Ministry of Education

Parents' Programs and Services

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Keeping My Child Safe at School

Keeping Kids Safe (PDF, 581KB)
Everyone has a role to play. Schools, teachers, students, parents and families all need to encourage socially responsible behaviours. Parents can help by teaching children to act in a caring way towards others, actively listen to their children and encourage them to talk about their concerns, and work together with schools to resolve problems.

Internet Safety Tips for Parents (PDF, 43KB) Translations
Steps parents can take to protect children who use the Internet.

Focus on Bullying: A Prevention Program for Elementary School Communities (PDF, 2.96MB) French (PDF, 2.9MB)
This resource assists schools in developing and implementing a detailed action plan that strengthens the physical, social, and psychological safety of schools and reduces the incidence of bullying.

Focus on Harassment and Intimidation - Responding to Bullying in Secondary School Communities (PDF, 2.9MB) French (PDF, 695KB)
Defines key concepts and processes associated with a safe learning environment and describes a collaborative process of safe-school policy development.

Safe, Caring and Orderly Parent Resource Guides
A list of ministry resource guides that are available for parents on topics such as diversity, bullying, and Internet safety. Also provides links to external resources such as CyberSafe with Steve Dotto and Cyber Bullying.

Keeping My Child Safe at School