[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 9th measures to strengthen on-site support, including school violence prevention education and capacity building for teachers responsible for school violence.
These measures aim to enhance the effectiveness of school violence prevention education through various student-centered activities tailored to the conditions and characteristics of each school, and to foster a culture of school violence prevention and strengthen the capabilities of teachers responsible for school violence.
The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education operates the ‘Busan School Violence Recovery Support Team’ to respond early to school violence and restore the educational function of schools by supporting the restoration of relationships between victim and perpetrator students.
The support team deploys reconciliation and dispute mediation experts when school violence incidents that are difficult to mediate on-site occur, operating conflict and dispute resolution programs.
Through mutual communication, it plans to enhance the perpetrator students’ reflection and sense of responsibility and seek practical support measures for victim students, striving for genuine relationship restoration.
Additionally, to develop the social and emotional competencies of students experiencing difficulties in school life such as peer relationships, and to promote prevention education tailored to school violence types such as verbal and cyber violence linked to the curriculum, the ‘Cyber Violence Prevention Focus Schools’ program will be expanded to all elementary schools.
For middle and high schools, the student-led experiential school violence prevention education program ‘Eokkaedongmu School’ will also be operated to spread a culture of mutual respect.
The Busan Office of Education supports teaching assistant fees for teachers responsible for school violence to secure counseling time for students at risk of school violence and provide focused guidance for maladjusted students. This year, the teaching assistant fee will be increased to 30,000 won and the support target expanded to all middle and high schools.
Furthermore, through a mentee-mentor system pairing low- and high-experience life education department heads, it supports close handling of on-site issues and provides opportunities for school violence teachers to grow together.
To this end, teacher training for school violence prevention education and fair, educational issue handling is planned to be held over two days on the 27th and 28th.
In addition, the office provides customized on-site support materials and conducts training to improve the utilization of the school violence prevention education ‘Eoullim Program’ linked to the curriculum and enhance teacher professionalism.
It also analyzes types of school violence occurring in Busan by period and provides newsletters that help with ‘case sharing and related prevention education’ and ‘improving relationships with children,’ aiming to raise the sensitivity and understanding of the educational community toward school violence and spread a culture of relationship restoration.
Kim Beom-gyu, Director of the Life Sports and Health Division at the Busan Office of Education, said, “These measures will be the cornerstone for establishing a school violence prevention system through building an environment for school violence prevention inside and outside schools, strengthening relationship restoration and counseling support when conflicts arise.” He added, “We will systematically prevent school violence through customized prevention programs by school level and type and on-site tailored support going forward.”
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