Restorative Mindset
This traditional form of discipline relies on isolation, exclusion, and compliance through fear
What is punitive discipline?
These types of statements express your personal feelings about a student's behavior without sounding accusatory.
What are affective statements?
This daily or weekly routine gathers the whole class in a geometric shape to build community.
What is a classroom circle?
This is the formal restorative process used to resolve serious, deep-seated conflicts between specific individuals.
What is remediation (or peace making circle)?
Restorative practices fail if they are only used by one isolated teacher; they require this type of systemic commitment.
What is school-wide implementation?
Restorative practices shift the school focus from breaking rules to repairing these.
What are relationships?
Restorative language replaces the question "Why did you do that?" with this specific question focused on impact.
What is "Who was harmed?" (or "What happened?")
This physical item is passed around a circle to signify whose turn it is to speak.
What is a talking piece (or stick)?
The five steps of restorative accountability include acknowledging the behavior, apologizing, expressing repentance, promising not to repeat it, and offering this.
What are amends?
This tool involves explicitly examining school data to look for disparities in suspensions and discipline.
What is a discipline audit?
This is the ultimate behavioral goal for students, moving them away from needing external rewards or punishments.
What is self-regulation (or internal motivation)?
Instead of saying "Be quiet," an affective reminder might phrase the impact of the noise on this.
What is the learning environment (or others' ability to learn)?
These are the collaboratively built expectations that a class creates together, replacing standard "rules."
What are community agreements (or norms)?
Unlike standard punishments, a restorative consequence must have a direct, logical connection to this.
What is the offense (or the exact harm caused)?
True restorative schools see a drastic reduction in this common, punitive, out-of-school consequence.
What is suspension?
The authors state that students cannot learn at high levels unless they first feel these two emotional states.
What are safe and welcomed (or hopeful and cared for)?
This specific type of statement helps students understand how their behavior directly affects the emotions of others.
What is an "I" statement?
This type of brief, informal circle is used reactively when a minor tension or conflict suddenly arises.
What is an impromptu circle (or informal conference)?
This term describes a student actively taking responsibility and working to fix a relationship they damaged.
What is restorative accountability?
This group of school stakeholders must be explicitly taught restorative principles so they can support students at home.
What are families (or parents/guardians)?
This core restorative principle requires educators to separate the bad behavior from this.
What is the value/identity of the student?
This is the danger of using sarcastic or shaming language when addressing a misbehaving student.
What is escalating the behavior (or permanently damaging the relationship)?
To build true community, circles must be used for this regular purpose, not just when problems happen.
What is proactive relationship building?
When a student refuses to participate in a classroom circle, a restorative teacher should offer this option instead of immediate punishment.
What is a private, one-on-one conference (or time to process)?
This is the biggest barrier to school-wide success, often rooted in staff believing discipline must equal suffering.
What is punitive mindset (or staff resistance)?