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Nighthawks  - Working Together!

 

WHAT ARE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES?

  • Build community
  • Celebrate accomplishments
  • Intervene in offending behavior
  • Transform conflict
  • Rebuild damaged relationships
  • Reintegrate students in the learning environment
 

RESTORATIVE QUESTIONS

  1. What happened?
  2. What were you thinking at the time of the incident?
  3. What have you thought about since?
  4. Who has been affected by what happened and how?
  5. What about this has been difficult for you?
  6. What do you think needs to be done to make things as right as possible?
 

CIRCLE PROCESS: CORE GUIDELINES

  • Respect the talking piece
  • Speak from your heart
  • Listen with your heart
  • Speak with respect
  • Listen with respect
  • Remain in Circle
  • Honor Privacy
 
Tier 1: Community Building (Prevention/Relate): the use of social emotional skills and practice (classroom circles) to build relationships, create shared values and guidelines, and promote restorative conversations following behavioral disruption. The goal is to build a caring, intentional, and equitable community with conditions conducive to learning.
 
Tier 2: Restorative Processes (Intervention/Repair): the use of non-punitive responses to harm/conflict such as harm circles, mediation, or family-group conferencing to respond to disciplinary issues in a restorative manner. This process addresses the root causes of the harm, supports accountability for the offender, and promotes healing for the victim(s), the offender, and the school community.
 
Tier 3: Supported Re-Entry (Individualized/Re-Integrate): 1:1 support and successful re-entry of youth following suspension, truancy, expulsion or incarceration. The goal is to welcome youth to the school community in a manner that provides wraparound support and promotes student accountability and achievement.