escWorks

Restorative practices focus on building, maintaining, and repairing relationships to foster community and resolve conflicts proactively. In this training series, a leadership team will learn to facilitate restorative communication that emphasizes accountability, empathy, emotional maturity through methods like Community Building Circles, Respect Agreements, and "I Message" techniques. Core principles include strengthening relationships, fostering belonging, emotional safety, and repairing harm between students, faculty, and community members. Benefits include improved climate, deeper connections, reduced undesirable behaviors, such as suspensions, bullying, and mutual combat. Training modules cover Community Building Circles (Day 1), Repairing Harm Circles (Day 2), Re-Entry Circles (Day 3), and sustainable implementation planning (virtual 1/2 day in the spring).