Restorative Practices Program

SPS Restorative Training from TRI-Days – This is a collection of videos that captured many layers of restorative activity from all-district training days from 2016.

Cleveland HS STEM Discipline Flowchart – This example comes from Cleveland High School identifies considerations that could inform how to respond to behaviors that have caused harm to the community in order to reach a restorative focused outcome.

Beacon Hill International Restorative Questions Card – This example from Beacon Hill International of a tool from and questions that support engaging with individuals in your school community from a restorative stance.

John Hay Peace Path – This example from John Hay is a worksheet to support students’ efforts to solve conflicts and recognize each other for kind actions.

John Hay Blue Reflection Sheet – This example from John Hay is a worksheet aims to prompt students to reflect on what happened, their feelings and the feelings of others and to find a positive way forward.

Scholar Community Building Brainstorm K-5 – Collection of resources activities, games and questions to build community in K-5 settings. (Generated by Wa-Bloc)

Potential Classroom Examples of Tier 1 Community Building Practices – below is a list of potential classroom community-building practices that can foster the foundation for restoration and community harmony. (Generated by WA-BLOC):

• Community building games
• Greeting scholars
• Saying student’s names correctly
• Affirmations/recognitions
• Creating check-in time for standing meetings
• Co-crafted community agreements/class charter/staff charter
• Calling families (positive things as well)
• Showing up for family night/curriculum nights
• Incorporating student interests/culture in classroom
• Mindfulness/breathing exercises
• Using talking piece for class discussion/incorporating circle elements during class time
• Soliciting student feedback on assignments/having them self evaluate
• Modeling accountability/normalizing mistakes/humility
• Using intentional questions to discuss personal and shared values
• Staff appreciation activities/gestures
• Follow through
• Creating structure for kids who need to learn there is consistency/predictability
• Schedule and class expectations and revisiting those regularly
• Calm down corners/regulation spaces

Mindful Schools: Restorative Justice in Schools video – an example of a restorative circle

Oakland Unified School District Restorative Justice Implementation Guide – This is a resource to support a Restorative Practice facilitator/coordinator in implementing a school-wide Restorative program at their site. It comes with broader, higher level questions related to principles of RJ and general steps to follow; down to more granular elements that include templates and reflective questions.

San Francisco Unified School District Restorative Practice Principles– A set of principles that reflect the values for implementing restorative practices in SFUSD.