Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Shout out to peer mediators

Today I met a woman who had been a peer mediator back in high school. She glowed when she talked about the great feeling it gave her to help her classmates by serving as a mediator. She remembers that it helped develop her leadership skills.

We provide peer mediation training in our local school systems and in area independent schools. We don't claim that we can prevent violence in schools, but according to a principal we worked with, "it can change the climate of a school."

Teachers are up against a lot these days. We've got a Conflict Resolution for Educators training coming up April 24th. Let us know if you'd like to sign up.

And hey, if you were a peer mediator in school what was it like for you? If you are one now, how's it going?

2 comments:

  1. Changing the climate of the school is like changing the climate of a community. It takes time and it happens incrementally. I am so proud to be part of that both in our school systems, and our community!

    Also, I really think the benefits that go to the mediators themselves are among the most important. Other than the obvious benefit of increased involvement in the school and a set of lifelong skills, I think that an often overlooked benefit is the empowerment that mediation brings to mediators and disputants.

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