Student Engagement, Behavioral Health, and 学者
恢复性司法
Creating and Maintaining Thriving 学校 Communities
What is 恢复性司法?
恢复性司法 is a mindset and philosophy toward school climate and relationship building. Important components are:
- Proactively and intentionally developing relationships and 建立社区.
- Restoring, repairing, or healing the school community when harm has occurred
The focus is on education, learning from mistakes, identifying and working on the root of the behavior, making deep-level change, repairing relationships, and restoring students and 工作人员 to the environment.
The Key Values of 恢复性司法 include:
- Nurturing healthy relationships built on trust
- Fostering mutual 尊重 between individuals
- Feeling a sense of responsibility for your community
- Repairing harm and transforming conflict
- Reintegrating back to your community if harm has been caused
恢复性司法 Practices
Listen to how restorative practices focus on relationships, responsibility, and accountability
Principles of 恢复性司法
We work together to foster the physical, 社会, 心理, and academic well-being of students, 工作人员, and families through:
社区建设: Building caring communities and healthy relationships based on mutual trust, 尊重, 和责任
自我保健: Learning to recognize and regulate our emotions, so we don’t cause harm to ourselves or others
Conflict Resolution: Recognizing when our words or actions have harmed others and taking steps to repair that harm
The state of Maryland passed 众议院第725号法案 in 2019, which requires school systems to incorporate the use of restorative approaches. The majority of the work in 恢复性司法 is preventative and proactive. Montgomery County Public 学校 has worked diligently to incorporate restorative justice and restorative practices in all of our schools to better serve the needs of our students.
The 威尼斯官网在线 恢复性司法 Unit will prepare and engage all stakeholders in restorative practices through meaningful trainings, school-level support, collegial collaboration, and supported community partnerships.
恢复性司法 Parent Workshops
Interactive workshops provide families with an overview of restorative justice practices and illustrate how they are successfully used in schools.
恢复性司法 in Action
In schools, 恢复性司法 could look like…
- Collaborating with students to create class norms that emphasize the values of 尊重, 善良, 和责任
- Holding class meetings or community circles to foster student relationships
- Honoring and celebrating the cultures & identities of all members within the community
- Empowering students through goal-setting, reflection, and student choice
- Providing mindful moments, 运动了, and access to calming spaces to help students reset throughout the day
- Explicitly teaching strategies for recognizing and regulating emotions
When harm has occurred within a school community, 恢复性司法 practices focus on repairing harm and rebuilding relationships through reflection; honest and open dialogue; and collaborative problem-solving.
In schools, this could be done with…
- Restorative conversations
- 疗愈圆
- 写反思
- 中介
- Town hall discussions
- 恢复的教训
There is a 恢复性司法 Coach in each 威尼斯官网在线 school to help implement restorative practices and approaches. 另外, each school is supported by a central office team of 恢复性司法 Instructional Specialists, Well-Being Social Workers, and Mindfulness Educators. 请 点击这里 to review the contacts for your school.
We also have a Canvas page of resources for 威尼斯官网在线 families! 点击这里 招收.