Restorative Practices in Schools

By River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding

Date and time

Starts on Monday, February 26, 2018 · 8:30am EST

Location

Hippodrome State Theatre

25 SE 2nd Place Gainesville, FL 32601

Refund Policy

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Description

Monday, February 26 and Monday, March 5 - From 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

We’re excited to announce our first two-day Restorative Practices in Schools training. Educators and those that work specifically with groups of youth will receive great value from this offering. The training will not only include restorative circle facilitation skills, but also ways to enhance students' social-emotional skills through everyday restorative practices, which can often prevent behaviors that require a formal restorative circle.

The two training days are offered on consecutive Mondays to allow participants the opportunity to practice skills and return with questions. Both elementary and secondary educators are encouraged to attend. Ongoing coaching and consultation available to support embedding new skills in classrooms, after school programs, and throughout the school culture.

On January 9, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education released Guiding Principles - A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline, which described restorative justice as a best practice to increase social capital in schools and provide a way for schools to help students learn from their behavior, grow, and succeed.

Lunch, snacks, drinks and all materials are included in the cost of this two-day training.

Trainers:

Jeffrey Weisberg - Executive Director of RPCP

Jeffrey is a co-founder and Executive Director of RPCP. He has designed, developed and implemented a wide range of programs and services in Gainesville, Florida and throughout the United States. His work with youth includes peer mediation, social/emotional learning, juvenile diversion, youth empowerment and coming of age programs.

He has co-created with the Gainesville Police Department, curriculum for Police/Youth Dialogues and is the lead facilitator of this programs. It is currently in its' fourth year at GPD and this training has been adapted to the Sheriff's Department and the University of Florida and Santa Fe College Police Departments. Jeffrey serves as a Florida Certified State Mediator and is using Restorative Practices to support the Department of Juvenile Justice, the court system, schools and communities to bolster alternatives to the punishment model.

Katie Fields, PhD, Managing Director of RPCP

Katie is the Managing Director at RPCP since 2014, Katie joined RPCP with experience in a variety of violence prevention areas. Most notably, Katie served as a crime prevention analyst for the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, where she worked with local communities to develop programs and initiatives to address crime issues. Through a community partnership in southwest Gainesville, she helped develop SWAG, a neighborhood resource center that focused on strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment. Katie developed and managed the center over a span of 6 years before joining RPCP to further engage in community development and violence prevention.

In addition to her position as RPCP's Managing Director, Katie is a family and mental health therapist, focusing on successful child development and family violence prevention. Katie has her Doctorate in Counselor Education from the University of Florida. Katie's interests include early childhood brain development, toxic stress recovery, the community as client model, and community development. In addition, she has a Master's of Education and Education Specialists degree, a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachelor's in Sociology with a minor in Criminology,. Katie's interests include social-emotional learning, restorative practices, the impact of developmental trauma, resilience building, and conflict coaching.

Organized by

River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding

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