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About James H Burns
Since 1977 Jim Burns has been working with students who have learning disabilities and behavioral problems. He has almost 40 years of experience working as an administrator, teacher, college instructor, and seminar leader. He is committed to helping administrators, parents, and teachers establish standards of excellence and help them build successful relationships with their staff, students, and children. He has written and designed The Bully Proof Classroom, a graduate course that is now offered at The College of New Jersey, and La Salle University in Pennsylvania in partnership with The Regional Training Center. This course has been endorsed by the NJEA. He has also written “Anti Bullying 101.” A book that provides teachers, administrators, support staff and parent’s 101 tips on how to achieve permanent help in dealing with unruly behavior and can be used as part of any anti-bullying program. In May of 2015 Jim was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Gratz College in recognition of his almost forty years of work in student behavior management and anti bullying. He is available for on sight in-services and keynotes.
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Teach Respect, Encourage Responsibility, And STOP BULLYING!
Courses On Respect, Responsibility, Character, Anti Bullying And Much More. All courses are
easy to take with a platform that's easy to navigate. Current courses are for 2 to 20 hours of
professional development credit. A certificate of completion is awarded reflecting the number of
hours and the title of the course. All Courses were built by a trained professional developer with
over 40 years in education.
Courses On Respect, Responsibility, Character, Anti Bullying
And Much More
Anti Bullying, School Climate And Safety, Plus Other Course Offerings
Earn Professional Development Hours
The Bully Proof Classroom
How To Teach Respect
This course emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility and respect. The participants
will gain an understanding that if students are to be respectful they must be in control of their
thoughts, words, actions, and attitudes. The participants will learn how to teach their students
respect by helping them understand that thoughts ultimately lead to words and actions, which if
not corrected results in poor attitudes on the part of everyone with relationships being strained
and maybe even broken.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
How To Teach Resiliency
Our students need to understand that they are solely responsible for themselves regardless of
what people, situations, or the environment bring into their life. What are the areas that they are
responsible for? They are responsible for their thoughts, words, actions, attitudes, and motives;
five areas. This course will help the participants gain an understanding of how responsible
thoughts words and actions can lead to greater resiliency for their students. This course will
provide the participant with the tools necessary to teach resiliency, improve student behavior,
and to help their students become successful adults.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Understanding Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature and the unwelcome or inappropriate
promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual harassment includes a range of actions
from mild transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. Harassment can occur in many different
social settings such as the workplace, the home, school, churches, etc. Harassers or victims may
be of either gender. This course will help the participant understand sexual harassment and the
steps that can be taken in order to prevent it in the workplace and in schools. This course can be
taken by students (when appropriate) as well as teachers for PD credit. This course may help
meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying specialists and other school personnel. N.J.S.A.
18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Rumors, Gossip, Complaining And The School Climate
Complaining about students in the faculty room does nothing to support the educational
environment. Once you find other teachers who enjoy complaining about students, it becomes
much easier to get into a routine of complaining to each other. This then makes it easier for other
teachers to join right in. What usually goes along with this is a great deal of talk about how the
student’s lack of achievement or bullying and behavioral problems in the classroom are caused
by outside circumstances such as family or the child’s intergenerational tendencies (e.g. “I had
his father as a student and I am not surprised. He is just like him”). The problem is that you take
the focus off of yourself and the things you can do to be part of the solution. Plus, if you’re
badmouthing your students, and other teachers are feeding right into it, you will walk back into
your classroom with a greater dislike and additional reasons for having a negative attitude toward
those students.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
The Provocative Victim
Imagine this student: They have no friends among their peers and no friends among adults.
Youth and adults alike avoid them. They often appear to be a bully, but always seem to end up
the victim, losing no matter what they try. Even adults have a difficult time empathizing with this
child. This child is often more disengaged from school than their peers, achieves less
academically, and has higher rates of smoking, alcohol use, depression and is at a higher risk for
suicide. These students are Provocative Victims (aka the bully-victim or aggressive victim) and
up to as many as 6 percent of students report that they both bully others and are bullied
“sometimes” or “more often.” This course is designed to help teachers, parents, and care givers
with the necessary understand this child and take the steps necessary to help this child become
more aware of his behavior and how it affects others. This is a great course to help meet the NJ
requirement for anti bullying specialists and other personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c.,
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Dealing With Angry And Irate Parents
Parents who are angry and irate can wreak havoc in a school and can be intimidating.
Participants in this course will learn how to defuse power struggles with parents and maintain
their dignity, and the dignity of the parent as they manage planned and unplanned parent /teacher
conferences.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Character Is Everything
Much has been said over the years about the student who is difficult to manage, and who exhibits
behaviors that lack a moral compass. Educators and child-care providers need strategies that
address the pervasive problems of disrespect, irresponsibility and a lack of compassion for their
fellow students. This course addresses the problems that are at the root of these behaviors.
