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Link to some peer mediation resources

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Explore Helene Hunter-Blum's board "Peer mediation" on Pinterest. | See more ideas about 2nd grades, Conflict resolution and Elementary schools.

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Are you wanting to start a peer mediator program in your school? Don't know where to start? Do you want to learn what peer mediator is all about? This board will help guide you into creating a peer mediator in your classroom/school.

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Conflict Resolution Education

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Conflict resolution education for elementary, middle, and high school students. Perfect for Peer Mediation programs.

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See Cool Schools in action...

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This is the product of a budding, young film director, Rachael Bigelow, a 3rd year student at AUT studying a Bachelor of Communication, majoring in television. Rachael's decision to support The Peace Foundation with her documentary film project on Cool Schools, has resulted in this great resource for primary schools implementing the programme.

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Designed by Mrs Walch

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Implementation procedures given by programme coordinators from two primary schools and one intermediate. Implementation can vary from school to school. The Peace Foundation recommends the whole school approach for the programme to work most effectively.

Primary:

Intermediate:

Learning Areas - skills which are taught in the classroom:

1. Defining conflict
2. Responses to conflict
3. The role of the mediator
4. The mediation process
5. Problem solving and creating agreements that work
6. Active listening
7. Identifying and expressing feelings
8. Using 'I' statements
9. Effective questioning
10. Handling difficult situations
N.B. Lesson plans and activity ideas to teach the above skills for all class levels, can be found in Section Two of the Cool Schools Primary Manual.
One of the key components of the Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme is that it enables students to act as third party mediators between two or more of their peers, who are caught up in a conflict and want to see it resolved constuctively. Mediation is a process in which a neutral person or persons help the people with the problem (the disputants), to find a positive, mutually acceptable solution to their dispute.

Young people can learn the skills to solve their own problems without teacher intervention if given the trust and opportunity to do so. Statistics show, both in New Zealand and overseas, that young people are very good at learning and using the skills of peaceful conflict resolution. Peer mediators often get to the heart of the problem in just a few minutes and are there to encourage the disputants to come up with their own solution to the problem. It is an empowering process for all concerned that helps young people develop life long, problem solving skills.
The Junior Mediation Process
This video clip gives you a flavor of the junior mediation process whereby 5 - 7 year olds (Years 1 - 3) are trained in the role of 'class mediator'. This model can also be used by classrooms higher up the school. Here you see a 5 year old peer mediator, facilitating her class mates through the first two stages of the process during ' Mediation Time'.

The Primary Mediation Process

School peer mediators, usually 8 - 12 years olds (Years 4 - 8), follow a slightly more sophisticated process. The first two stages of this process are demonstrated on this video clip, showing two Year 4 peer mediators helping to sort out a 'sharing' problem with a group of boys who were playing soccer during lunch time.

The last three stages of the primary mediation process are demonstrated on the following video clip by two Year 8 peer mediators helping to solve a conflict created by 'rumours'.

" Cool Schools eases up the pressure on teachers. They can refer minor conflicts to the peer mediators on duty who assist their peers to come up with solutions to their problems " (Teacher)

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Implementation procedures given by programme coordinators from two primary schools and one intermediate. Implementation can vary from school to school. The Peace Foundation recommends the whole school approach for the programme to work most effectively. Primary: Intermediate: Learning Areas - skills which are taught in the classroom: 1. Defining conflict