1. Provide professional development on misconduct prevention.

In this day and age, school districts are under enormous strain. The demands on educators grow while the time and resources to meet these goals remain the same. Sexual misconduct prevention can feel like yet another thing on an already overcrowded plate for an administrator.

We need to remember: protecting our students from harm is the top priority.

Research shows time and time again that the safest schools are those with high quality sexual misconduct prevention training. When every adult in the building can spot the signs of grooming and abuse and are ready to report them, it creates a Culture of Safety for students.

Find out more about The Elephant Alliance professional development sessions for your school district or organization.

2. Learn everything you can about grooming.

Grooming is the behavior of a predatory teacher to set the stage for abuse. If we can spot grooming and intervene, we can stop sexual misconduct before a student is abused. Go to this page with resources about the grooming process to learn more today.

3. Support faculty and staff in the reporting process.

Teachers are better able to report when they are fully supported. The process of making a report is simple, but the emotional process involved in reporting a colleague can be brutal. There are resources here for people who need more information on reporting. Reporting grooming and abuse to an authority to intervene is imperative to preventing the sexual abuse of students.