Mitigating Student Safe School Violations

1. What kind of benefits emerge from Meaningful Dialogue?

Understanding and connecting with each other, both students and adults.

Starting rumors about others.

Skirting around the actual cause of the issues.

For both students and adults, another positive outcome of RC was meaningful dialogue. Under this category three specific types of benefits emerged 1) understanding and connecting, 2) reducing rumors/boosting and 3) getting to the actual cause of the issue.

Explanation

For both students and adults, another positive outcome of RC was meaningful dialogue. Under this category three specific types of benefits emerged 1) understanding and connecting, 2) reducing rumors/boosting and 3) getting to the actual cause of the issue.

2. Restorative Practices are a framework for building community and for responding to challenging behavior through authentic dialogue, coming to understanding, and making things right.

True

False

This research-based program increases students’ understanding of behaviors and attitudes that lead to violence, and teaches and models how to resolve conflict peacefully and create a culture of respect and focus on learning. With appropriate training and skilled facilitators, schools and educators can employ restorative circles in their classrooms.

Explanation

This research-based program increases students’ understanding of behaviors and attitudes that lead to violence, and teaches and models how to resolve conflict peacefully and create a culture of respect and focus on learning. With appropriate training and skilled facilitators, schools and educators can employ restorative circles in their classrooms.

3. One of the goals of the RC program is to restore relationships to how they were before the conflict.

True

False

One of the goals of the RC program is to restore relationships to how they were before the conflict. In this case, students and adults talked not only about restored relationships, but also about building better relationships with those with whom they experienced conflict.

Explanation

One of the goals of the RC program is to restore relationships to how they were before the conflict. In this case, students and adults talked not only about restored relationships, but also about building better relationships with those with whom they experienced conflict.

4. What does "RC Program" stand for?

Restorative Circle Program

Restorative Communication Program

Respectful Communication Program

Responsible Circle Program

Restorative Circles, the specific restorative practice used by this school, was originally developed by Dominic Barter and associates in Brazil.

Explanation

Restorative Circles, the specific restorative practice used by this school, was originally developed by Dominic Barter and associates in Brazil.

5. Suspensions and expulsions allow educators to remove students from the classroom for poor behavior or misconduct. However, emerging research suggests that these practices may also a cause... (Check all that apply.)

Increased likelihood that students repeat grades.

Students to be excessively absent from school.

Students to drop out entirely and/or get involved with the juvenile justice system.

Students to reflect on their actions and reform their behavior.

Exclusionary and punitive school discipline policies, such as suspensions and expulsions, allow educators to remove students from the classroom for poor behavior or misconduct. However, emerging research suggests that these practices also increase the likelihood that students repeat grades, are excessively absent from school, drop out entirely and/or get involved with the juvenile justice system.

Explanation

Exclusionary and punitive school discipline policies, such as suspensions and expulsions, allow educators to remove students from the classroom for poor behavior or misconduct. However, emerging research suggests that these practices also increase the likelihood that students repeat grades, are excessively absent from school, drop out entirely and/or get involved with the juvenile justice system.

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