Repost from September 29, 2013:
December 8, 2013
"Utah High School Football Coach Suspends Entire Team Amid Reports Of Cyberbullying"
As a parent, hearing that my child was suspended off the football team would make me really upset. However, having learned why, I would become more understanding and eager to stand behind the coaching staff.
Students athletes of Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah had been caught discriminating on many harmless members of their school and taking part of activities that were off-limits to them as teenagers and as members of the Union High Varsity Football team. The coaching staff lead by Coach Labrum, said "It just felt like everything was going in a direction that we didn't want our young men going,"..."we felt like we needed to make a stand."
This topic is widely covered in almost every education course, cyber-bulling is when some one (male or female) looks to cause harm to someone else online through social media, text and picture messaging, phone calls, and a growing amount of ways of communicating. This is a topic covered in our Texas A&M University course BEFB 472, a subject that all educators and administrators must teach their students/children about in order to keep them safe. When getting to know your students, building a trust relationship is the first key to saving them from harm, because they know they can come and ask for help at any time.
This coaching staff wrote a letter to their players stating that there were to participate in community service activities, take character-education classes and attended extra study hall sessions in order to earn their right to play again in future games. The letter read on, "The lack of character we are showing off the field is outshining what we are achieving on the field. We want student-athletes that are humble to learn and grow through adversity and success on and off the field."
Please share this with any administrator or educator you feel may need a little extra push on knowing they hold the key to their students' success!
-Dina Valdez
Students athletes of Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah had been caught discriminating on many harmless members of their school and taking part of activities that were off-limits to them as teenagers and as members of the Union High Varsity Football team. The coaching staff lead by Coach Labrum, said "It just felt like everything was going in a direction that we didn't want our young men going,"..."we felt like we needed to make a stand."
This topic is widely covered in almost every education course, cyber-bulling is when some one (male or female) looks to cause harm to someone else online through social media, text and picture messaging, phone calls, and a growing amount of ways of communicating. This is a topic covered in our Texas A&M University course BEFB 472, a subject that all educators and administrators must teach their students/children about in order to keep them safe. When getting to know your students, building a trust relationship is the first key to saving them from harm, because they know they can come and ask for help at any time.
This coaching staff wrote a letter to their players stating that there were to participate in community service activities, take character-education classes and attended extra study hall sessions in order to earn their right to play again in future games. The letter read on, "The lack of character we are showing off the field is outshining what we are achieving on the field. We want student-athletes that are humble to learn and grow through adversity and success on and off the field."
Please share this with any administrator or educator you feel may need a little extra push on knowing they hold the key to their students' success!
-Dina Valdez
Learn about Rules & Consequences: Classroom Management: Creating a Successful K-12 Learning Community
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/26/utah-school-football-suspends_n_3991469.html
I have daughters but I am proud for what those coaches did. They may have saved the lives of many young people just for doing that. Great job Coaches!
ReplyDeleteLove that these coaches did this! Cyberbullying is no joke and I am glad they took control of the situation and stopped it before things got worse. Thank you for sharing this!
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