9. Restorative Conference for Attendance: a podcast for leaders

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School Leadership: Listening to understand not respond

to parents in difficult circumstances

to colleagues on your staff

to students

to your supervisor/principal/superintendent

Here’s an example of how to apply restorative practice conferencing to a specific concern in schools, student attendance.

“Each person in a school plays a role in student attendance.”

1. What is a Restorative Conference for Attendance?
   1. Restorative Conference for Attendance.pdf
   2. BEFORE
      1. Be clear on the purpose of the meeting
      2. Who needs to attend from home, school, community?
   3. DURING
      1. Setting the table
      2. Storytelling
      3. Brainstorming
      4. Review options
      5. What are the next actions needed
      6. Check out and final go-around
   4. AFTER
      1. Follow up with each participant and what they said they’d do

Extended reading and additional resources

1. Transcript Restorative Conferences for Attendance.docx 
2. Role Play : Each person’s role and directions are to be kept from others.
3. Role Play Student Terry.docx
   Role Play Student Success Teacher Quinn.docx
   Role Play Principal Alex.docx
   Role play Parent Elliot.docx
   Role Play Community Agency Morgan.docx
   Role Play Attendance Counselor Chris.docx