Professional Development

Casting Circles LLC offers professional development opportunities that cover the entire breadth of the Restorative Practices Continuum and then some!

Introductory

• Intro to Restorative Practices 2.5 hrs
• Intro to Restorative Practices & Implementation Brainstorming Full Day (5 hrs)

Tier 1: Building Community

• Affective Statements 1hr
• Intro to Classroom Circles 1hr
• Classroom Circles for building Community 3-1.5hr sessions or Full Day (5 hrs)

Tier 2: Repairing Harm

• Restorative Conversations & Mediations 3 hrs
• Restorative Chats 1hr
• Restorative Mediations 1hr

Tier 3: Restoring Relationships

• Restorative Conferencing 2.5 hrs / Full Day
• Re-Entry Circles 1hr
• Restorative Discipline 1hr
• The Restorative Trip to the Principal's office 1hr

Other Topics

• Self-Care for Educators 1hr
• Trauma-Informed Practice for Educators 1hr
  

Professional Learning Community (PLC) Intensive

Intended to be a weekly push-In to already established PLCs. Each session is a class which builds upon previous sessions. Sessions are experiential and conducted using restorative teaching and facilitation methods. Sessions are also highly participatory to ensure the concepts are fully integrated and relationships are built and strengthened along the way.

Curriculum/Outline

1. Getting Acquainted, Group Agreements & Goals
2. RP Philosophy: Indigenous history, 7 Core Assumptions & Circle Work
3. Proactive/Community Circles
4. RP Philosophy: Fundamental Hypothesis, Social Relationship Window, Fair Process
5. RP & Nervous systems: Affective continuum, Compass of shame
6. Affective Statements / Restorative Questions
7. Restorative Chats / Mediation
8. Restorative Conferences & Re-entry
9. Proactive/Community Circles: review, practice, reflection
10. Wrap up and Review