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Schools adopt Restorative Practices in three key ways - one, as a way to strengthen their disciplinary processes; two, as a way to strengthen and build relationships in school and lastly as a whole school philosophy and approach. |
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| SCHOOLS > Discipline (Restorative Practices ) |
Restorative Justice is based on Restorative Practices (RP) values and ideas. There are many tools that help to repair the harm done and restore relationships when an offence occurs. It acts as an alternative to punitive punishment and gives schools more options to deal with students adopting a “Teachable Moment” concept while building the Social Emotional Competencies (SEL) of the pupils.
Schools that have adopted RP have realised that the deterrent element in doing discipline is not lost. Asking the pupils to fix the harm done (restitution, accountability and resolution) in a comprehensive way acts as a more effective deterrent that pupils, parents and society can accept and understand.
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1 day Level 1 training on Restorative Practices / Restorative Justice |
This is a 2 half days / 1 full day training for classroom / discipline teachers. It gives the participants grounding on Restorative Practices philosophy ideas and tools. The individual script and Small Group Conferencing (SGC) – scripted model will be covered. |
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2/3 Level 2 training on Restorative Practices (RP) / Restorative Justice (RJ) |
Training covers Community Group Conferencing (CGC) which allows for the engagement of stakeholders (teachers, parents, relatives) to manage difficult situations. This hands-on training also allows for a deeper understanding of the application of RP in a whole school context. The 3rd day, training will cover the implementation issues for a school adopting a whole school approach. |
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Half day Introduction to Restorative Practices (RP) for Parents |
This 3-4 hours programme introduces RP to parents. It will cover effective parenting and managing the behaviour of their children in a positive manner. RP schools will find this training useful to bring parents on board to the ‘new way of doing things'. Schools have also found this training useful as a parent talk on managing their children. |
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SCHOOLS> Build Relationships - Circles Training |
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Some school prefer to introduce RP to their schools through curriculum and teaching. The Relational Teaching Framework (RTF) incorporating Circles and RP has been adopted as a pedagogical tool not only to cover SEL competencies and life skills but Instructional Procedure subjects like Maths, Science and English. Every RTF lesson is a relationship building experience. By the end of the training, participants would be able to prepare a lesson based on the Relational Teaching Framework. |
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2 days training on Circles and Relational Teaching Framework (RTF) |
This training provides an in-depth knowledge for participants on the use of Circles in school curriculum. It explores the link between Circles, Restorative Practices and Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Participants will have an opportunity to explore the use of Circles and RTF as an effective Curriculum tool. Issues related with employing Circles as a school wide Curriculum / pedagogical tool will be covered. The use of Circles as a therapeutic tool for use with groups- E.g. At Risk Pupils Counsellors will find the training useful to manage groups. |
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1 day training Circles and Relational Teaching Framework (RTF) |
This whole school teachers' training gives an overview of Circles and how it can be used as a pedagogical too to effectively manage classroom teachings and relationships. Circles as a pedagogical tool has been found by research to be an effective Curriculum tool that enhances lesson teaching & learning. |
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SCHOOLS > Whole School Approach |
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Some schools after embarking on the RP journey for a while reach a tipping point where they wish to embrace RP as a whole school culture. In such a culture, staff appraisal, staff meetings, school projects, staff and student feedback and parent teacher meetings are all done using a restorative approach. Such an approach does not require a change in the content but what is different is how we engage stakeholders and review the areas. |
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1 Day Training for Core Team on Implementation |
What are the issues with a whole school approach? What can we learn from the experiences of other schools? How do we get buy-in from staff? How do I evaluate the effectiveness of Restorative Practices? Get answers for these questions and more in this one day training programme for Core Team member. |
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1 Day Training on Expanding the Paradigm |
We cover themes like: Restorative meetings, Restorative Parent Teacher Meetings, Restorative Appraisal systems and much more. |
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SCHOOLS > Effective Leadership & Communication |
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1 day training for Student Leaders |
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This 6 hours programme covers Restorative Mediation Skills, Conflict Resolution & Effective Communication and complements the training of teachers. Adopting ideas from Non-Violent Communication (Marshall Rosenberg - www.cnvc.org ), student leaders will understand the importance of effective communication and aspects of relational leadership. |
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SCHOOLS > At-Risk Programs under School's Time Out Program |
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WhytryTM & Relational Circles - Intensive At-Risk Workshop or Motivation Program |
A 5 to 7 session program that covers topcis such as Decision Making & Consequences, Peer Pressure, SUpport System, Motivation, Desire Time and Effort. It is taught in a way kids and youths will understand, through music, journal, art and kinestatic actitivites. |
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A very popular program that can be used as a motivation program for whole class or an Intensive program for selected group of students. Click here for the brochure. |
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