Restorative Practices

What is Restorative Practices?

An evidence-based, relational approach to building capacity in students and staff through a process that builds healthy communities, repairs harm and restores relationships. These facilitation skills will be cultivated through coaching, training and modeling.

Restorative Circles

Proactive or Community Building Circle - A community-building circle is a restorative practice that is used to develop and cultivate relationships while building community. Circle topics can be personal or academic-related.

Responsive Circle - A responsive circle is a more formal restorative process that focuses on repairing harm and restoring relationships. It involves those responsible for and those affected by the incident in solving the problem.