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https://www.iirp.edu/professional-development/restorative-practices-for-educators
Restorative Practices for Educators | Professional Development | Continuing Education
Certificate of Participation A general Certificate of Participation will be provided by email at the completion of this professional development event indicating 12 hours of instruction time for the in-person event or 8 hours of instruction time for the o
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Designed for:
K-12 teachers, staff, administrators. This experience is applicable to other audiences,
but school-based examples are used.Learning Format:
Online: Two consecutive 4.5-hour days of live instruction via Zoom. -> September, 5th-6th. 12:30-17:00
(2 hours of pre-work required prior to each session.) -> LinkInstructor:
Dr. Whitney Howarth, whowarth@iirp.edu, (484) 788 1167
Day 1 Agenda:
Live Session 1: Key Concepts of Restorative Practices (4.5 hours)
Opening and Introductions
Context
Explicit Practice
BREAK (around 2pm)
Social Discipline Window Activities
BREAK (around 3:15 pm)
Fair Process Activity
Compass of Shame Activity
Restorative Practices Continuum Activities
Closing Circle (end by 5pm)Norms & Agreements for Training (padlet.com)
What agreements shall we have together for how we want to be WITH each other in this space?
- Importance of co-creating norms and getting to the agreement
- Revisiting the agreements from time to time, otherwise it won't be useful.
I felt a bit of confusion or conflict between thre third and fourth sentences. "We can do something, and we need to do that well" vs. "we plant the seed that one day will grow; we may never see the end result." How can I know that I am doing a good job with a idea that the end result will not be seen?
Technology dominates all aspects of society. The culture of technology has shifted from creation to consumption. All the social media, games, and more are desperate to get people's attention. Using technology should be about creating, not consuming.
We have a lot of programs, including SEL, PBIS, MTSS, Restorative Practice, and more. The point needs to be explicit.
- Engaging with self and others
- Participatory decision-making (fair process)
- Expressing, sharing, and reflecting on emotions
- Building, sustaining, and restoring relationships
Fundamental hypothesis = "Human beings are happier, healthier, more productive, and more likely to make positive changes in their commnities when we do things with them, rather than to them or for them or not at all."
In the end, relationship is the key of the process. "What do healthy and appropriate relationships look, sound, feel like?"
• What window do you tend to be in most often?
• What are some things that keep you out of the with window?
• What are some strategies you can use to be in the With window more purposefully?
• Who can help you?Observed behaviors and Learning outcomes by Practitioner styles (To/For/Not/With) - padlet
