Restorative practices are a teaching and learning approach that focuses on building relationships and repairing harm in schools:

• Building relationships: Restorative practices help students and staff build relationships and create a safe learning environment.
• Repairing harm: When harm is caused, restorative practices help students understand how their actions impact others and work to repair the harm.
• Accountability: Restorative practices help students take accountability for their actions.
• Community: Restorative practices help create a sense of community where everyone feels they belong.
• Positive school culture: Restorative practices can improve school culture and reduce the need for stronger responses over time.
• Indigenous traditions: Restorative practices are rooted in the traditions of Indigenous people and communities of color.

Restorative practices can help with:

• Bullying prevention, Improving attendance,
• Reducing suspension rates
• Narrowing gaps in suspension rates between student sub groups

Our guest, Diana Beitz, has 31 years in public education, mainly working with at-risk populations in grades K-12. Her experience ranges including a classroom teacher, a learning coach, Achievement Coordinator and School Principal. She holds a Master’s in Educational Technology from Washburn University. She shares her knowledge and experience in meeting student achievement through the use of restorative practices.

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Mark McBeth: mark@educationalrelevance.org

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