Apr 05
Listen now to the podcast now on Circle Forum “I am so busy that I don’t have time for this! Besides, how can I use restorative questions during my busy day?” It’s one of the questions we often hear from educators. And schools are very busy places so setting an intention to make some small changes …
Apr 05
Listen now to the podcast now on Circle Forum The most severe and chronically absent students need a community surrounding them to address the issues that impact their attendance. It’s not an easy thing to do yet is essential and can benefit from a restorative approach as you’ll hear in this week’s podcast CircleForum. “To best …
Mar 02
Listen now to podcast at CircleForum By itself, restorative practices does not do it all! The research shows some positive change in reducing suspensions. The recommendations coming out of this research are worth a second look. Shelley, Steve and Stan discuss how the complexity involved with attendance, suspensions and achievement require complex responses. “The authors …
Mar 02
Listen now to podcast at CircleForum Student achievement and attendance are improved by the non-academics of social emotional learning and character education. Using a restorative lens, Shelley, Steve and Stan discuss the many positive in this program, things like interactive discussions. “Using school-level archival data, analyses comparing change from baseline (2002) to one-year post trial …
Mar 02
Listen now to podcast at CircleForum To say that attendance is complex is to state the obvious. Shelley , Steve and Stan discuss how a restorative process can develop student voice, parent voice and a fair process in addressing student attendance. One size does not fit all so it’s important to determine the reasons behind …
Mar 02
Listen now to podcast at CircleForum Using Restorative Practices, communication with middle school and high school parents is all about building a partnership relationship with school and home. The research on these early and timely ALERTS shows improvement in student attendance. From our perspective, it adds to good conversations and connections. “ABSTRACT We partnered a …
Feb 07
Listen now to Circle Forum Each person in a school plays a role in student attendance. Teachers can do something by connecting the curriculum to relevant issues and topics in the lives of their students. Research says that students feel more confident in their learning when the curriculum is frequently connected to their lives which …
Feb 07
Listen now to Circle Forum “No way my child has missed that much school already!” Parents underestimate the number of days missed by a factor of 2. A relational approach to communicating with parents is firm and fair not punitive. Provide parents with the data AND with the support is part of the conversation this …
Feb 07
Listen now to Circle Forum Simple and proactive and doable! These are things we appreciate about the research on positive greetings at the door(PGD) “Results revealed that the PGD strategy produced significant improvements in academic engaged time and reductions in disruptive behavior. Moreover, results from a social validity questionnaire indicated that teachers found the PGD …
Feb 07
Listen now to Circle Forum We love research and data that supports initiatives to reduce student absenteeism. In this episode we do some restorative reflections on this Tier 1 intervention that is good for all. Moving a breakfast program into the school day promotes conversations and community for students and staff. “The study found that Breakfast …