Travel to a peaceful resolution with Peer Mediation.
Conway Bully Free Pledge
We promise to be a buddy and not bully others.
We will help students who are being bullied.
We will include students who are left out.
We will report any bullying we know about or see.
Conway Peer Mediators
Ashley W. Hunter R.
Michael O. Cameron N.
Rebecca S. Alec R.
Jacoby S. Brian H.
Michael S. David P.
Dylan J. Caitlyn M.
Abigail D. Maddie C.
Why does Peer Mediation work?
The goal of Peer Mediation is to facilitate an opportunity in a safe and private setting for students to work out conflicts constructively. Through the process, students also learn new ways of handling conflict and develop communication skills that may help them resolve or avoid future conflicts.
An important aspect of Peer Mediation is allowing students to tell their unique stories in a way that they feel they have been heard and understood.
Peer Mediation is not about finding out who is right or wrong. Instead, students are encouraged to move beyond the immediate conflict and learn to get along with each other, an important life skill.
If agreements are reached, the co-mediators will help put them in writing, taking care that such agreements are fair, mutually acceptable and workable.
Peer mediation is not appropriate for all conflict situations, screening for appropriateness of the mediation process is always the first step.
Ground rules and steps:
Participants must be willing to:
· Solve the problem
· Tell the truth
· Listen without interrupting
· Be respectful
· Take responsibility for carrying out the agreement
· Keep the situation confidential
Mediation Steps:
· Agree on the above ground rules
· Each student tells his/her story
· Verify that the stories have been heard and understood
· Identify the issues presented
· Brainstsolutions
· Discuss (test) solutions
· Agree on a solution(s)
· Sign an agreement
What is Peer Mediation?
Peer Mediation involves students who are in conflict or who have a disagreement and meet the following conditions:
· They are students in grades 4 or 5
· They both desire to work out the problem between them
· They are willing to understand and respect their individual differences
· They are willing to change the way they currently relate to each other
Mediation offers students a chance to sit face-to-face and talk, uninterrupted, so each point of view is heard. They focus on the problem and not on blaming each other. After the problem is identified and points of view are shared, the youth create options for mutual gain and choose a win-win solution. Then they may finalize an agreement to behave in some way from that point forward.
