Find out how restorative your school is in 20 questions

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* 1. Parents are taking their children out of school because of bullying and other forms of misconduct.

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* 2. We’ve tried to implement restorative discipline but faculty and parents complain that it lacks accountability.

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* 3. We regularly use after school detention as a way to hold a student accountable for disruptive behavior.

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* 4. We see the potential value in the restorative approach to misconduct, but our
school conduct policy remains largely sanction-oriented.

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* 5. We have a school conduct policy that measures the seriousness of any incident by level of harm or negative impact on others.

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* 6. Our school conduct policy explains how any incident is reported, how it is reviewed and what corresponding appropriate restorative response (practice) will be used.

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* 7. Some of our teachers have attended a basic restorative practices training.

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* 8. All of our teachers have attended a basic restorative practices training.

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* 9. We have a central adult group trained and certified in restorative practices that receives and reviews incidents, conducts interviews with those involved, and facilitates restorative encounters.

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* 10. We document and track the effectiveness of restorative processes and practices as it relates to student conduct progress (e.g. “reoccurrence of incidents”).

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* 11. We monitor completion of restorative/reparative agreements.

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* 12. All of our teachers have been trained in restorative communication for “in the moment" situations with students and others.

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* 13. For minor incidents we conduct informal after-school conferences with students and sometimes with parents.

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* 14. For more harmful incidents we conduct formal after-school restorative conferences with students and parents.

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* 15. If we have to suspend a student, we provide them with self-reflection exercises as part of their restorative agreement with us.

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* 16. The majority of our teachers use the restorative process in their classroom either for class discussions about subject matter (teaching circles) or to resolve in-class disturbances (restorative process circle).

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* 17. “The majority of our teachers co-create a classroom respect agreement with their students at the beginning of the semester and use it as a reference to discuss student relationships.

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* 18. All of our faculty and staff are trauma-informed.

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* 19. All of our faculty and staff have been trained in trauma-responsive restorative
communication skills” (intervention and co-regulation).

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* 20. We include faculty and parent conduct and conflict as part of our official restorative school conduct policy.

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