​MCMINN CENTRAL
COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
RESOURCES
Charger Tipline
Students, parents, and staff share the responsibility for an orderly and safe school environment. In an effort to encourage students to report bullying, harassment, intimidation, drugs, weapons, or any other factors that may be harmful to school safety, we have implemented the Charger Tipline for those who for whatever reason may be too fearful to report the matter face-to-face.
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The tipline is not an emergency reporting system nor is it intended to replace direct contact with school staff and administration.
Caller ID is masked, ensuring the communication is anonymous.
Bullying & Harassment
423-509-8408
Text or Leave Voicemail
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Bullying is defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
Harassment is defined as any gesture, any written, verbal, or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical, or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, or on a school bus.
If you witness bullying or harassment or are yourself a victim, report it to your counselor immediately.
Normal Peer Conflict
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Peers have equal power or are friends with each other.
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Conflict happens occasionally or rarely.
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May be accidental.
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May not be serious; no threat of harm.
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Equal emotional reaction from both peers.
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Not seeking power or attention and not trying to gain something.
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General remorse - will want to take responsibility.
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Effort on both sides to resolve the problem.
Bullying/Harassment
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Imbalance of power between peers; not friends.
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Repeated negative actions that happens often.
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Purposefully done.
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Serious with threat of physical or emotional harm.
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Strong emotional reaction from victim and little or no emotional reaction from bully.
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Seeking power, control, or material things.
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No remorse - bully blames victim; no guilt from bully.
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No effort to solve the problem.