UMaine Hutchinson Center to offer restorative practices summer institute
The University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer a weeklong institute on restorative practices July 31–Aug. 4, facilitated by members of the Restorative Practices Collaborative of Maine.
The institute will introduce participants to the restorative approach and practices that have proven effective and sustainable. Content will focus on the rationale for this approach and continuum of restorative practices for community building and responding to misbehavior, the community circle process and restorative language. The format will include presentations, circles, discussion and videos of restorative practices in action.
Institute sessions include:
- “Introduction to Restorative Practices”
- “Using Circles — Tier 1”
- “Using Circles — Tier 2”
- “Restorative Discipline in Schools for Administrators”
- “Whole School Implementation of Restorative Practices”
All workshops are held 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Payment of $175 per day is required at the time of registration and includes continental breakfast, lunch, materials and certificate of contact hours. CEUs are available. Registration is online.
For more information or to request an accommodation, email Diana McSorley at diana.mcsorley@maine.edu.