1. RDQ 11
Restorative Practices Round Table Discussion Discussion Leaders: Jessica Swain-Bradway, Midwest PBIS Network With exemplars from: Jefferson Co. Public School District, Louisville, KY Eureka High School, Eureka CA Hudson’s Bay High School, Vancouver, WA

2. Restorative Practices Round Table Discussion
RDQ 11
Restorative Practices Round Table Discussion
Panel Question and Answer discussion: Each exemplar will share a brief overview of what their school/district is doing. Please write down your questions on the notecard and we will respond to as many as we are able.
Starter Activity: Sharing From Exemplars
Eureka High School
Jefferson County Public School District
Hudson’s Bay High School

3. Agenda
RP Overview
Brief overview from exemplars
Q&A Time

4. Overview of RP in SWPBIS

5. Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice
Restorative Practices in Schools are inspired by the philosophy and practices of restorative justice, which puts repairing harm done to relationships and people over and above the need for assigning blame and dispensing punishment. 

6. To create opportunities for learning
Goals of restorative justice in schools (Gonsoulin, Schiff, and Hatheway 2013)
Create a restorative and inclusive school climate rather than a punitive one
Decrease suspensions, expulsions, and disciplinary referrals by holding youth accountable for their actions through repairing harm and making amends
To create opportunities for learning
Understanding about the impact of behavior on others (Costello, Wachtel, and Wachtel 2009)

7. Prevention & Skill Building Prevention & Skill Building
A CONTINUUM OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
A CONTINUUM OF SWPBIS PRACTICES
Intensive Intervention
Return from suspension
Administrative transfer or school crime diversion:
Victim offender meetings
Family/community group conferences
Restitution
Intensive Intervention
Function-based support
Wraparound support
“Person-centered”
~80% of Students
~15%
~5%
Early Intervention
Restorative Conferencing to develop alternatives to suspension:
Youth/peer court
Peer mediation
Conflict resolution training
Restitution
Early Intervention
Check-in/ Check-out
Social Skills Curricula
We want to embed and align with our tiers of support
Prevention & Skill Building
Define and teach expectations
Establish consequence system
Collection and use of data
Prevention & Skill Building
PROACTIVE circles for:
Morning meetings
Social/emotional instruction
Staff meetings

8. High Control & High Support Structure & Consistency
Best practices in teaching allow us to move to WITH. Model, lead, practice…
Youth are more likely to make positive change when those in position of authority do things with them rather than “to” them or “for” them.
Ultimately we are trying to move our climate, to the WITH.

9. An Effective Teacher… Scott, 2017
A teacher creates a set of circumstances that increase the probability of the student being successful now and in the future
Intensifies best practices (instruction, environment, relationships) based on the dosage required to impact response rates
We have evidence, and clear definitions/ examples of instruction and environmental components to the classroom. We can add systematic strategies for relationship building.

10. Sharing from Exemplars
Eureka High School
Jefferson County Public School District
Hudson’s Bay High School

11. Eureka High School Community Building Interventions
Community Building Circles
Stellar Student/Stellar Staff
Student of the Month
Principal’s Prize Patrol
Freshman Seminar (also intervention)
Culturally Relevant Teaching (AVID)
Expectation Stations - High School Style
Teen Court/Brief Intervention
Circles (Restorative)
Community Service/PTSA
Freshman Seminar
Transition Groups
Check in Check Out

13. Jefferson Co. School District
Data of Interest- Student connectedness to school, relationship skills, discipline data, academic instructional time.
Aligned district offices,
Rewrote their student handbook,
All district SWPBIS coaches trained in RP,
Added RP strategies to coach and administrative walk-throughs.
Using existing data to examine impact.
JSB

14. Hudson’s Bay High School
Data of interest: Impact on Substance Abuse OSS and expulsions
Started with RP in the high school
Examined their current policies for suspension related to substance/ alcohol abuse
Old policy- 11 day automatic suspensions
New policy- go home with parents today, tomorrow get an evaluation and intervention plan
JSB

15. Hudson’s Bay Data

16. Notecard time
Please hand in your notecards and also feel free to raise your hand and put your question in the room.

17. Resources RP in SWPBIS Brief
ISF Monograph- Template for Integrating Outside Providers in SWPBIS
Technical Guide for Alignment
Twitter: #rethinkdiscipline

18. Resources
The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School: A story of Hope
Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools, Tier 1 Community Building Circles
International Institute of Restorative Practices
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice:

19. References
Costello, Bob, Joshua Wachtel, and Ted Wachtel. The Restorative Practices Handbook: For Teachers, Disciplinarians and Administrators. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices, Print.
Costello, Bob, Joshua Wachtel, and Ted Wachtel. The Restorative Circles in Schools: Building Community and Enhancing Learning. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices, Print.
Wachtel, Ted, Terry O’Connell, and Ben Wachtel. Restorative Justice Conferencing: Real Justice & The Conferencing Handbook. Bethlehem, PA: International Institute for Restorative Practices, Print.
Vincent, C., Horner, R.H., & May, S. (2009). ODR Across Grade Levels: What are the patterns of office discipline referrals across grade levels. Evaluation Brief. OSEP PBIS Technical Assistance Center. Retrieved July 7th, 2017 from

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