Children Who Survived a School Shooting and Chose to Teach : The Case of Columbine, Navigating Shared Trauma, and the Ethics of Care.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markert-Porter, Michelle.

Series:

Routledge Research in Crises Education Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

Written from a Columbine survivor's view, this book details the experiences of 11 school shooting survivors who became teachers. By sharing ideas to decrease school shootings, views on arming teachers, and survivor-informed best practices, this book adds key perspectives to discourse on teacher responsibility in school shooting prevention.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement Page

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Important Terms

Note

References

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Participants, the Author, and Epistemic Exploitation

Introducing the Participants

Author's Roles and Personal Histories

Epistemic Exploitation

Chapter 2: Data Analysis and Research Paradigm

Solution and Method

The Problem

Proposed Solution

Outline and Justification of the Proposed Solution

Justification #1 for this Book

Justification #2 for this Book

Study Context and Participants

Research Paradigm

Data Collection Methods

Justification of Instruments

Interview Questions

Autoethnography

Elicitation

Data Analysis Strategy

Author Positionality

Trustworthiness

Introducing the Analysis

Closing Thoughts on Chapter 2

Chapter 3: The Problem: School Shootings Are Increasing

History of the Problem: A Brief Look at School Violence

Current School Shooting Prevention Strategies are Ineffective: The Era of Zero-Tolerance Policies

A Pandemic Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

School Safety Policies Disproportionally Affect Students of Color

Significance of the Problem: The Importance of a Positive School Climate in School Violence Prevention and the Impact School Shootings are Having on the School Climate

Chapter 4: What Has Already Been Done to Prevent School Shootings, and Why is it Ineffective?

School Violence Perceptions in the United States in the 1990s

School Violence Prevention Before the Columbine Shooting: Quantifiable Disciplinary Measures

School Violence Prevention After the Columbine Shooting: Moral Panic, Blame, and Zero Tolerance Policies

Moral Panic

Blame

Zero-Tolerance Policies.

Why Schools?: Social Control and Symbolic Violence, Delinquency and Crime, Discipline and Shame, Protecting and Fearing Youth

Social Control and Symbolic Violence

Delinquency and Crime

Discipline and Shame

Protecting and Fearing Youth

Chapter 5: Possible Solutions to End School Shootings: Focusing on the Roots of the Issue

Possible Ways to Prevent School Violence: Mental Health Services, Trauma-informed Practices, Bullying Prevention, Threat Assessment Teams, Restorative Justice, and Restorative Practices

Mental Health Services

Trauma-informed Practices

Bullying Prevention

Threat Assessment Teams

Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices

Chapter 6: What Columbine Survivors Who Are Teachers Think Schools Should Do to Prepare for Active Shooters and What Teachers Should be Taught to Prevent School Shootings

In My Classroom

In My School

Safety Features

Lockdown Drills Are Sad But Necessary

Limitations of Law Enforcement

"The Video"

"Luck Where You Are"

Arming Teachers is Laughable and Dangerous

Take Our Advice, We Know What We're Talking About

In the United States

Discussion

Chapter 7: How the Experience of a School Shooting Trauma Influences How Teachers Build Relationships with Students

Classroom Culture

Prioritizing Relationships

Honoring Student Voices and "Seeing" Students

Accepted, Included, and Welcomed

Social-Emotional Learning

Trauma-informed Instruction

Vulnerability

Restorative Practices

Boundaries

Autoethnography.

Warning Signs

Mandatory Reporting and Mental Health Services

"Gut Feeling and Red Flags"

Teachers Can Only Do So Much

Notes

Chapter 8: How Columbine Student Survivors Who Are Teachers Experience Trauma After Surviving a School Shooting

Professionally

Career Decisions

Organizing Class Around Safety

Still Experience the School Setting as a Traumatic Space

Personally

Gratitude for the People in Their Lives

How Their Trauma Affected Parenting: "I just hate that my kids live in this world." Anne

Physically

Public Settings

Numbing Feelings

Dangerous Coping Mechanisms

Philosophically

Orienting the Year Around the Date of the Shooting

Minimizing Their Trauma

Wondering Who They Would Have Been

Anger and Blame

Fear of the Future and the Unknown

Understanding it as a One-time Event

Making Them More Empathetic

Autoethnography: Fear of the Future and Empathy

How it Affected Their Memories of High School

"We're No Different than Non-survivors in the Workforce"

Chapter 9: The Way Forward: Preventing More Deaths From School Shootings in Our Schools

School Climate

Mental Health Services: What are the Warning Signs, and What Can We Do When We Notice Them?

Columbine Survivors Address Bullying and Mental Health at Columbine in 1999: Bullying is Insidious and Has No Place in Schools, But it May Surprise You to Learn Many School Shooters Were the Bullies, Not the Ones Bullied.

Protecting and Fearing Children and Youth, Social Control and Symbolic Violence

Responsibility of Parents

Addressing the Need for National Gun Reform and the Culture of Violence in the United States

Chapter 10: Conclusion

Having a Space for School Shooting Survivors to Share Stories and Talk about the Experience With Other Survivors

Raising Awareness of the Support Groups Available for Survivors of Mass Shootings and the Support Group for Teacher Survivors of Mass Shootings

Adopting New School Safety Policies and Procedures Informed by School Shooting Survivors: Survivor-Informed Best Practices for School Safety

Discussing and Researching School Shootings in the Same Way as Other Assaults and Crimes of Violence: Stop Blaming the Victims (Teachers and Students) for School Shootings Regardless of Safety Procedures and Policies not Being Followed Correctly or Bullyi

Closing Thoughts

Appendix A: High School Newspaper Editorial Column

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-044399-0

1-003-56724-X

1-04-044398-2

9781003567240

OCLC:

1531322431