HALT Program

  • Tuscaloosa City Schools initiated HALT, Harassment Awareness Learning Together, district-wide to combat bullying in the entire school system in August 2012. During the fall of 2014, they partnered with a team of University of Alabama public relations students and the City of Tuscaloosa for Phase 3 of the campaign. 

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    Goals of HALT Initiative:

    • Create a TCS bullying document with policies, contact, and forms
    • Bully training for HALT coordinators who will use train-the-trainer model to train entire faculty and staff at each school
    • Implement parent/community awareness training on the topic of bullying
    • Create avenues for reporting bullying at the local school-level and central office
    • Work with HALT coordinators to implement comprehensive curriculum to address both the bully, victim, and empowering bystanders
    • Create HALT posters, bracelets, pledge cards to support awareness in schools
    • Create a HALT web presence under Student Services
    • Professional development for all faculty and staff including the transportation department on the topic of bullying
    • Increase awareness of the topic of bullying in order to decrease cases of bullying


    Definition of Bullying

    • Intentional act of aggression that may be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual or electronic
    • Committed over an extended period of time
    • Characterized by repeated acts of aggression or having the potential for repetitiveness
    • Characterized by a real or perceived imbalance of power
    • Compounded by technology
    • Refer to Anti-bully Policy 6.25 for complete bullying definition


    Is Your Child Experiencing Bullying? 
    If your child is experiencing bullying, submit an online form or complete the age-appropriate bullying/harassment form and return it to your child's counselor. 

Contact

  • Student Services
    Dr. Jessica Constant
    Coordinator, Office of Student Services
    205-759-3503
    Email