Restorative Practices in Schools Winter Institute

Implementing restorative practices is about supporting the hearts and minds of your students, teachers, staff, and parents, so they are focused on strengthening and repairing relationships to establish and maintain healthy and productive learning communities. The focus isn’t just on discipline and responding to behavior concerns. The focus must also be on building connections as a way to prevent problems from occurring in the first place.

This is not “a program” to implement in your school. It is bigger than this…it’s about shifting your entire school culture. The restorative school sees restorative practices as “just a part of how we do things around here” instead of an occasional tool we use when a child is in trouble.

The possibilities and the potential for transformative change in your school are enormous. The hard work is about aligning principles, values, and prevailing beliefs about the most effective ways to build a community. This is an evidence-based approach that is done with your students and staff…not done to your students and staff.

From everyday tools for the classroom to school and district-wide implementation strategies, learn about how to achieve dramatic results with Restorative Practices.