Character training truly makes a difference in the outcome of a student's life. As a student builds
character he/she will become more successful. Students who are taught character qualities such
as honesty, reliability, diligence, and respect learn to change their behaviors from the inside out
and truly understand how to self generate positive behaviors, and have a change of heart, not just
a change of mind. This Is a Five Hour Course.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Understanding What Is Weakening Our Schools
This is a ten hour course that covers topics in education and in our society things that are obvious
to everyone and those who are in education need to be made aware of. Denying them is just
embarrassing and we all should be red faced. There is an 800 pound gorilla in the room and he is
being ignored and the path of least resistance is being taken. What are these things that
educators, parents and society know but for some reason won’t discuss or won’t even admit?
This course will be an eye opener as it not only covers 10 topics to consider it also provides the
participants with solutions to the problems.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
10 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
School Climate Control
This Course Will Provide Teachers, Administrators, Anti Bullying Specialists and Coordinators
with the Necessary Skills and Strategies to Help Teach Respect, Encourage Responsibility,
Reduce Bullying Events, and Improve The Overall Behavioral Climate in Their Classroom and
School. Additional information about the course is contained in the course syllabus. This is a
great course to help meet the NJ requirements for school safety team members and anti bullying
personnel.N.J.S.A. 18A:37-21(b) & (d)
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Strengthening The Victims Of Bullying
Bullying is one of the most important issues facing our families, schools, communities and
society today, yet most teachers-in-training and experienced educators have not taken a class or a
course about this issue. This module will help educators or anyone interested better understand
the issue of bullying and develop strategies for addressing bullying in their schools. The module
is based on the premise that an educator's primary professional duty is to help students learn
Frightened students who feel that they are in an unsafe classroom environment cannot reach their
potential as learners. So, in order to learn effectively victims of bullying must be strengthened in
order develop resiliency as learners, and contributing students as members of the class at
large.This is a great course to help meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying specialists and other
personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Motivating Disaffected and Hard to Handle Students
There is a direct relationship between motivation and discipline. The hard to motivate are often
hard to discipline. Teachers are becoming increasingly more frustrated and are asking what we
do with students who are not prepared, don’t care, will not work, and are on track for failure as
adults. Finding tools and strategies to increase motivation can solve many behavior problems.
There are many things educators can do to reawaken motivation in students who have lost
interest and perhaps hope. This course helps teachers develop techniques that build respect,
increase responsibility, and develop greater compliance in students who are hard to handle. It
helps teachers overcome the strong emotional frustration that saps their energy and ultimately
leads to burnout.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Anti Bullying 101
This course is designed to provide the participant with many strategies, and skills to help combat
the bullying epidemic in schools and in society. It has many unique approaches that tackle the
problem from a different perspective and focuses on the root problem not the symptoms. The
course will also provide information on how to help those who were affected by the trauma of
childhood bullying. This is a great course to help meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying
specialists and other personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
10 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Can You Handle The Truth?
Society seems to want to withhold the truth and make everyone believe that they are smarter than
what they are and that their behavior is based upon circumstance, their environment, or lack of
therapy or medication. Facing the truth about their abilities and work ethic can put a student back
on track, and help them choose a good vocation, and understand and how they need to improve
academically and behaviorally. This one hour self study will give teachers the tools to confront
students without condemning them and help them help students to evaluate their efforts and work
to realistically look at their performance.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
1 Hour Of Professional Development Credit
Principles Of Teacher Transformation
This is an eight week life changing course that will transform you personally, professionally, and
the best part of all permanently. It will help you make changes from the inside out and bring you
to a point of self awareness and self actualization which will help you reach your full potential as
educator and a person.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
20 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
How To Encourage Student Responsibility
Responsibility can be taught through the use of clear consequences. All children must have in
their mind the question; what am I going to gain and what am I going to lose as a result of my
behavior. Once we have a child's attention through the use of consistence consequences their
behavior begins to improve. This course will help the participant understand the importance
of responsibility and how to encourage it in their students.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Group Rated Available For Schools
About Jim Burns
Since 1977 Jim Burns has been working with students who have learning disabilities and behavioral
problems. He has almost 40 years of experience working as an administrator, teacher, college instructor,
and a seminar leader. He is committed to helping administrators, parents, and teachers establish standards
of excellence and to help them build successful relationships with their staff, students, and children. He
has written and designed The Bully Proof Classroom, a graduate course that is offered at The College of
New Jersey and La Salle University in Pennsylvania in partnership with The Regional Training Center
and is endorsed by the New Jersey Education Association. Jim was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Humane Letters in recognition of his work in the area of anti bullying. He has also written several books
on the topic of anti bullying and classroom climate. “Anti Bullying 101” is a great resource for teachers,
administrator, support staff, and parents as it provides permanent help in dealing with unruly behavior and
can be used as part of any anti-bullying program.
