K-12 Education
When applied in schools, restorative practices proactively improves climate and culture and provides responses to wrongdoing that focus on repairing harm. There is a growing body of research, resources, articles, and other media about this topic that show an improvement in student behavior, increased engagement amongst students and staff, and the strengthening of bonds between schools, parents, and community-based organizations. Start here to view events, professional development opportunities, research, anecdotes, and more.
Graduate Programs
- Education Specialization
- Graduate Certificate in Relational Facilitation for Healing Trauma
- Master of Science in Restorative Practices
- Graduate Certificate in Restorative Practices
- Graduate Certificate in Change Implementation in Organizations and Social Systems
- Thesis Option
- Community Engagement Specialization
Professional Development
- Restorative Practices for Educators
- Restorative Practices for Independent School Educators
- Connection and Content: Integrating Restorative Practices into Classroom Learning
- Intentional Classroom Engagement
- Facilitating Listening Circles
- Putting Theory into Practice for Advanced Circle Facilitators
- Putting Theory into Practice for Independent School Staff and Administrators
- Putting Theory into Practice for School Staff and Administrators
- Putting Theory into Practice: Restorative Justice Conferencing Facilitation
News
- Finding the Right Voices: How to Build a Powerful Peacekeeper Team
- Enhance Student Voice: Download our Post-Lesson Circle Guide
- Author Spotlight: Deirdre Faughey
- Start to Circle: A Simple Way to Build Trust and Connection from Day One
- Using the Restorative Questions with Youth: A Guide
- Student Spotlight: Andrew Lynn
Webinars
- Creative Restorative Practices in the Classroom
- Complexity and Restorative Practices
- Supporting Youth Through Restorative Practices
- Processing Trauma Using the Relational Care Ladder
- Uniting School Communities in Contentious Times: Navigating the Election with Restorative Practices
- Intentional Classroom Engagement: Author Chat
- Fostering Equity in Schools Through Restorative Leadership
- Leading Change with Youth Mentors
Podcasts
- Abdul Malik Muhammad, Ed.D., speaks with host Claire de Mézerville López
- Addressing Bullying Using a Restorative Approach with Jim Jelinske
- Artful Integration: Restorative Practices, the Arts, and Evidence-Based Impact
- Battling Burnout: Teacher Wellness and Restorative Principles with Ivelisse Cotto
- Beyond Suspension: Transforming School Culture with Amy Hart
- Beyond the Basics: Leading Sustainable Restorative Practices in Schools
- Bridging Academia and Lived Experience with Dr. Gabriel Velez
- Challenges and Rewards of Elevating Student Voice with Emily Murphy
Bookstore
- Advanced Practitioner Series: Intentional Classroom Engagement Workbook
- Forging Justice
- Peacekeepers: An Implementation Manual for Empowering Youth Using Restorative Practices
- Restorative Circles in Schools: A Practical Guide for Educators - Second Edition
- Restorative Justice Conferencing: Real Justice & The Conferencing Handbook
- Restorative Literacies: Creating a Community of Care in Schools
- Restorative Literacy Practices: Cultivating Community in the Secondary ELA Classroom
- Start to Circle
- The Restorative Practices Handbook - Second Edition
- Virtue-Based Restorative Discipline: Comprehensive Guide