Tricky kids, tricky classes
Tricky kids, tricky classes
Working Restoratively in Schools Mid-Implementation Day:
Keeping the ball rolling toward whole-school Implementation
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Full Day Workshop
To book this workshop please contact Bill Hansberry
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It’s normal for schools to become ‘stuck’ mid-way through implementing cultural change. This marks a watershed moment for schools in implementing Restorative Pedagogy, where the school will either re-group, re-energise and push forward or slip back into old, less effective (but more comfortable) ways of doing things.
The mid-implementation day has been developed to help staff remind one another of the reasons they signed up to be a restorative school in the first place. Staff work together to identify current strengths and weaknesses in the school’s model of Restorative practices so a shared vision for the future crystallises.
Bill plans this day in consultation with the RP’s Implementation Team and school leadership to ensure the workshop format is a ‘best fit’ for the school’s particular implementation point.
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Features of this workshop include:
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A staff circle reflection on the Restorative journey so far – what’s changed?
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The keystones of restorative conferencing (after Jansen and Matla)
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An activity where staff plot on the Restorative Practices Continuum the school’s strong and weak spots and reflect on what this means now and in the future for continued implementation.
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A recap of the restorative questions and their purpose
After this day, staff will have a shared understanding of the ‘where to next’ for continued implementation of Restorative Pedagogy. This will give the Implementation and Leadership teams an essential springboard for ongoing planning.
Following this workshop, Bill will (upon request) work with the Implementation Team to plan the subsequent implementation phase. This will involve a focus on a model of organisational change as outlined by Thorsborne and Blood (2013)
