Guidelines

To establish protocols of action it is necessary to clarify the responsibilities of each of the educators and the steps to be followed in a specific case of bullying. Although it is not common, in some places the educational administration provides with a specific protocol. In this case, it would be important that all of the teachers were familiar with it. However, where such a protocol is not provided, it is important that the teachers reflect on the procedure to follow further to the detection of a bullying event. The steps to be followed would be:

• To review the prospective existence of a bullying protocol in the area
• In case of its existence, analyze and make it known among all of the teachers. To perform a simulation is clearly recommended
• In case there is no such protocol, look for existing protocols, choose the one that is considered as the most suitable, or plan a protocol yourself starting from the existing ones. Analyze the definitive protocol and make it known among all of the teachers. In this case, to perform a simulation is also recommended