Tips & Ideas
Guidance and inspiration to help you build skills and community in your classroom and school
RP Video Library: This video shows the power of an effectively teacher facilitated circle to build community and address issues. The circle is implemented with fidelity, according to the key restorative circle components found at our introduction to circles.
RP Video Library: This video shows the power of an effectively student facilitated restorative circle to build community through storytelling. The circle is implemented with fidelity, according to the key restorative circle components found at our introduction to circles.
RP Video Library: In this video, administration, staff and students talk about the school’s transition from punitive practices to restorative practices and how the shift in mindset and practice impacted relationships at the school and school culture overall.
RP Video Library: In this video, administration and school staff talk about what restorative practices are, why we use restorative practices and what they look like implemented holistically in a school.
Empathy isn’t just a quality – it’s a skill that can be learned. Here’s an activity to help students practice their empathy skills.
We all have self-talk. Fortunately, we, and our students, can learn to shape what that self-talk is.
An “I Need Message” is a short and sweet way for students to be assertive and get their needs met, even with people they don’t know well.
Taking a deep breath isn’t just for difficult moments. This simple soothing strategy can help us and our students any time we need it.
Begin by asking students, "What do you need to feel safe, comfortable, and excited to learn?"
Instead of jumping ahead to brainstorming solutions, first explore why a problem is occurring.