Restorative Justice Coordinator 
"Restorative Justice Culture takes time, consistency, relationship building, and understanding.”
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Email: [email protected]

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Restorative Culture Definition
●Restorative Justice (RJ) is not a response to conflict or harm.
●RJ is a culture to build relationships with each other, to prevent     conflict, create space, and create solutions for everyone involved.
●The student, parent, staff, administrator, principal, and community all must be invested in RJ for it to work.
●RJ must be practiced every day and everyone must have some type of RJ experience.

Restorative Justice (RJ) is a philosophy that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by conflict and wrongdoing. It provides an opportunity for everyone impacted by an incident to come together in a safe space to address their feelings and needs, and reach a resolution that repairs the harm and restores relationships. 

Restorative Practices in Schools:   

• build healthy relationships between students and school staff, as well as among adults within the school community;
• support students’ healthy social and emotional development;
• create safe spaces for difficult conversations, deep emotions and healing;
• shift the focus from intervention to prevention of disciplinary infractions; 
• shift the paradigm from punitive to restorative disciplinary practices that repair harm and reduce suspensions, expulsions and arrests. 

Types of Restorative Practices in schools include:
Peace circles, peer jury, restorative chats, restorative conferencing, and family group conferencing.