Restorative Practices

The Office of Pupil Services is excited to announce the ALL NEW Restorative Practices Training of Trainers (RP TOT). This training aligns with the Tiered Fidelity Inventory with Restorative Practices document, presented to Climate Team Leads during the Pupil Services Professional Learning Community meeting. Participation is limited to three participants per school site.

Participants for this training must meet the following criteria:

Has approval of their site administrator
Attends BOTH days of the training
Commitment to lead (or co-lead) a minimum of three - 45 minute Restorative Practices site-based training this school year.
Is a member of their school’s Climate team and is familiar with the Tiered Fidelity Inventory.
Is familiar with the use of Google Docs. and slides, as they are used during the training.
Has access to a laptop for use during the training.

Also, please note that there is a limit of three participants per school site, to ensure that we have seats for every school to send at least one participant this year.

Please obtain your site administrator's approval prior to registering for these training.

Breakfast will be available but lunch will not be provided.

Training will be held from 9 am to 4 pm in Room 18 at the Office of Pupil Services located on 727 Golden Gate Avenue.
There is only 2-hour or metered street parking available. Please take public transportation and/or carpool if possible.

Substitute coverage will be available for these training. For Certificated staff, we can only provide subs for Classroom Teachers and for Classified staff, we can only provide subs for Paraprofessionals, except N10 paras. Sub request information is due 3 1/2 weeks prior to the event. You can request a substitute on the google registration form, and the exact due date for sub requests will be posted on the form.

Two -Day Restorative practices

Benefits of Restorative Practices include:

A stronger school community

Positive relationships

Improved classroom climate

Fewer disciplinary referrals

More instructional time

Community Building (Day 1)

The community building workshop teaches Restorative Practices principles and skills that foster relational trust for creating and maintaining a positive school culture.

Participants will:

Understand the principles of Restorative Practices
Understand and explain the social discipline window and its connection to relationships
Make affective statements and explain why they are used
Plan and facilitate community building circles/activities
Facilitate fair process decision making routines

Repairing Harm (Day 2)

The repairing harm workshop teaches educators processes to repair harm and restore relationships through a restorative lens in response to escalating and challenging behaviors that may occur within a school community.

You must have participated in Community Building (Day 1) prior to attending Repairing Harm (Day 2).

Participants will:

Gain competency in utilizing restorative processes across various levels of formality.
Understand the paradigm shift from punitive to restorative discipline and its connection to the social discipline window.
Comprehend the various contributing factors to disproportionality and the importance of restorative practices.
Understand the function, components, and application of utilizing restorative questions.
Plan and facilitate restorative processes: impromptu restorative conversations, restorative circles, and restorative conferences.

Both days provide interactive skill-building activities and processes that allow participants to integrate Restorative Practice competencies into their professional practice promoting safe and supportive learning environments.