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Its UFT Teacher Center helps our members devise strategies that help them to enhance instruction, and the UFT — DOE restorative justice partnership, the Professional Learning Collaborative, trains every staff member in the building, reducing behavior incidents and improving school climate.

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As solutions, many school systems have banned suspensions for subjective categories such as defiance, instituted restorative justice programs, and begun to rethink teacher training.

Whether it's teacher evaluation, school accountability, School Improvement Grants, the Common Core, new grading policies, restorative justice processes — to name a few — they invariably entail added meetings, extensive planning documents, new reporting requirements, new trainings and minutiae — all adding to the clutter that can drive responsible professionals to distraction.

KIPP teachers utilize a range of strategies (including restorative justice, trust circles, and peer mediators) to help foster a positive school culture and encourage children to develop self - control.

The ecosystem provides a process to help teachers, administrators, and parents seamlessly integrate initiatives including PBIS, Restorative Justice, common core, STEAM, RtI, etc..

Categories: Social Justice, SEL Teacher Training, Professional Development, Restorative Practices, Educational Equity

National experts on charter school discipline, along with local parents and teachers who have experienced no - excuses and restorative justice school environments will make up the panel set to convene November 17th at Margaret Allen Middle School, 500 Spence Lane in Nashville at 6:30 pm.

Events focused around three key demands: ending zero - tolerance policies and implementing Restorative Justice, hiring more Black teachers in their schools, and mandating Black History / Ethnic Studies in grades K - 12.

The article offers information on the significance of restorative justice in giving students more internal control and improving their relationships with teachers in New Orleans, Louisiana.

CSO summed up its position by encouraging its members to talk to CTA board members and let them know that «the principles of restorative justice, due process, and progressive discipline are not just good for students, not just good for teachers.

In December 2016, The Fresno Bee reported that 70 of 85 teachers at McLane High School, a school publicly praised for its restorative justice program, signed a petition demanding stricter, more consistent discipline at the school.16 The petition claims the campus has experienced constant disruption and fighting — and that teachers have been both physically and verbally assaulted.

This e-news features a link to a video documenting the school pushout crisis in Florida, a report on Restorative Justice Practices in Chicago Public Schools, the DSC's comments on the Department of Education's Proposed Teacher Incentive Fund, and education news from around the country.

Restorative justice has become a popular alternative to out - of - school suspensions, typically featuring a meeting of victims, perpetrators, parents, teachers, administrators, and a counselor or psychologist.

Restorative justice, or RJ as it is commonly called, is an alternative to punitive discipline that focuses on building positive school climates by creating strong bonds among students and teachers.

«New York Assembly Bill 3873 will change the course for a generation of students by ensuring schools work with families to promote positive discipline strategies and social emotional learning; practices collectively known as restorative justice,» said Claudia Whittingham, special education teacher at PS 59 in Brooklyn and member of E4E - New York.

«After 18 bargaining sessions since July, LAUSD has yet to present legitimate counterproposals on key elements of our Schools LA Students Deserve campaign,» the union said in a statement, listing class sizes, due process for housed teachers, support for restorative justice programs and elimination of teacher evaluations among the issues on which progress has been elusive.

We also surveyed more than 460 E4E - Chicago member and non-member teachers to gather more information on the issues educators identified as most vital to improving school climate and culture: social - emotional learning, trauma - informed schools, and restorative justice.

A panel discussion of education policy stakeholders featuring Minnesota State Representative Carlos Mariani and Minnesota Children's Cabinet Executive Director Melvin Carter and breakout sessions on the strategies discussed in the action guide — including restorative justice, trauma - informed teaching, social - emotional learning and identity development — helped to equip teachers to address discipline disparities.

E4E - Los Angeles 2014 Teacher Policy Team member Araceli Morfin joins a parent at her school to explain the impact Restorative Justice practices have had on her...

I hired two new assistant principals, one focused on school culture and one on teaching and learning, and two teachers in the bargaining unit joined the leadership team as deans, to help with discipline and restorative justice.

These recommendations cover a wide - range of levers for change, including teacher training, resource reallocation, and restorative justice.

It is this work that inspired us, as a teacher leader and parent leader in the Partnership network, to establish Parent Restorative Justice Circles at Roosevelt for special needs families.

