DISCOVER RESTORATIVE
BEST PRACTICES
Restorative practices employ equity and build school/classroom communities in order to create environments where students feel belonging and safety, thereby making it easier for them to learn both academically and social/emotionally. When things go wrong, rather than removing or merely punishing students, these community relationships are levied to right wrongs, provide resources, repair broken relationships and, where punishment must be levied, re-integrate students back into the school community.
Use of restorative practices has been proven to increase academic achievement, decrease antisocial and self-harming behavior, and increase perceived safety campus-wide.
TESTIMONIALS
"Karen brings her experience as a teacher, and an energy and passion to her work that is inspiring and infectious. Teachers sharing the positive impact of utilizing community building
circles in their classrooms such as fewer behavior issues, higher engagement, empathy and trust within and among the class with their peers is the most powerful “buy in” tool.
We are so fortunate to be partnering with Karen Junker in Culver City USD and look forward to continuing to expand our work together."
Veronica Montes
Director, School and Family Support Services Culver City Unified School District
Karen Junker "is an experienced classroom teacher who understands the dynamics between teachers and students and provides actual, useful tools for educators to take away with them to their own classrooms, enabling them to facilitate community building circles with confidence and understanding.
Karen can be trusted to provide the most thorough, careful training in a way that makes participants feel confident and motivated, and she imparts it with a warmth and energy that is all her own."
Ayesha Brooks
Director, Multi-tiered System or Supports Fontana Unified School District
"In my thirty-one years in education from a teacher to superintendent, I have never experienced a professional training that significantly affected the personal and professional lives of each and every participant until now.
In a time where I am personally accountable for every dollar spent, I can confidently look each taxpayer in the eye and describe the profound impact this training had on the safety and culture of our school family."
Dr. David Vannasdall
Superintendent
Arcadia Unified School District