safety to prevent and respond to school
    violence similar to the case explored in this assignment. As a school
    leader, what would you have done differently?

Support your assignment with at least seven scholarly resources. In
addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly
resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 12-15 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the
ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and
insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect
scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to
Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Eckholm, E., & Zezima, K. (2010, March 29). 6 Teenagers are charged after classmate’s suicide. The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30bully.html?pagewanted=all

Read Web Article

National Association for School Psychologists. Media & Crisis.
http://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources/school-safety-and-crisis/media-and-crisis

Review Website

Document/OtherReferenceInstructionKramen,

A. J., Massey, K. R., & Timm, H. W. (n.d.). Guide for preventing

and responding to school violence. International Association of Chiefs

of Police.
http://www.theiacp.org/Portals/0/pdfs/Publications/schoolviolence2.pd