every child every day every way Restorative Practices

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. . . every child, every day, every way

. . . every child, every day, every way

Restorative Practices: An overview Partners In Restorative Initiatives (PIRI) • Established in 1998 by

Restorative Practices: An overview Partners In Restorative Initiatives (PIRI) • Established in 1998 by Will Bontrager • Uses different strategies and circles to build relationships, build community, and repair harm in schools, communities, and the justice system • Benefits of Restorative Practices: • Build/strengthen relationships • Repair harm • Restore peace to families and communities • Reduce violence • Promote healing

Training for Brighton Faculty August 2018 • BHS initiative to learn more about Restorative

Training for Brighton Faculty August 2018 • BHS initiative to learn more about Restorative Practices • BHS had PIRI present • April 2019 Conference Day – Teachers observed students engaged in a community circle 3 -Day Training at PIRI (Teachers, Administrators, and Teaching Assistants) • June, 2019 – 20 • July/August, 2019 - 22 1 -Day Training at PIRI (Administrators and Mental Health Staff) • July & August, 2019 – 23 District Professional Day Training (Kim Ball and Hennessey Lustica) • 20 Teachers • Based on interest in Restorative Practices

What we learned

What we learned

Looking Ahead. . . • Blueprint Meeting in June (Brainstorm) • Implementation (3 -5

Looking Ahead. . . • Blueprint Meeting in June (Brainstorm) • Implementation (3 -5 -year plan) • Training for all staff • Involving students, parents, Brighton Community • Sustainability • Initial Implementation • Additional training at PIRI on September 18 (train the trainer) • Superintendent's Conference Day (October 11 th) • Established District-level and building level committees • Continue to work with PIRI and build internal capacity • Addition of Restorative Practices belief statement in the District Code of Conduct

Restorative Practices – District Code of Conduct (Draft) Restorative Practices is a social science

Restorative Practices – District Code of Conduct (Draft) Restorative Practices is a social science that studies how to build social capital and achieve social discipline through participatory learning and decision making. It is based in developing social and emotional capacity to create relationships. These practices may include peer mediation, community building sessions, student/staff mediations, etc. In Brighton, restorative practices may be used in conjunction with traditional discipline measures to repair harm and restore relationships. These practices provide a safe environment for people to communicate and express both feelings and emotions. Once trust and mutual understanding is built, individuals are often able to work through difficult situations and develop a greater respect and caring for all in the environment in which the conflict occurred. Restorative practices provide students an opportunity to engage in restorative conversations when conflict/code of conduct violations take place with other students or staff. Our goal is to have students and staff work together to repair relationships and to discover solutions to the conflict/problem, building essential skills for the future. (Adapted from pages 1 -5 of the Community Building Circles booklet from PIRI)