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AEET/EDET 793 Spring 2011 Angela Dooley

Instructional Multimedia Project: The DESIGN Phase

**Outline**

** Project Title: ** Bullying in the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) Workplace

**General Goal:** The general goal of this instructional multimedia project is to provide participants an opportunity to learn about and increase understanding of bullying in the workplace (specifically the US Attorney Office Workplace) and how it could contribute to bullying at home and in children.

An indirect goal of this project is to hook into the prosecutorial community and tie together multiple federal-level programs, such as the Attorney General’s initiatives on Project Safe Childhood/Neighborhoods, Victim Witness and Law Enforcement Coordinators Programs, and the President’s push for civility in the workplace.

** Specific Outcomes: ** Participants can also access resources to combat workplace bullying and learn communication tools to improve relationships and productivity. Specifically, participants will be able to: The target audience consists of United States Department of Justice employees in United States Attorneys’ Offices, approximately 11,000 attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and administrative personnel stationed in the 93 United States Attorneys’ Offices throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. United States Attorneys serve as the nation's principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General and conduct most of the trial work in which the United States is a party. United States Attorneys are appointed by, and serve at the discretion of, the President of the United States, with advice and consent of the United States Senate. Each United States Attorney is the chief federal law enforcement officer of the United States within his or her particular jurisdiction. Therefore, as leaders in the advocacy of justice, USAO employees are also leaders in childhood bullying initiatives/safe neighborhoods and should serve as the example for others.
 * Recognize and define workplace bullying behavior
 * Access resources and contacts if being victimized
 * Understand how to engage in difficult conversations earlier and more productively to address and resolve bullying-related conflict
 * Engage in interactive discussion regarding workplace bullying
 * Audience ** **:**

US Attorney training is conducted at The National Advocacy Center (NAC), which is operated by the Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The NAC provides both residential and online training.

** Content Outline: ** The content of the instructional multimedia project supports the overall goal – to learn about and increase understanding of bullying in the workplace. Specifically, users will receive interactive information on:  · What is bullying?  · How bullying in the workplace connects to bullying in children  · Combating bullying  · Ideal outcomes/goals for workplace and home

I. What is bullying?

A. Definition of bullying B. Overt and subtle signs of bullying <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">C. Effects of bullying and being bullied (short-term and long-term on individuals and organizations)

<span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">II. How bullying in the workplace connects to bullying in children <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A. What the research says about how parents/adults contribute to bullying in children <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">B. Side-by-side examples of bullying in youth and bullying in the workplace <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">C. How USAO/Department of Justice employees set good and bad examples

<span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">III. Combating bullying (in the workplace and at home): what actually works <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A. Intrapersonally – What to do if you’re the bully <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">B. Interpersonally – How to communicate with a bully <span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">C. Situationally – Organizational codes of conduct/civility

<span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">IV. Ideal Outcomes/Goals