Restorative Practices Foundations

What is my role and why is it important?

(1 day for All School Employees and Volunteers)

This workshop provides an overview of Michigan’s statutory requirement for use of Restorative Practices to build culture, improve climate, repair relationships in a school and as an alternative or in addition to suspension or expulsion. Participants are introduced to the use of alternative approaches to changing unwanted behavior, including: the social science of human behavior, statutory requirements for use of restorative practices, and practical strategies to build strong, healthy relationships with students, families, and colleagues, as well as repair damaged relationships. Throughout the training participants examine their identify (role), values and beliefs (motivation/purpose) when responding to unwanted behavior through the use of restorative practices to consider how our actions and reactions influence those around us.