Learn More
James H Burns Associates
Teach Respect, Encourage Responsibility, And STOP BULLYING!
Courses On Respect, Responsibility, Character, Anti Bullying And Much More. All courses are
easy to take with a platform that's easy to navigate. Current courses are for 2 to 20 hours of
professional development credit. A certificate of completion is awarded reflecting the number of
hours and the title of the course. All Courses were built by a trained professional developer with
over 40 years in education.
Courses On Respect, Responsibility, Character, Anti Bullying
And Much More
Anti Bullying, School Climate And Safety, Plus Other Course Offerings
Earn Professional Development Hours
The Bully Proof Classroom
How To Teach Respect
This course emphasizes the importance of personal responsibility and respect. The participants
will gain an understanding that if students are to be respectful they must be in control of their
thoughts, words, actions, and attitudes. The participants will learn how to teach their students
respect by helping them understand that thoughts ultimately lead to words and actions, which if
not corrected results in poor attitudes on the part of everyone with relationships being strained
and maybe even broken.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
How To Teach Resiliency
Our students need to understand that they are solely responsible for themselves regardless of
what people, situations, or the environment bring into their life. What are the areas that they are
responsible for? They are responsible for their thoughts, words, actions, attitudes, and motives;
five areas. This course will help the participants gain an understanding of how responsible
thoughts words and actions can lead to greater resiliency for their students. This course will
provide the participant with the tools necessary to teach resiliency, improve student behavior,
and to help their students become successful adults.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Understanding Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature and the unwelcome or inappropriate
promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual harassment includes a range of actions
from mild transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. Harassment can occur in many different
social settings such as the workplace, the home, school, churches, etc. Harassers or victims may
be of either gender. This course will help the participant understand sexual harassment and the
steps that can be taken in order to prevent it in the workplace and in schools. This course can be
taken by students (when appropriate) as well as teachers for PD credit. This course may help
meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying specialists and other school personnel. N.J.S.A.
18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Rumors, Gossip, Complaining And The School Climate
Complaining about students in the faculty room does nothing to support the educational
environment. Once you find other teachers who enjoy complaining about students, it becomes
much easier to get into a routine of complaining to each other. This then makes it easier for other
teachers to join right in. What usually goes along with this is a great deal of talk about how the
student’s lack of achievement or bullying and behavioral problems in the classroom are caused
by outside circumstances such as family or the child’s intergenerational tendencies (e.g. “I had
his father as a student and I am not surprised. He is just like him”). The problem is that you take
the focus off of yourself and the things you can do to be part of the solution. Plus, if you’re
badmouthing your students, and other teachers are feeding right into it, you will walk back into
your classroom with a greater dislike and additional reasons for having a negative attitude toward
those students.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
The Provocative Victim
Imagine this student: They have no friends among their peers and no friends among adults.
Youth and adults alike avoid them. They often appear to be a bully, but always seem to end up
the victim, losing no matter what they try. Even adults have a difficult time empathizing with this
child. This child is often more disengaged from school than their peers, achieves less
academically, and has higher rates of smoking, alcohol use, depression and is at a higher risk for
suicide. These students are Provocative Victims (aka the bully-victim or aggressive victim) and
up to as many as 6 percent of students report that they both bully others and are bullied
“sometimes” or “more often.” This course is designed to help teachers, parents, and care givers
with the necessary understand this child and take the steps necessary to help this child become
more aware of his behavior and how it affects others. This is a great course to help meet the NJ
requirement for anti bullying specialists and other personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c.,
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
2 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Dealing With Angry And Irate Parents
Parents who are angry and irate can wreak havoc in a school and can be intimidating.
Participants in this course will learn how to defuse power struggles with parents and maintain
their dignity, and the dignity of the parent as they manage planned and unplanned parent /teacher
conferences.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Character Is Everything
Much has been said over the years about the student who is difficult to manage, and who exhibits
behaviors that lack a moral compass. Educators and child-care providers need strategies that
address the pervasive problems of disrespect, irresponsibility and a lack of compassion for their
fellow students. This course addresses the problems that are at the root of these behaviors.
Character training truly makes a difference in the outcome of a student's life. As a student builds
character he/she will become more successful. Students who are taught character qualities such
as honesty, reliability, diligence, and respect learn to change their behaviors from the inside out
and truly understand how to self generate positive behaviors, and have a change of heart, not just
a change of mind. This Is a Five Hour Course.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Understanding What Is Weakening Our Schools
This is a ten hour course that covers topics in education and in our society things that are obvious
to everyone and those who are in education need to be made aware of. Denying them is just
embarrassing and we all should be red faced. There is an 800 pound gorilla in the room and he is
being ignored and the path of least resistance is being taken. What are these things that
educators, parents and society know but for some reason won’t discuss or won’t even admit?
