Restorative Practices

Overview

Restorative practices are approaches to proactively build positive school culture and relationships while holding students accountable for disruptive behaviors and providing students an opportunity to repair harm and restore positive relationships. Restorative practitioners have a mindset of spending 80% of the time being proactive, using affective statements, affective questions, and small impromptu conversations with students. Twenty percent of the time is spent on responding to student's behaviors using circles and formal conferences, which take time and planning. Engaging in restorative practices result in fewer disruptive behaviors, suspensions, and expulsions which allows more time for educators and students to focus on in-school learning.

Restorative practices:

Builds healthy relationships between educators and students
Reduces and prevents harmful behavior; improves behavior
Repairs harm and restores positive relationships
Resolves conflict and holds individuals/groups accountable
Addresses and discusses the needs of the school community

Contact Us

Cuong Nguyen
Prevention Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7667 | E-mail

Tina Morandy
Support Staff
Phone: (801) 538-7526 | E-mail

Laws and Policies

Utah Code 53G-8-211-Responses to school-based behavior, prohibits referrals to law enforcement or juvenile court for truancy and for class C misdemeanors, infractions, and status offenses and offenses committed on school grounds. It allows referrals for these offenses to alternative school-based interventions including mobile crisis outreach teams, receiving centers operated by Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services, youth courts, and other restorative justice programs.

Restorative practices provide an option to local educational agencies to meet the requirements as specified under UCA § 53G-8-211.

Resources

USBE/State

Least Restrictive Behavior Interventions (LRBI)

Local Educations Agencies (LEAs)

Coming Soon

National Resources

Coming Soon

Professional Learning

USBE Trainings offered

2024-2025 Schedule

2024-25 Training Schedule Flyer PDF

Restorative Practices Foundational
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: September 12, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: September 13, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Restorative Circles
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: September 17, 2024 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
- Part 2: September 18, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Restorative Practices Foundational
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: November 13, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: November 14, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Restorative Circles
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: November 18, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: November 19, 2024 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Restorative Practices Foundational
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: January 23, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: January 24, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Restorative Circles
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: January 27, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: January 28, 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Restorative Practices Foundational
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: March 12, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: March 13, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Restorative Circles
MIDAS Registration link
Training Materials Registration link
- Part 1: March 17, 2025 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
- Part 2: March 18, 2025 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Request a training

Student Services Training Request Portal (TRP)