Foster positive classroom and school culture
Building and strengthening relationships and community is a critical component of school culture. Restorative practices is an essential process for creating a positive learning environment, building social capital, and resolving relational issues.
During this two-day introductory experience, you will learn the fundamental theory and practices for engaging with students, staff, and parents in your school setting.
Topics include the importance of being explicit about practice, how to set high expectations while being supportive, and ways to build community in your setting. We will discuss giving direct feedback and asking questions that foster accountability, as well as utilizing effective methods to resolve common conflicts.
You will learn to apply the restorative practices continuum, understanding which restorative processes are best for achieving certain goals or responding to particular situations. We will focus specifically on facilitating circles, an essential process for creating a positive learning environment and school culture. Circles can be used both proactively and responsively to build social capital, sustain relationships, address social problems, and respond when harm occurs. Participants will spend time planning circles to use in their schools immediately.
Designed for:
K-12 teachers, staff, administrators. This experience is applicable to other audiences, but school-based examples are used.
Learning Format Options:
- Online: Two consecutive 4.5-hour days of live instruction via Zoom.
(2 hours of pre-work required prior to each session.) - In Person: Two consecutive 8-hour days of live instruction (two breaks and time for lunch included).
Note:
In conjunction with Restorative Justice Conferencing, this event can be applied to the blended RP 500 Basic Restorative Practices course at the IIRP Graduate School. Events are limited in capacity and fill up quickly. Please do not book any travel or accommodations for in-person experiences until the registration is confirmed.
Price: $475
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 online event. Participants are welcome to submit this Certificate of Participation to their accrediting body for Continuing Education Credit consideration.
Terms and Conditions
Join Individually (Online Events)
In order to help create the best learning experience for all learners attending, each registrant agrees to be logged in to their own individual device in a dedicated workspace while participating in this event.
Privacy and Intellectual Property
Registrants agree to respect the privacy of event participants and instructors by not recording video or audio or capturing still images of these learning experiences without participants' express permission.
The IIRP agrees to restrict its sharing of any recordings solely within the specific learning experience. Recordings will not be used for any other educational experience or public purpose. The IIRP’s free webinars, however, may be recorded and made available to the public.
Registrants agree to protect the IIRP's intellectual property by not recording audio or video of any part of the event or capturing still images of the IIRP's learning materials for anything other than a reference for personal use.
Cancellation Terms
We understand that emergencies happen and there are extenuating circumstances that may require you to cancel or change your registration. If an emergency arises and you need to cancel your registration:
- Up to 14 days before the event, you may submit your cancellation following the personalized link within your confirmation email. A $35 cancellation fee will be deducted from your refund.
- If you need to cancel within 14 days of the scheduled event, we are unable to offer a monetary refund or credit to use for a future event.
A request to change your registration to another event is considered a cancellation and a new registration. Therefore, the above cancellation terms and conditions apply.
If your registration is paid in full and you encounter an emergency, in certain circumstances you may substitute a registrant up to 10 days before the event. Due to the prework required and/or tasks related to managing our events, we are unable to accept substitutions within the 10-day window. If you would like to request a substitution, please email the details to
If you are owed a refund and registered with a credit card, the refund will be automatically credited to your card. If you registered with a purchase order or another method, please contact our finance team at
Upcoming Events
Please Note:
All events require pre-registration to attend. Event capacities are limited, and seats are reserved as payments are received.
If you require the use of a purchase order, it must contain the following information:
- The learner’s name
- The name of the session they are looking to attend
- The approved amount
- It must list the IIRP as the recipient.
- If it requires a signature from someone in your organization, it must be signed by the appropriate staff member.
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