Connections

Respect

Belonging

Safety

Support

Connections

Knowledge

Skills

Methods

Attitude(frame of mind)

Connections

Listening

Restorative Practices

Culturally Responsive Teaching

On the Spot

Transitions

Bullying Prevention

85% of the students' who demonstrate poor

attendance between the 6th and 12th grades

will become involved with delinquent

behavior, and get involved with the juvenile

court system before their 18th birthday.   National Center for School Engagement

re: Mesa County Valley School District 51

If a Child Cannot Read

If a child cannot read, we teach him to read.

If a child cannot do math, we teach her math.

If a child does not know science, we teach her science.

If a child does not know how behave, we punish him.

Expect, Insist, Support

Expect things of children/students.

Insist that they meet these expectations.

Support them in meeting the expectations.

from Ruby Payne

We often forget support .

Restorative Practices

Connections

Relationships

Engagement

Belonging

Safety

Restorative Practices

A philosophy.

A way of thinking.

A way of being.

(not a program)

Restorative Thinking

“Too rapid an escalation

to punishment risks making young

people more angry than thoughtful”

Braithwaite, J. (1989) Crime, Shame and Reintegration. New York: Cambridge University Press

Restorative Practices

“A student misbehaves in class and his teacher asks him to

leave. The student is suspended from school and comes back.

Nothing is resolved; nothing is restored. / But with restorative

practices, the student is held accountable and given support to

resolve the issue, repair the harm and make a plan to ensure that

the misbehavior doesn’t happen again. Relationships are

restored and community is built.”

-Ted Wachtel IIRP

What are ‘Restorative Practices’?

. . . develop good relationships and restore a sense of community in an increasingly disconnected world.

. . . decisions are best made and conflict are best resolved by those most directly involved in them.

. . . these practices have been applied in justice systems, families, workplaces, and neighborhoods, as well as in schools.

- Costello, Wachtel, & Wachtel

Restorative

Retributive

A Restorative Continuum of Responses

Affective Affective Small Impromtu Circles Formal questions statements conference group conference

Building relationshipsMaking things right adapted from IIRP

Goals and Effects

• Creating understanding

• Building relationships

• Building Social Capital

• Helping people be accountable

• Building community

• Supporting individuals

• Supporting the community

TO WITH

restorative

neglectful

NOT FOR

authoritarian authoritarianstigmatising reintegrative

indifferent therapeuticpassive protective

LOW

HIGH

HIGH support (encouragement, nuture)

punitive

permissive

Social Control Window

from IIRP

Enjoyment - Joy Interest - Excitement Surprise - Startle

Shame - HumiliationDistress - AnguishDisgustFear - TerrorAnger - Rage Dissmell

9 Affects

Positive

Neutral

Negative

- Silvan Tompkins

Attack Others• “turning the tables”• blaming the victim• lashing out verbally or physically

Withdrawal• isolating oneself• running and hiding

Avoidance• denial• drugs and alcohol abuse• distraction through thrill-seeking

Attack Self• self put-down• self-harm

COMPASS

OF SHAME

from Donald Nathanson

Circles

Circles

• Communication

• Understanding

• Building relationships

• Building community

• Connections

Achievement & Safety

• Restorative Thinking and Practices support student achievement

• Restorative Thinking and Practices support school safety

• Building relationships supports student achievement and school safety

Transition

• Home to Kindergarten

• Elementary School to Middle School

• Middle School to High School

• High School to Work or College

Culturally Responsive Teaching

• Using the culture and experience of students to design lessons and curriculum.

• Creating a culturally diverse environment.

• Cultural awareness and cultural competencies.

On the Spotfor educators

• Don’t take it personally.

• Be professional.

• Respond, don’t just react.

• Have knowledge, skills, a frame of mind, and methods.

• Have support from other staff and parents.

Bullying Prevention

• Protecting the targeted person.

• Stopping and changing the behavior of the one who bullies.

• A school-wide approach.• Developing empathy.• Empowering bystanders.

• Supported by the use of restorative practices

Bystanders who are helpless in the presence of another student’s victimization learn passive acceptance of injustice.

- Jeffery Miller, Linn Miller

Bullying Prevention

Injustice everywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Bullying Prevention