Restorative Practices

Restorative practices emphasize the importance of relationships, and the power relationships have to positively influence human behavior. Encompassing both proactive and responsive processes, restorative practices aim to minimize conflict and tensions by building healthy connections. When conflict does occur, restorative practices work to address to the root cause of the issue and repair harm to relationships. 

• Restorative Conferencing A process to involve, to the extent possible, those who have a stake in an offense and to collectively identify and address harms, needs and obligations, in order to heal and put things right as possible.

• Harm Repair Circles A space to identify harm and its impacts and take active steps toward repair by addressing the needs of those harmed, giving those who harmed an opportunity to take accountability for the harm they caused.

• Re-entry procedures Assist with reintegration into a classroom after suspension or other separation.