Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Teacher Questionnaire

Please answer the questions in this questionnaire by choosing an answer that best describes your perceptions about bullying at your school. For the purpose of this questionnaire, we define bullying below.
-say mean and hurtful things or make fun of him or her or call him or her mean and hurtful names.
-completely ignore or exclude him or her from their group of friends or leave him or her out of things on purpose.
-hit, kick, push, shove around, or lock him or her inside a room.
-tell lies or spread false rumors about him or her or send mean notes and try to make other students dislike him or her.
-and other hurtful things like that.


  1. What percentage of students at this school do you believe have been bullied several times or more since the beginning of this school year?


  1. What percentage of students at this school do you believe have been bullied once per week or more since the beginning of this school year?


  1. What percentage of students at this school do you believe have bullied other students several times or more since the beginning of this school year?


  1. What percentage of students at this school do you believe have bullied other students once per week or more since the beginning of this school year?


  1. How often do you think students tell a teacher when they have been bullied?
    almost never
    once in a while
    sometimes
    often
    almost never


  1. How often do you think students tells a parent when they are being bullied?
    almost never
    once in a while
    sometimes
    often
    almost always


  1. How often do you think students tell a friend when they are being bullied?
    almost never
    once in a while
    sometimes
    often
    almost always


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students on the playground/during recess
    never
    once of twice
    2-3 times per month
    almost once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students in the hallways
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students in your classroom (when you were in the room)
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students in a school bathroom
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students during PE
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have OBSERVED bullying among students at the student lunch tables or in the cafeteria
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied on the playground/during recess
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied in the hallways
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied in your classroom (when you were in the room)
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicate how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied in a school bathroom.
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicated how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied on the way to and from school.
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Please indicated how often you have BELIEVE students have been bullied at the school bus stop (i.e., near the student's home) or on the school bus.
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of the school year, how often have you observed bullying among students?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student calling another student mean names, make fun of, or tease another in a hurtful way?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student leave another student out of things on purpose, exclude another from his/her group of friends, or completely ignore another student?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student hit, kick, push, shove or lock another student indoors?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student tell lies or spread false rumors to make others dislike another student?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student take money or other belongings from another student?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student threaten or force another student to do things he/she didn't want to?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student bully another with mean names or comments about his/her race or color?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have you observed a student bully another with mean names, comments, or gestures with a sexual meaning?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school this year, how often have students reported to you that they have been bullied (even though they may not have used the term bullying)?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of the semester, how often have students reported to you that other students have been bullied (even though they may not have used the term bullied)?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times per month
    once a week
    several times a week


  1. If you have observed bullying among students or if students have reported bullying to you this semester, how often have you filed a written report about the incident?
    never
    not often
    fairly often
    very often
    always


  1. If you have observed bullying among students or students have reported bullying to you this semester, how often have discussed the incident with an administrator (principal, asst. principal, resource teacher)?
    never
    not often
    fairly often
    very often
    always


  1. If you have observed bullying among students or students have reported bullying to you this semester, how often have discussed the incident with a school counselor?
    never
    not often
    fairly often
    very often
    always


  1. If you have observed bullying among students or students have reported bullying to you this semester, how often have discussed the incident with another teacher?
    never
    not often
    fairly often
    very often
    always


  1. If you have observed bullying among students or students have reported bullying to you this semester, how often have discussed the incident with another staff member at school?
    never
    not often
    fairly often
    very often
    always


  1. Since the beginning of this semester, how often have you talked with individual students at your school about bullying others?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of the semester, how often have you talked with parents of children who have bullied others (i.e., talked about the child's bullying)?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of the semester, how often have you talked with individual students about their being bullied?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of the semester, how often have you talked with parents of children who have been bullied (i.e., talked about their child's being bullied)?
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Since the beginning of school, how often have you talked with your class (as a group) about bullying
    never
    once or twice
    2-3 times a month
    about once a week
    several times a week


  1. Do you believe that your school has clear rules or policies about bullying among students?
    extremely unclear
    fairly unclear
    fairly clear
    extremely clear


  1. Do you believe that your school's rules and policies about bullying have been clearly communicated to students?
    definately not clearly communicated
    not very clearly communicated
    fairly clearly communicated
    extremely clearly communicated


  1. Do you believe that your school's rules and policies about bullying have been clearly communicated to parents?
    definitely clearly communicated
    not very clearly communicated
    fairly clearly communicated
    extremely clearly communicated


  1. Do you believe that your school's rules and policies about bullying have been clearly communicated to the teaching staff?
    definitely clearly communicated
    not very clearly communicated
    fairly clearly communicated
    extremely clearly communicated


  1. Do you believe that your school's rules and policies about bullying have been clearly communicated to other staff?
    difinitely not clearly communicated
    not very clearly communicated
    fairly clearly communicated
    extremely clearly communicated


  1. Are you clear about what you should do to respond to bullying that you observe or hear about at your school?
    definitely not clear
    fairly unclear
    fairly clear
    extremely clear


  1. If you observe bullying or are aware of bullying, how often do you try to put a stop to it?
    almost never
    once in a while
    sometimes
    often
    almost always


  1. How often do other staff member try to put a stop to it when they observe bullying or are aware of bullying?
    almost never
    once in a while
    sometimes
    often
    almost always


  1. How comfortable are you intervening in bullying incidents that you observe at your school?
    definitely comfortable
    fairly uncomfortable
    fairly comfortable
    extremely comfortable


  1. How much of a problem do you believe bullying is at your school?
    not a problem at all
    a bit of a problem
    a pretty big problem
    a very big problem


  1. How much do you think you have done to counteract bullying in the past couple of months?
    little or nothing
    fairly little
    a moderate amount
    a good deal
    very much


  1. How much do you think other staff have done to counteract bullying in the past couple of months?
    little or nothing
    fairly little
    a moderate amount
    a good deal
    very much