Anti-Bullying Speakers for High School Assemblies

So it continues, bullying. When it occurs in a high school, administrators scramble to hire anti-bullying speakers to address the issue by hosting school assemblies. In addition to having a bullying policy in place, schools should address bullying by hiring a professional bullying speaker.

Why are school assemblies important?

School assemblies are important because it’s an easy way to relay a message toward a specific topic to the entire student population. Not all school assemblies address an issue. Some assemblies are used to encourage students to do well on a state test for example. Others are used for fun or as a reward for good behavior, like a pep rally. Here are 5 school assembly planning tips to assist you as you prepare for your next event.

Positive School Climate Increases Student Academics

Continue to have school assemblies as research shows, schools that continue to foster a positive school climate, score high in academics.

Students want to perform well. If the school culture is to do the very minimum, it will become a low performing school. However, if the school administration raises the standards on their students and teachers, the school will ultimately improve academically. Hence the quote: “My teacher thought I was smart, so I was.”

Having a positive school climate has nothing to do with social economic status of the neighborhood, any school regardless of race and income levels, can have happy teachers and students.

Why Anti-Bullying Speakers?

There is no shortage of speakers that will speak on a popular topic. In fact, some speakers will change their topic just to get hired. When hiring a speaker to tackle subjects such as drug prevention, suicide or bullying, remember that they are representing the school as a consultant. Do you really want to create unnecessary controversy? Do you want upset parents? The saying still stands, “you get what you pay for.”

Experience. Make hiring an anti-bullying speaker a line item in your school budget or have the school’s Parent Teacher Association sponsor an event. If you’re an event planner trying to book speakers to tackle prevention issues without a budget, you’re in a vulnerable situation. If you look for the cheapest speakers on the market, you’ll find the least experienced. It’s true. What experienced expert do you know that travels the country spreading their message at no cost?

Relatable. As you watch dozens of speaking videos online of speakers, consider how well they will relate to your students. If you have students that are fun, hire a speaker uses humor to motivate teens. If you have students that are more serious, you may invite a prevention company that sends out presenters and is more about a movement. Do not invite a person solely on the fact that they are famous or from a sports team. These folks create a lot of hype and are much more effective for a pep-rally or a basic motivational message, not prevention.

Authentic. A true communicator knows how to bring themselves into the presentation. In fact, students know when a presenter is being fake or trying to be cool just because they’re talking to teens. Hire a speaker that is authentic and real. After the presentation, you’ll see how some students were touched by the authenticity of the speaker by walking up to him/her and sharing how the message really spoke to them.

In conclusion, when searching anti-bullying speakers for middle schools, hire a person with experience that can relate to your student demographics and that will be authentic with your students.

Santa Ana Unified School District Assemblies

The best type of client is a repeat client. Fabian gets a lot of repeat clients, especially since middle schools turn over every three years.

Recently Fabian was hired to come back to speak at Saddleback High School in Santa Ana, California.

Two years ago, Fabian Ramirez was hired to speak to all Sophomore students during the California Standard Tests (CSTs) which are called STAR Tests. Students were so motivated that the overall scores of Sophomores were higher than the previous year.

Now that the students are Seniors, they are going to hear from Fabian again as he is scheduled to motivate the students before their California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE). The school is wanting the Fabian to  motivate students to finish high school and go on to college.

Saddleback High School is a Title 1 School with a low socioeconomic status. 95% Hispanic/Latino and an increase an Asian population. Fabian is Hispanic so it’s important for these students to hear from a speaker who can hold their attention by relating to them. Students need to hear from Hispanic speakers like Fabian who has graduated high school, college and grad school instead of someone who made bad choices.

Students need encouragement and see themselves in somebody else’s success so they too can follow the footsteps of those who come before them. Fabian will challenge them with his favorite quote, “When you graduate, your family graduates”.

Those in attendance will be approximately 400 12th grade students and Fabian will cover goal setting, pursuing higher eduction, and how to respond to bullies.

Fabian is a California youth motivational speaker and travels to all cities and towns in the state challenging students to pursue higher education. Fabian filmed his speaking demo video at Saddleback High School. The activities were captured in the video below. 

DFW High School Speaker | Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex

Finally, a motivational speaker that understands our high school students.

