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=Welcome!= As any educator can attest - research-based practices often elicit significant results in our students. Knowing the importance that research plays in education, we chose a particularly important topic that has affected numerous students across the nation in schools. Originally our research focused specifically on the number of sexual harassment incidents in middle schools and who was being identified as harassers. As we went through collecting information about the different referrals made to counselors about sexual harassment - we found that there were various different definitions of sexual harassment made by referring teachers. This discrepancy in definitions made us wonder if it is just a breakdown in communication during sexual harassment training or whether educators struggle with what truly counts as sexual harassment.

We are currently enrolled in a Counseling in Schools class for our Masters in School Counseling Program at East Carolina University that has challenged us to include our research from a previous class and complete a project that would benefit educators in our local area. We are asking for your help with our project - we are hoping to show that increased education regarding sexual harassment would benefit local educators as well as the students they serve.

Please take a moment and travel through our site - we have included a pre-assessment designed to establish a baseline regarding your ability to identify sexual harassment in school situations, an informational section where we have presented information to help educators define sexual harassment, and finally a post-assessment to help us determine whether our presented information has helped.

Getting Started

 * Please click on Pre-Assessment to take the initial survey to establish baseline data for our study.
 * Click on Sexual Harassment Info and read through the different types of sexual harassment issues facing educators.
 * Click on Post-Assessment to take the final survey to help us determine our effectiveness in presenting information related to sexual harassment in schools.

Need Help?

 * Please feel free to email any questions or comments regarding the information posted on this site.
 * Jessica McQuaig - jjm0628@ecu.edu