Restorative Practice Center
Restorative Practice Center-
- A place in the school for students who need additional opportunities to develop self-control
- Immediate consequence of separation from classroom peers
- Time period can be a single class period to 10 days depending on behavior
- Continue academic curriculum
- Build key skills to enhance social, emotional, and behavioral functions
- Receive shorts term and long term support
A Restorative Approach-
- Encourage students to understand impact/consequence of their action
- Provides opportunity to share personal experience
- Requires accountability for their actions
- Encourages respect/empathy
- Problem solving opportunities
Benefits-
- Safe/caring environment
- Effective teaching and learning
- Learns skills to support listening to one another
- Reduces interpersonal conflicts
- Addresses need to belong/feel valued by peers
- Restores relationship between teacher-student or student-student
- Emphasis on responses to inappropriate behavior
- Reductions in suspensions and expulsions
Schedule-
8:00am ~ Students are picked up from classroom
8:10-8:40am ~ Discovery-Counseling Session (small group counseling, focusing on positive behavior, anger management, pro-social skills development etc)
8:40 - 9:40am ~ Academic Studies- Students complete ELA assignment provided by the teacher
9:40-10:40am ~ Academic Studies- Students complete Math assignments provided by the teacher
10:40-11:40am ~ Academic Studies - Students complete Science assignments provided by the teachers
11:40-12:05pm ~ Lunch
12:10- 12:40pm ~ Student Reflection-students will spend time reflecting on their habits, behaviors and decision making process
12:40-1:40pm ~ Academic Studies - Students complete Social Studies assignments provided by the teacher
1:40-1:55pm ~ Student Reflection
1:55-2:00 pm ~ Dismissal