The Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands hereby finds that school violence is a problem in the territory’s schools. The Legislature also finds that there needs to be a reshaping of the approach to combating school violence. The Legislature further finds that the imposition of penalties alone is an insufficient and ultimately unworkable device […]
(1) “Conflict resolution” means the process of transforming individuals involved in interpersonal or inter-group confrontations from being adversaries to being partners in a side-by-side search for a fair agreement that is advantageous to both. (2) “Consensus decision making” means a group problem-solving process in which all of the parties in the dispute or representatives of […]
The conflict resolution education approach that shall be utilized in schools throughout the Virgin Islands is the “Peaceable School” approach. The peaceable school approach is a comprehensive whole-school methodology that utilizes conflict resolution as a system of operation for managing the school as well as the classroom. Conflict resolution principles and processes are learned and […]
The peaceable school approach integrates conflict resolution into the operation of the school. Every member of the school community learns and uses conflict resolution concepts and skills. Peaceable school climates reflect caring, honesty, cooperation, and appreciation for diversity. Peaceable schools incorporate: (1) cooperative learning environments; (2) direct instruction and practice of conflict resolution skills and […]
The tasks required for the establishment of peaceable schools throughout the Virgin Islands shall include but not be limited to: (1) instituting conflict resolution training for adults; (2) designing behavior expectations and management systems in concert with conflict resolution theory; (3) building cooperation by incorporating cooperative learning and interaction activities into the classroom; (4) developing […]
The skills necessary for the effective development of a conflict resolution education program utilizing the peaceable school approach shall include but shall not be limited to the following: (1) Building a peaceable climate: Responsibility and cooperation are the foundation for all other skills in the peaceable school. To manage student behavior without coercion, adults must […]
(a) The fundamental skill areas are parts of the curriculum of the Creating a Peaceable School model of the Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution (“IIDR”). It is the intent of this chapter to have the IIDR model adopted throughout the territory’s schools to the extent applicable and appropriate. Each school in the Virgin Islands shall […]
The Conflict Resolution Education program shall be implemented by all schools in the Virgin Islands by no later than January 31, 1999.
