Clip: 01:15 - 01:20 Lean On Me
What is the culture here?
- Assess strengths & weaknesses of school culture
- How restorative practices & complementary initiatives (PBIS Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, SEL, MTSS Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Response to intervention RTI, positive discipline) work together to address school needs
- Create/ restructure plan of action so teachers & staff are working with each other, student & families, instead of to or for them (social discipline window) throughout the year to sustain implementing positive school culture
- Implement with fidelity restorative practices
School Culture (personality)
- Relates to beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, written and unwritten rules --> shapes & influence every aspects of how a school functions
- Concrete issues:
- Physical & emotional safety of students
- Orderliness of classrooms & public spaces
- Whether school celebrate racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural diversity
School Climate (temperature)
- Quality & character of school life
- based on patterns of experience of school life
- reflects norms, goals, values, relationships, teaching & learning practices, org structures
- Positive, every student feels like they want to be part of it
School culture & climate is what people see (an eye-test), not what you think or believe or say.
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| Wayne Francis Charitable Trust - Youth Advisory Group (2016) Positive youth development p.24 |
Different people can be in different quadrants at different times, to fulfill certain roles
Clip: Creating A Restorative School at Hart Middle School
One grade levels first, start small
- Questioning protocols
- De-escalate students
- Every Monday check-in circle (what we expect, what happened and we need to review)
- Off-track, going through emotions, excellence (3 friends review you)
- Constant reflective mindset, honest about bias & triggers
- Student Council & Peer Mediation for minor incidents
- Replace ISS (In School Suspension) with RPs
- 2 circles/ wk: address class & students concerns, celebrate successes, announcements
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| Implementation Stages Flowchart (Source: NIRN) |
We think of time in the wrong way. We invest time upfront, and RJ will pay dividends in the back.
- What personnel, resources, etc. are currently in place to support & sustain a shift in school culture & community? --> How useful it'd be to have librarians, social workers to be trained?
- What significant challenges/ barriers need to be dealt with in order to transform your school community?
- How would you connect with early adaptors and resistors to support & sustain a shift in school culture & community?
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| 4 versions of Parent-School Partnership (Beyond the Bake Sale) |
Contact:
Floyd.bronson@schooltalkdc.org
Lisa Shaw: Lisa.shaw@schooltalkdc.org
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