Peer Mediation: Who, What, and Why You Should Have It

What Is Peer Mediation?

Peer mediation is a program implemented in schools and community-serving organizations to empower individuals to prevent, resolve, and transform conflicts by developing skills such as active listening, understanding perspectives, finding common ground, and promoting civility. The program aims to address common issues like rumors, fights, bullying, name-calling, relationship problems, theft, and more.

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How To Start A Peer Mediation Program At Your School

Education institutions can kickstart a peer mediation program by selecting 5-9 student mediators for a 3-hour training session held at the school. The training includes teaching components of active listening, understanding perspectives, finding commonalities, and promoting civility. Each school has the flexibility to decide how they want to utilize the program, including scheduling student mediations during school days, as a replacement for disciplinary practices, or on a consistent basis weekly or monthly.

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What Do Student Mediations Look Like?

Student mediations are conducted based on the campus administration's preferences, with trained student mediators leading the process to help students in conflict find resolutions. Each mediation consists of six stages: agreeing to mediate, storytelling and gathering points of view, focusing on interests and needs, creating win-win solutions, evaluating options, and creating an agreement. The goal is to empower students to resolve conflicts independently and responsibly without adult intervention.

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