Mission Through the use of Social and Restorative Justice Principals, Five Keys provides... school equipment, furniture and resources; sharing with other teachers as needed * Strive to meet...

Provides principals and superintendents more discretion to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion, including positive behavior interventions, participation in a program like restorative justice, or a conference with the student's parents, teachers, and school administrators.

Eric Heins, president of the California Teachers Association, said he was pleased with the new data and that it shows restorative justice practices are working.

Restorative Justice Circles: Teachers can consciously build community by having students stand in a circle and reflect in a meaningful way.

K - 8 teachers, if you care about mindfulness, trauma, restorative justice, or cultural competence, please take a few minutes to respond.

«[Beginning teachers should] promote students» social - emotional growth, development and individual responsibility using positive interventions and supports, restorative justice and conflict resolution practices to foster a caring community where each student is treated fairly and respectfully by adults and peers,» according to the new expectations.

«I believe that our overall investments in teachers, instructional coaches and restorative justice counselors for our deserving schools will pay off with even better results next year and in years to come,» King said.

We also know that banning suspensions and mandating progressive policies around restorative justice won't work with resistant teachers and in chaotic schools.

Sharon implemented a bullying prevention program, the elements of which include contemplative practice, restorative justice, peer mentorship, and teacher advocacy on behalf of students.

They still need to find the faculty in teacher preparation programs who have practical experience with approaches like restorative justice and PBIS, then find student teaching placements, and eventually jobs, where new teachers can practice those skills.

Voted to seek additional funding to provide teacher training on restorative justice.

Never one to mince words, Chicago Teacher Union president (and member in good standing of the International Socialist Organization) Jesse Sharkey proclaimed, «The banks owe us a rebate of hundreds of millions of dollars, which we should invest in 50 sustainable community schools with robust wraparound services, restorative justice programs, low class sizes and sufficient staffing levels.»

Principal Luis Montoya said change would take time, but that progress should pick up this year because the district has provided a full - time staff member for the restorative justice program and a teacher has been named to help lead the efforts.

As WCCUSD adopts Common Core standards, pivots from wilful defiance suspensions to trauma - informed restorative justice, deploys an expensive 1 - to - 1 technology initiative, and uses data to hone daily instruction, well - designed PD will strengthen teachers» practice in these and other areas that demand continuing professional growth.

Many teacher - powered teams choose to implement some element of Restorative Justice as part of their approach to discipline.

At Gardena High School, Principal Rosie Martinez said the school began using restorative justice last year, with all teachers asked to hold discussion circles to build a sense of community and trust.

But last fall, the Los Angeles Times reported that teachers at only about a third of the district's 900 campuses had been trained in restorative justice, and that the district was failing to budget sufficient funds for its implementation.

Kathy Evans, an education professor at Eastern Mennonite University, helped start the nation's first graduate program focused on training teachers to use restorative justice.

One example is restorative justice programs, which combine teacher training and classroom management techniques to resolve conflicts before they escalate.

She started by changing school discipline policies from punitive to restorative, and training teachers on restorative justice practices.

«Educators know firsthand what it takes to keep schools safe and welcoming, yet we're rarely consulted,» said WEAC President Ron Martin, an eighth grade teacher with expertise in restorative justice.

The Black Lives Matter week of action is about uniting to support students by implementing restorative justice, hiring Black teachers, and teaching Black history and ethnic studies.

Panelist Claudia Rowe, an education reporter for the Seattle Times, said the response from teachers when schools in her school district began using restorative justice hasn't been so positive.

Since 2014, E4E teachers across Los Angeles have been calling for a more balanced and robust implementation of restorative justice in LAUSD.

We use age - appropriate programs: Responsive Classroom, Developmental Designs and Restorative Justice to help students learn to deeply respect each other, establish positive and affirming relationships and develop solid communication skills that resolve conflicts and help everyone, including teachers, students and administrators to be successful members of every community.

The ecosystem provides a process to help teachers, administrators, and parents seamlessly integrate initiatives including PBIS, Restorative Justice, common core, STEAM, and RtI.

From Boston to Brown to Brooklyn, Adam Manson Weinstock is in his 6th year at Tompkins Square Middle School, now as co-Dean of Students, exploring restorative justice models of discipline, and formerly as a 7th grade Humanities teacher and Advisory coordinator.