Overview
Restorative Approaches (RA) are processes that proactively build healthy relationships and a sense of community to prevent and address conflict and wrongdoing. RA can improve relationships between students, between students and educators, and even between educators, whose behavior often serves as a role model for students. They allow each member of the school community to develop and implement a school’s adopted core values. The MUS Sequence of Intervention adheres to a RA framework. RA is a high-support, high-accountability system that has allowed for significant reductions in suspensions and office referrals in several districts across the United States.
MUS utilizes RA for the following reasons:
To keep students connected.
To have students feel known, seen, and heard.
To build relationships on campus.
To strengthen school culture
Restorative vs. Traditional Approaches
A contrast between traditional approaches and restorative approaches can be found below.
Restorative Approaches (RA) are processes that proactively build healthy relationships and a sense of community to prevent and address conflict and wrongdoing. RA can improve relationships between students, between students and educators, and even between educators, whose behavior often serves as a role model for students. They allow each member of the school community to develop and implement a school’s adopted core values. The MUS Sequence of Intervention adheres to a RA framework. RA is a high-support, high-accountability system that has allowed for significant reductions in suspensions and office referrals in several districts across the United States.
MUS utilizes RA for the following reasons:
To keep students connected.
To have students feel known, seen, and heard.
To build relationships on campus.
To strengthen school culture
Restorative vs. Traditional Approaches
A contrast between traditional approaches and restorative approaches can be found below.
Four Key Questions when Conflict Arises
When conflict happens in a MUS community, four key questions are asked:
What happened?
Who was harmed/affected?
What part are you responsible for?
How will the harm be repaired?
The responses to these questions help focus on individuals coming together to restore and build relationships.
Restorative Approaches: Basic Tools
When conflict happens in a MUS community, four key questions are asked:
What happened?
Who was harmed/affected?
What part are you responsible for?
How will the harm be repaired?
The responses to these questions help focus on individuals coming together to restore and build relationships.
Restorative Approaches: Basic Tools
Connection to Habits of Mind
The foundation of all character development at Montecito Union School is Art Costa and Bena Kallick’s Habits of Mind. Through Restorative Approaches, students develop key habits of mind including:
Listening with Empathy
Persisting
Taking Responsible Risks
Striving for Accuracy
Managing Impulsivity
The foundation of all character development at Montecito Union School is Art Costa and Bena Kallick’s Habits of Mind. Through Restorative Approaches, students develop key habits of mind including:
Listening with Empathy
Persisting
Taking Responsible Risks
Striving for Accuracy
Managing Impulsivity
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