This course will be an eye opener as it not only covers 10 topics to consider it also provides the
participants with solutions to the problems.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
10 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
School Climate Control
This Course Will Provide Teachers, Administrators, Anti Bullying Specialists and Coordinators
with the Necessary Skills and Strategies to Help Teach Respect, Encourage Responsibility,
Reduce Bullying Events, and Improve The Overall Behavioral Climate in Their Classroom and
School. Additional information about the course is contained in the course syllabus. This is a
great course to help meet the NJ requirements for school safety team members and anti bullying
personnel.N.J.S.A. 18A:37-21(b) & (d)
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Strengthening The Victims Of Bullying
Bullying is one of the most important issues facing our families, schools, communities and
society today, yet most teachers-in-training and experienced educators have not taken a class or a
course about this issue. This module will help educators or anyone interested better understand
the issue of bullying and develop strategies for addressing bullying in their schools. The module
is based on the premise that an educator's primary professional duty is to help students learn
Frightened students who feel that they are in an unsafe classroom environment cannot reach their
potential as learners. So, in order to learn effectively victims of bullying must be strengthened in
order develop resiliency as learners, and contributing students as members of the class at
large.This is a great course to help meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying specialists and other
personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.7
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Motivating Disaffected and Hard to Handle Students
There is a direct relationship between motivation and discipline. The hard to motivate are often
hard to discipline. Teachers are becoming increasingly more frustrated and are asking what we
do with students who are not prepared, don’t care, will not work, and are on track for failure as
adults. Finding tools and strategies to increase motivation can solve many behavior problems.
There are many things educators can do to reawaken motivation in students who have lost
interest and perhaps hope. This course helps teachers develop techniques that build respect,
increase responsibility, and develop greater compliance in students who are hard to handle. It
helps teachers overcome the strong emotional frustration that saps their energy and ultimately
leads to burnout.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Anti Bullying 101
This course is designed to provide the participant with many strategies, and skills to help combat
the bullying epidemic in schools and in society. It has many unique approaches that tackle the
problem from a different perspective and focuses on the root problem not the symptoms. The
course will also provide information on how to help those who were affected by the trauma of
childhood bullying. This is a great course to help meet the NJ requirement for anti bullying
specialists and other personnel. N.J.S.A. 18A:37-17b and c., N.J.A.C. 6A:16
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
10 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Can You Handle The Truth?
Society seems to want to withhold the truth and make everyone believe that they are smarter than
what they are and that their behavior is based upon circumstance, their environment, or lack of
therapy or medication. Facing the truth about their abilities and work ethic can put a student back
on track, and help them choose a good vocation, and understand and how they need to improve
academically and behaviorally. This one hour self study will give teachers the tools to confront
students without condemning them and help them help students to evaluate their efforts and work
to realistically look at their performance.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
1 Hour Of Professional Development Credit
Principles Of Teacher Transformation
This is an eight week life changing course that will transform you personally, professionally, and
the best part of all permanently. It will help you make changes from the inside out and bring you
to a point of self awareness and self actualization which will help you reach your full potential as
educator and a person.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
20 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
How To Encourage Student Responsibility
Responsibility can be taught through the use of clear consequences. All children must have in
their mind the question; what am I going to gain and what am I going to lose as a result of my
behavior. Once we have a child's attention through the use of consistence consequences their
behavior begins to improve. This course will help the participant understand the importance
of responsibility and how to encourage it in their students.
A Certificate Will Be Awarded Upon Course Completion Worth
5 Hours Of Professional Development Credit
Part of The Anti Bullying Boot Camp Program
Group Rated Available For Schools
About Jim Burns
Since 1977 Jim Burns has been working with students who have learning disabilities and behavioral
problems. He has almost 40 years of experience working as an administrator, teacher, college instructor,
and a seminar leader. He is committed to helping administrators, parents, and teachers establish standards
of excellence and to help them build successful relationships with their staff, students, and children. He
has written and designed The Bully Proof Classroom, a graduate course that is offered at The College of
New Jersey and La Salle University in Pennsylvania in partnership with The Regional Training Center
and is endorsed by the New Jersey Education Association. Jim was awarded the degree of Doctor of
Humane Letters in recognition of his work in the area of anti bullying. He has also written several books
on the topic of anti bullying and classroom climate. “Anti Bullying 101” is a great resource for teachers,
administrator, support staff, and parents as it provides permanent help in dealing with unruly behavior and
can be used as part of any anti-bullying program.
Learn More