R Restitution Research

R Grady Brown Elementary School Hillsborough, NC Discipline incidents per day referred to front office per day in per day in per day in per day in

R West Middle School Discipline Referrals, Rockford, IL

R West Middle School Discipline Referral Totals – (4146) (2454) (1718) (1475) Drop of discipline referrals %

R West Middle School, Rockford, Illinois Comparison of Percentage of Two Groups Achieving a GPA of 2.0 or Better

R Restitution Takes Hold Project Individual Student Statistics In Class Consequence Detention In School Suspension Out School Suspension Expulsion Name: Project Week (Frequency) Number of Referrals 13 Number of Restitutions 2 Race/Ethnic M/AA Team Number N A Legend Discipline Referral Restitution Done Parent Contacted

R Restitution Takes Hold Project Individual Student Statistics In Class Consequence Detention In School Suspension Out School Suspension Expulsion Name: Project Week (Frequency) G Number of Referrals Number of Restitutions Bottom Quartile Race/Ethnic F/EA Team Number 28 2 Y 1 Legend Discipline Referral Restitution Done Parent Contacted

R Restitution Takes Hold Project Individual Student Statistics In Class Consequence Detention In School Suspension Out School Suspension Expulsion Name: Project Week (Frequency) Number of Referrals Number of Restitutions Bottom Quartile Race/Ethnic M/AA Team Number M 8 2 Y 1 Legend Discipline Referral Restitution Done Parent Contacted

R Restitution Takes Hold Project Individual Student Statistics In Class Consequence Detention In School Suspension Out School Suspension Expulsion Name: Project Week (Frequency) Number of Referrals Number of Restitutions Race/Ethnic Team Number S 9 1 Y 1 Legend Discipline Referral Restitution Done Parent Contacted F/HA

R Restitution is a process. Expect on an implementation dip. Sometimes we are going two steps forward and one step backwards as we attempt to get balance between the bottom lines and beliefs. As you have noticed in the previous overheads the incidents for discipline drop down after the first restitution and rise again. It is as if the kids don’t believe we are serious about solving problems rather than punishing. After the second restitution when incidents of discipline fail they tend to stay down, especially if the parents have been involved. In the following example you will see a dramatic drop in incidents of discipline followed by a return to a series of out of school suspension. If this pattern continues there is a good chance this boy is on the way to jail. This is a sad situation because we had him engaged at one point.

R In Class Consequence Detention In School Suspension Out School Suspension Expulsion Restitution Takes Hold Project Name: Project Week J (Frequency) Number of Referrals Number of Restitutions Bottom Quartile Race/Ethnic M/AA Team Number 50 2 Y 1 Where did we lose him?

R Haskell Elementary Rockford, IL - Vicki Jacobson, Principal Only principal and two other staff trained in Restitution All teachers from one grade level trained Entire school trained in Restitution Implementation of Restitution Further implementation * - in the process of confirmation Demographics - 97% Free & Reduced Lunch - Low socio-economic, high minority population - Have been on State Watch list for three years

R LINCOLN CENTER ELEMENTARY SOUTH ST. PAUL, MN Principal - Paul Johnson Our first year we started with rules was a year of training for our staff in Restitution. In 1998 we started doing beliefs with staff and students. The second semester (January 1999) we had firmed up our bottom line and this helped a lot. We began the fall of 1999 year with teaching needs, reviewing beliefs, and clear bottom lines in place. We now have a peaceful school. There is an ongoing need to rebalance the bottom lines with the beliefs.

R Office Referrals for Behavior Lincoln Center Elementary School South St. Paul, MN - All staff trained in Restitution by end of summer SeptOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay/June X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X XX X X X

R Evergreen Teachers Use Restitution Evergreen, WA - Number of Teachers Surveyed 695 I use the following strategies of RDM in my classroom. Mark all that apply. My Job Your Job 652 (93%) Behavior Car177 (25%) Classroom Beliefs566 (81%) Restitution536 (77%) Basic Needs 47 (78%) Classroom Agreements475 (68%) What’s your plan?549 (78%) None 23 (0.03%)

R My Job/Your Job - 93% Class Beliefs - 81% Restitution - 77% Basic Needs - 78% What’s Your Plan? - 78% Percentage Strategies Used My Job Class Beliefs Restitution Basic NeedsWhat's Your Plan Implementation By Teachers After Training 695 Surveyed - Evergreen School District, Vancouver, WA My Job/Your Job – 93% Class Beliefs – 81% Restitution – 77% Basic Needs – 78% What’s Your Plan? – 78%

R RESTITUTION SCHOOLS SURVEY 1996 Identity Shift Do you find the concepts/practice of restitution leading to a success identity for yourself? Yes-91% No-9% Do you believe restitution leads students, staff and parents to a success identity? Yes -94%No-6% Where would you rate restitution with regard to locus of control on a scale of with external locus of control being 1 and internal locus of control being 10? Yes-100% (5 and above) No-0% (Under 5) Average - 8.4

R Identity Shift Survey

R  Inner city setting  Kindergarten to grade 8  peak enrollment 260 students  High transience  High level of poverty  98% of students Aboriginal  Staff, principal, parents and elders developed their beliefs  students referred to the principal for counseling or bottom line  The following graph represent information about the number of students sent to the office for discipline problems  The data has been corrected to an enrollment of 241 students.  December is often a difficult month for our students. The anticipation created in the media is not their reality. Christmas is a time of disappointment! February was a month of changes - staff away sick, lost of classrooms.  Twenty five staff members, parents and our elder attended the 2 day workshop “Restitution 1”. After this workshop our incidents of discipline began to drop every month.  In September with 150 new students we had to begin the process again realized the same decrease in discipline problems. Princess Alexandra Community School Saskatoon, SK

R Princess Alexandra Community School September 1999 – June Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Restitution Workshop March

R Princess Alexandra Community School Update  In 1998, only 7 % of our students in grade 4 performed at the 50 percentile on the Canadian Achievement Test (CAT).  In 2000, 40% of our students in grade 4 performed at the 50 percentile on the Canadian Achievement Test (CAT).  In 2002, 55% of our grade 4 students are at or above the 50% percentile on the Canadian Achievement Test (CAT). That means that over 50% our students are doing as well or better than the average Canadian grade 4 student.  As of the spring 2002, we can say that all our grade 1 students can read, compare to 50% in We are on target for our goals; 1. To have all grade 1 students read at grade level by To have all our students k – 4 performing at or above grade level by To close the gap in our senior students’ performance to less than 2 years behind grade level by (Now, a 5 years gap is common).

R  Grades: K to 6  Average 410 to 430 students Urban school with high poverty - 55%.

R Apr 02 ÈcoleJ.H. Sissons, Yellowknife, NT Out of School Suspensions Year Number of Suspensions

R Reindeer Lake School – Nursery–Gr. 12 – 375 students Southend, SK (8 hours North of Saskatoon, SK) Totals: Aug 2001-Mar 2002 = 262 (Year 336) Aug 2002-Mar 2003 = 89 (decrease of 66%) Staff Training: Restitution I – Yves Bousquet – Aug 2002 Restitution II – Ted Amendt - Mar 2003