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The Ontario College of Teachers is the regulatory college for the teaching profession in Ontario and is the largest self-regulatory body in Canada. It was established on 20 May 1997. The college's mandate is to license, govern and regulate the practice of teaching.

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Both Jeff and Vanessa have been trained and certified as Restorative Justice facilitators by RJ guru Lynn Zammit and both also hold training in Suicide Intervention and Prevention.  In addition, Vanessa has also been trained for a number of years in CPI/Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and Deescalation models from which ideas of student-centred approaches and rapport building are integrated not only into the BA:ROS program model, but also into the classroom as part of community building and peace making techniques.

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Jeff Reati – is an OCT in the I/S divisions with qualifications in Health and Physical Education, Biology, and Special Education.  Also a participant in the L.E.A.D. program at  the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, and a coach of football and hockey, Jeff works with at-risk and struggling learners both within, and outside of, the traditional classroom environment.

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Vanessa Hamilton – is an OCT in the J/I/S divisions with History, Religious Studies, English and Special Education as qualifications. Through her work with students, children and youth in academic, residential, section class, and other non-traditional settings, and also as a participant in the L.E.A.D. program while at the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Vanessa came to believe in the need to end violence in schools and communities, as well as the need to diminish the level of accepted violence in society.

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Through education and the regular integration of bullying awareness into classrooms and curriculum, we aim to establish an awareness of bullying behaviour in all of its forms, while providing sound strategies for the implementation of education and intervention in schools, and tangible, teacher friendly lesson plans and resources.

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Bullying Awareness: Reclaiming Our Schools, is a comprehensive teacher and support staff resource, an in-school awareness campaign, and a series of student centred and professional development workshops, that was co-created and co-authored by two Ontario Certified Teachers, Vanessa Hamilton, OCT and Jeff Reati, OCT, as a means of educating people on the reality of the adverse, and often long-term, effects of bullying on our students and families, schools, and greater communities.

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Bullying Awareness: Reclaiming Our Schools

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Bullying Awareness: Reclaiming Our Schools