Terms: Fall – September through December; Spring – January through May; Summer – June through August.
Workload: Students should plan for 10–15 hours of work per week for each course.
Plan ahead: The final registration deadline is one week before the start of each course. Students are encouraged to register earlier to have time to purchase books and become familiar with the learning management system prior to the first day of class.
Fall 2024 Course Offerings
Required Courses
RP 500 Basic Restorative Practices
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Blended | Course duration: 4 weeks (23 hours online) | Prerequisite: NoneSee below for blended course requirements
RP 500.01 October 30 - November 26 (Register by October 23, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
Before taking RP 500, students will need to have attended IIRP professional development experiences within 5 years of starting this course:
- Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively or
- Restorative Practices for Educators or
- Restorative Practices for Independent Schools or
- Reimagining Campus Community with Restorative Practices
AND either
- Facilitating Restorative Conferences or
- Restorative Justice Conferencing
This course explores the fundamental principles, philosophy, theories, practices, models and skills of restorative practices. Special emphasis will be placed on proactive and responsive circles, restorative conferencing and the informal application of these processes. Issues critical to the development of restorative practices, such as models of human interaction, theories of behavior and current research will be considered. Students will assess the role of human emotion, especially shame, in social relationships.
Students may choose either RP 500 or RP 504, but may not take both, to fulfill the program requirements.
RP 504 Foundations of Restorative Practices
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: NoneRP 504.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
Students in this course will learn about the foundations of restorative practices as an evolving field of study. They will explore the emotional, relational, and ecological theories underpinning restorative principles, and the importance of engaging with others in equity-oriented relationships. Students will develop explicit restorative practices skills for application in their own personal and professional lives.
Students may choose either RP 500 or RP 504, but may not take both, to fulfill the program requirements.
RP 525 Restorative Practices in Action
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 500 or RP 504or
- RP 500 or
- RP 504 or
- Attendance at Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively or
- Attendance at Restorative Practices for Educators or
- Attendance at Restorative Practices for Independent Schools or
- Attendance at Reimagining Campus Community with Restorative Practices
- RP 500 or RP 504 and
- RP 667 and RP 668
RP 525.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
In this experiential course, students will use and assess explicit actions modeling restorative practices in the setting of their choice. They will examine ethical and cultural issues related to implementing restorative practices with individuals and communities. Students will practice reflection as a critical competency of restorative practices. Within a professional learning community, classmates will provide reciprocal feedback to assist each other in assessing their individual progress.
RP 610 Evaluation of Research
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 525 and either RP 500 or RP 504RP 610.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
RP 699 Integrating Seminar (requires completion of all required master's degree coursework)
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 500, RP 525, RP 610 or RP 504, RP 525, RP 610and all required master's degree coursework
RP 699.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
Students create a synthesizing multimedia project that describes how the field of restorative practices has the potential to impact communities and relationships in a setting of their choice. Projects are developed in a highly engaging and interactive professional learning community. Faculty and students discuss research, practice, processes, and implications that support claims made within the capstone projects. This process supports students as they prepare and present their projects.
Electives
RP 517 Restorative Approaches to Leadership
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 500 or RP 504RP 517.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
Students in this course will have the opportunity to explore restorative approaches to leadership and create an actionable leadership plan. The course will examine various perspectives on leadership, self-reflection, and engagement. Students will explore how our values, experiences, empathy, and bias inform our beliefs, intentions, actions, and impact. Current literature, theory, and practical applications will be discussed. Students will participate in a guided professional learning community where they will post reflections, responses, and helpful feedback.
Students who have completed RP 515 Restorative Leadership Development: Authority with Grace may not register for RP 517 Restorative Approaches to Leadership.
RP 550 Transforming Relational Harm
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 500 or RP 504or
- RP 500 or RP 504
- None
RP 550.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
This course is an approved elective for the Education Specialization and the Community Engagement Specialization.
Students who have completed RP 535 Restorative Responses to Adversity and Trauma may not register for RP 550 Transforming Relational Harm.
This course explores a deeper application of restorative practices as it relates to emotion and harm. Students will use group process, emotional dynamics, compassionate witnessing and mindful practice to address a wide continuum of harm. Students will explore neuroscience and how harm impacts the brain. Through the learning process, students will begin to understand how harm, human neuroscience and emotional experiences affect relationships.
This course requires participation in weekly synchronous skill-building experiences with the instructor and a willing participant with whom to practice compassionate witnessing.
Note: People have been exposed to various levels of trauma in their lives. This course considers the use of restorative practices in cases of grief, trauma and adversity. We advise students to consider establishing an emotional support system for themselves while taking this course.
RP 556 Restorative Practices for Community Health and Well-Being
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 500 or RP 504or
Prerequisite: Any of the following, taken within 5 years of starting this course:
- RP 500 or
- RP 504 or
- Attendance at Introduction to Restorative Practices and Using Circles Effectively or
- Attendance at Restorative Practices for Educators or
- Attendance at Restorative Practices for Independent Schools or
- Attendance at Reimagining Campus Community with Restorative Practices
RP 556.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
This course is an approved elective for the Community Engagement Specialization.
Students in this course will learn about the synergy between restorative practices and the field of community health. They will explore how restorative practices can help create supportive environments that facilitate well-being by prioritizing and strengthening a sense of community, connectedness, equity, belonging, and collective efficacy. Students will learn how restorative practices can strengthen community-focused efforts by fostering meaningful and sustainable cross-sector collaborations and developing the community’s capacity to advance the well-being of its members. Individual plans will be created to use restorative practices to address the social determinants of health within a community of the student’s choice.
RP 625 Restorative Practices in Life Space Crisis Intervention
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 525 and RP 500 or RP 504or
- RP 525, plus one of the following:
- RP 500 or RP 504
- RP 550
RP 625.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
This course is an approved elective for the Education Specialization.
This course focuses on the basic communication process in problem management and crisis intervention. Life Space Crisis Intervention, which helps individuals identify patterns of self-defeating behavior, is viewed through a restorative lens. Role plays of restorative responses facilitate an understanding of the process. Students will learn to apply Life Space Crisis Intervention with individuals in the moment of crisis.
This course requires participation in weekly synchronous skill-building experiences with the instructor and a willing participant with whom to practice questioning skills.
RP 637 Social Justice and Restorative Practices
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 525 and either RP 500, RP 504RP 637.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
This course is an approved elective for the Community Engagement Specialization.
In this course, students will explore social justice theories and principles and the application of restorative practices in social causes. They will consider patterns of social injustice, analyze assumptions across cultural identity and social issues, and review methods associated with disrupting injustice. Students will complete individual projects to demonstrate an understanding of how restorative practices can be integrated to advance social justice.
This course requires participation in four synchronous learning and reflection experiences with the instructor.
RP 662 A Restorative Approach to Educating the High-Risk and High-Need Student
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 525 and RP 500 or RP 504RP 662.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)
Course Description Course Description
This course is an approved elective for the Education Specialization.
Every classroom, whether mainstream or specialized, contains students who experience poverty, trauma, persistent adversity, addiction/substance abuse, neglect or other risk factors at some point in their lives. This course goes beyond “behavior management” to focus on a restorative framework and techniques for instruction that meet the unique cognitive and emotional needs of these learners.
RP 680 Designing Restorative Practices Research
Credits: 3 | Delivery mode: Online | Course duration: 10 weeks | Prerequisite: RP 525RP 680.01 September 4 - November 12 (Register by August 7, 1:00 pm ET)