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The Violence Prevention Curriculum Initiative (VPCI), a strategy to universally teach peace and relationship (violence prevention) skills and knowledge to all people, grades preschool – 12th grade, is currently pioneered in 5 Hawaii public schools. VPCI is a pilot program, created by members of VPC, implemented by VPC’s first Board of Directors, and volunteers in partnership with the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) as its fiscal services sponsor, and funded through the Department of Health (DOH) and a private donor.
Relationship and peace skills and knowledge are valued, taught and modeled to prevent discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, bullying, hate crime and other community violence; and to promote cultural and racial equality, gender equity, human rights, critical thinking, effective communication, non-violent problem-solving, effective parenting and respect for environment, self, others, and all human differences. Successful VPCI applicants emphasized involvement and commitment from administration, faculty, counselors, other school personnel, parents, young people, public and private agencies and the community-at-large in developing and successfully implementing their VPCI plans.
5 VPCI Schools
School Initiative Publications: Hawaii School-Based Violence Prevention Plan/Seeds of Peace for Today and Tomorrow (coming soon)
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VPCI
recognizes relationship and peace skills are as essential as reading,
writing and math, and require the same level of sequential, culturally
sensitive teaching and learning. Everything we do involves relationships.
VPCI includes: grants to schools to integrate relationship and peace
skills and knowledge into kindergarten – twelfth grade curricula,
with modeling and reinforcement by school personnel, parents, students
and community; a graduate level VPCI course to teach VPCI integration
and evaluation for school teachers, administrators, counselors, parents
and community; training on the Makaha K-6 Guidance Curriculum; all emphasizing
relationship and communication skills and knowledge, gender equality,
human rights and equality for all, empathy and inclusiveness, parenting,
respect and recognition of cultural diversity, bully-proofing, human
development, team, respect for the environment, anger management, peaceful
approaches and outcomes, conflict resolution, and critical thinking/life
problem-solving; and reinforced by ho’oponopono, peer education
and conflict resolution programs, arts education, hula, athletic programs,
parent-community network coordinators, community school support services,
after school and other family, children and youth activity programs,
mentoring, sexual assault and domestic violence prevention programs,
gang, youth violence, and alcohol and substance abuse prevention programs,
family support programs, general counseling/mental health wellness programs
and community groups.
Oahu
schools and complex selected for VPCI grants: Waiau Elementary School
and Benjamin Parker Elementary School and Complex. |