Coaching Teachers in Bullying Detection and Intervention

NCT05321342 | Completed DMC

• 3 other identifiers: IRB0001511420-0183011R01HD102491-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The investigators' overall objective is to demonstrate the efficacy of the Bullying Classroom Check-Up (BCCU) on elementary aged students' aggressive and bullying behaviors, teacher practices, and student and teacher relationships. The investigators' principal hypothesis is that the BCCU will improve students' aggression and bullying behaviors and their perceptions of the school climate and relationships in the building as well as teacher practices.

Conditions

Intervention; Control

Keywords

Bullying; Aggression; Classroom Climate; Teacher Coaching; Simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Teacher Prevention/Intervention Strategies

  As self-reported by both teacher and students 'handling of aggression and bullying' designed for this study as well as an observational measure, the ASSIST of proactive behavior management for prevention.

  Administered at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

• Safety and aggression climate

  As self-reported by both teacher and students on surveys using the Maryland Safe and Supportive Schools (MDS3) School Climate scales on safety, rules and consequences, and the general aggression/bullying climate as well as an observational measure, the ASSIST of the disruptive behaviors in the classroom.

  Administered at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Teacher use of social emotional learning (SEL)

  3 classroom observations at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

• Bullying and Positive Bystander Behaviors

  Administered at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

• Teacher Efficacy and burnout

  Administered at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

• Teacher and student connectedness

  Given first at baseline (before the intervention is launched)

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will receive Professional Development and Coaching (CCU)

Behavioral: Bullying Classroom Check-Up (BCCU)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Business as usual

Interventions

Bullying Classroom Check-Up (BCCU) BEHAVIORAL

BCCU professional development (PD) modules will be provided to all staff in intervention schools as part of their standard, school-approved professional development practices to provide knowledge and awareness for bullying identification, prevention, and intervention. In addition, consented 3rd-5th grade teachers will participate in the BCCU intervention. The coaching follows the original Classroom Check-Up model (Reinke, Herman, \& Sprick, 2011), embedding 5 steps (i.e., assessment of the classroom, feedback to teacher, goal setting and plan, ongoing coaching and guided practice in the TeachLivE© mixed-reality simulator \[developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF); Dieker, Hynes, Hughes, \& Smith, 2008\], and self-monitoring) and utilizing motivational interviewing (Miller \& Rollnick, 2012) to empower teacher practice change.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Urban to urban fringe districts in the Northeast US
• Predominately minority student body (\> 65%)
• Relatively large school with at least two 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms
• \) All students of consented teachers will be eligible to participate in survey activities.

You may not qualify if:

• Teachers in grades other than 3, 4, or 5 during the first year
• Special education teachers
• Specials (e.g., art, music) teachers
• Students who do not speak English.
• Special education students who are not integrated within the regular education classroom (i.e., receive education in self-contained classrooms).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: collaborator
• University of Virginia: collaborator
• Sheppard Pratt Health System: collaborator
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: lead

Study Sites (2)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States

Location

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Bullying; Aggression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Harassment, Non-Sexual; Social Behavior; Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia

Study Officials

• Elise Pas, PhD

  Johns Hopkins University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Tracy Waasdorp, PhD

  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Half of the schools each year will be recruited from the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) and half from the Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) in Maryland. Within site, half of the schools will be assigned to the BCCU intervention and half will be in the control ("business as usual" condition; data collection only, plus an offer of a classroom management PD after research participation ends).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 4, 2022
• First Posted: April 11, 2022
• Study Start: June 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 27, 2026
• Study Completion: March 27, 2026
• Last Updated: April 8, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)