Are you an Educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex? Have you been looking for a speaker to invite to your high school to motivate your students to finish strong and graduate on time?

Well I have good news for you. We now have a national speaker who is absolutely outstanding and he relates very well with teenagers. His name is Fabian Ramirez.

Fabian with Principal Kraft, Lone Star High School, Frisco ISD

Fabian has spoken within Grand Prairie ISD, Cleburne ISD, Cedar Hill ISD and recently Frisco ISD. He has personally mentored students from Molina High School (DISD), Skyline High School (DISD), Sunset High School (DISD), Duncanville High School and many more. Fabian has been a youth motivational speaker in Texas for over ten years primarily working with at-risk students.

Today, as a National Youth Speaker, he travels the country speaking to students about Drop-out prevention, bullying prevention and drug prevention. The thing about Fabian is that he can take a tough subject such as bullying and make learning about preventing it in school fun for students. Fabian lands all his presentations on Education. He firmly believes that if we can get more students educated, the better the choices they will make in life.

One of his famous one-liners to students is “when you graduate, your family graduates”. This is where his message really resonates with students because they all want to do their best in school and they know that graduating is an important step in their journey to being successful. The then goes on to say “The more you learn, you more you earn”. Students walk away from his presentations empowered and motivated to excel in their studies. He hits on character development as well as student leadership principles.

If you are a high school event planner in the DFW Metroplex, I advise you to contact Fabian’s booking manager and set a date for him to speak at your next anti-bullying school assembly.

School Assembly Speaker

Not all speakers were created equal—or at least not all of them are equally effective.   Some people are just better communicators than others.  If you want to be a better speaker, you have to master some techniques, especially if you are a school assembly speaker.  An assembly is a big venue, and quite overwhelming too, because this is where parents, teachers, businessmen, and leaders are listening to what you have to say.  It is not only important to have the talent and the knowledge but you must have the ability to capture the students attention too, and make them remember what you are trying to tell them.

The first thing you must do to be an effective school assembly speaker is know how to put yourself in your audience’s shoes.  If you are an adult, you are probably less likely to remember how it felt to be thirteen.  When you talk to youth, you have to think like one of them.  Be aware of what’s going on.  You can’t talk about Power Rangers anymore when who they know is SpongeBob, can you?

Secondly, use visuals.   Youth are very visual and they always want something fun and interesting.  If you are only going to stand in front of them and talk for an hour or so, they would probably fall asleep during your speech.  You need to make them laugh and keep them on their toes.  This is one of the reasons why many youth speakers are ventriloquists at the same time.  They just need to have another character which will grab the audience’s attention when their minds are starting to wander away from the topic.

Last, you need to let the students participate in order to be a good school assembly speaker.  Kids, especially teens, are egocentric.  They want to be seen and heard too, and you must give them that opportunity so they’d feel that you are talking about something truly worth their while. Oh and have fun while you are speaking, believe it or not but the students want to you succeed as a speaker.

Encouraging Youth To Graduate High School

Youth graduate high school

In working with teenagers I have found that most students want to be the best they can be. There are students that do well in school and never get encouraged by their own family members. That’s why it’s vital for adults to let youth of today know how important education is and that they are doing a good job. Every year they pass is a victory in their lives and they should celebrate those victories.

Graduating high school is not an option. When graduating becomes an option then students will always have on the back of their minds to give up and throw in the towel when it comes to school. That is why we need to encourage youth to start thinking about graduation no matter what grade they are in. It’s important to set a vision in a childs mind and then let them make it happen. That is why visiting college campuses can be a defining moment in students life because that is the time for them to catch a vision and follow their dreams to attend and finish college. Maybe you can look for events where they can listen to a youth motivational speaker encourage students to follow their dreams so they can be successful.

So many students cannot see past high school and they actually think that college is so far away that they don’t have the time to think about it. There are also parents that are not motivating their kids to attend college and so it they go it’s because they want to go not because their parents have pushed them to go. So encouraging youth is important and we should always ask them questions like what grade they are in and what college they are going to attend. We need to be proactive in helping reduce the number of students who drop out of high school. This helps them to keep education at the forefront of their minds. It doesn’t matter if the students are Hispanic, Black, Anglo or Asian, they need to be encouraged to finish high school and continue on to a higher education.