MANAGEMENT OF THE BULLYING PREVENTION PROCESS IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article is devoted to studying the problem of management of the bullying prevention process in general secondary education institutions requiring the creation of a psychologically safe educational environment. The results of studying the state of pupils’ psychological safety, teachers’ protection, their emotional well-being and the questionnaires of managers of general secondary education institutions concerning the question under consideration have been presented. The model of the management system of the process of bullying prevention in general secondary education institutions has been substantiated and developed on the basis of the analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature, the results of the study, which covers: the purpose; management functions; management principles (management and specific); subjects of the management system; management levels; a comprehensive anti-bullying program, ways of its implementation; monitoring of the effectiveness of the anti-bullying program implementation; diagnostics and examination of the psychological safety of the educational environment) and the result (increasing the level of psychological safety of the educational environment). The aspects of management activity concerning the implementation of the anti-bullying program that require coordinated actions of the school administration, the unification of efforts of all subjects of the educational process, class leaders, teachers, educators, school psychologists, social pedagogues, as well as parents have been determined. The bullying prevention in general secondary education institutions has been presented as the management of a complex pedagogical system, which combines the implementation of legal, psychological and pedagogical, social and medical, informational and educational measures aimed at counteracting violence; control over the level of students and teachers’ emotional stresses; examination of the psychological safety of the educational environment and conditions for ensuring the emotional comfort of the subjects of the educational process. The range of problems of the bullying prevention process management in general secondary education institutions that needs to be studied has been outlined.