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A draft model for establishing a Whole School Approach based on Restorative Justice
 

 

ESTABLISH

BY DEVELOPING

AMONGST

USING

STAGE ONE

A positive support ethos

A sense of collective responsibility for well-being of school community

High self-esteem

Mutual respect

Emotional literacy

A culture of inclusion

 Active citizenship

 Empathy for others

Senior management team

 Teaching staff

 Administrative, peripatetic, support, catering, caretaking and lunchtime staff

 Students

 Parents

 Governors

 Circle Time for all

 PHSE programme

 Open-ended conferencing

 Mentoring/coaching

 New staff/induction

 Negotiated ground rules for all

 Whole School Council

STAGE TWO

 A problem-solving approach to situations which are personally challenging to self

 Win-win strategies

 Negotiation skills

 Non-violent communication

 Empathy for others

 Circle Time

 PHSE programme

 Focused IN-SET

 Mediation and conferencing training

 Formal Restorative debrief process after challenging situations (all parties)

STAGE THREE

 Restorative approaches to conflicts and challenges involving others

 Mediation skills

 Conference facilitation skills

 Anger management skills

 Restorative discipline policy

 Appropriate members of school community, and possibly everyone identified above to some degree

 Training

On-going practice and review

 Ongoing support from Mediation Service

  Outside agency support

 

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