Everything You Wanted to Know About Restorative Practices - Bethel Univ VT

273 Pleasant Street,Bethel VT 05032

09 March, 2023

Description

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Restorative Practices But Were Too Afraid To Ask Restorative practices build healthy school climates by creating space for people to understand one another and develop relationships. When things go wrong, restorative approaches create space to address needs, repair relationships, and heal. Our schools are in varied places when it comes to using restorative practices; all are using these practices in some form. So it’s helpful for parents, caregivers and the broader community to have some understanding around what restorative practices are and how they can be helpful. Given the success we’re seeing in the classroom we want to provide an opportunity to explore how they might be useful in the home, community, and workplace. The intent of this workshop is to build understanding in the community around restorative practices in schools and to explore how participants might use restorative approaches at home, community, or workplace. In this interactive workshop participants will: Identify personal values and related them to restorative approaches.Name key points to describe a restorative approach.Practice a restorative process as a way to build community and Explore restorative communication strategies and where they might be used.Note: Free childcare will be provided onsite. Professor(s) or Facilitator(s): Jon Kidde, Founder of Green Omega LLC and Keenan Haley, Principal of Sharon Elementary School Jon Kidde has been exploring the concepts of restorative justice (RJ) for 20 years and has played a critical role in the conceptualization, application, and enhancement of restorative justice within different contexts—education, justice, and organizations in several states. Jon is an independent consultant living in Vermont focused on restorative justice, school discipline and juvenile justice reform. Keenan Haley has been working at Sharon Elementary School for 22 years. During his first 18 years he was the third grade teacher. During the 2019-2020 school year, Keenan took over as the building principal. Sharon has been using Restorative Approaches since the 2019-2020 school year as a way to help children and staff deal with difficult situations. The goal is to help students and staff repair relationships in an authentic and positive approach that leads to all involved feeling heard and valued. Keenan will share his experience working with Restorative Approaches and offer guidance on how they can be used at home. Session Type: Class Restrictions or Requirements: None Materials or Prep: None Accessibility: The White River Valley Middle School is ADA accessible. Accessible parking is located near the Middle School entrance. Visit Take a Class on the BU website to learn more about venues and accessibility.If you need other accommodations, please contact us and let us know at [email protected]. We are a small volunteer team, but will do our best to help or provide reasonable accommodations.Bethel University Vermont (BU) is a free community pop-up university based in Bethel, Vermont and created by the Bethel Revitalization Initiative. We offer free classes and meet-ups by the community, for the community, during the month of March each year. Learn more about Bethel University and check out more free class and event listings at betheluniversityvt.org.