Category Archives: photo of the week
Creating rules or creating values, the difference in a restorative classroom.
In the photo – Catherine and students in a morning circle. Responsive Classroom has been taken one step further with implementing restorative justice in the classroom. A recent training: Restorative Justice in Schools: Effective Use of Circles. I use a
Deep Brain Learning book review and applications to Restorative Justice
I snapped this photo last night with my cell phone. The lights of the Christmas tree blurred out the tabs on the side. I tabbed 48 places in this book. This was my Saturday night date, this book, Deep Brain
A dating relationship measure, “Melting Pot worthy”.
Yes, by Melting Pot, I mean the fondue restaurant chain, Melting Pot. I had the good fortune of being introduced to the restaurant with some male friends. While traveling I caught up with an old friend, a social media friend
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Think of Circles as a ‘magic container’, transforming the contents and the people contributing.
A diverse group of people recently gathered for Circle training. We had college and elementary teachers/professors, campus & restorative justice program staff. It was a very fulfilling training, lots of enthusiasm was generated and lots of ideas came forward for
Elementary Classroom – Talking Pieces
Post by Catherine, classroom teacher and circlekeeper. Talking peices come in many shapes and sizes in my classroom. Children bring items to share and leave them on the shelf to use as talking pieces. We have MN Gopher stuffed animals,
The Social Emotional Learning benefits of School-based Restorative Justice.
SEL – Social Emotional Learning – Postive Impacts here. A resourceful website in general CASEL – Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Another helpful article on what SEL is and how it helps our children - here. The Center for
Values are crucial to Restorative Circle process.
In this photo I am placing the ‘values’ plates in the Center. ‘Safe Teen Driving Circle’ we are usually held in classrooms. Getting students in a Circle and the desks have little room for students to slip out and place
Education is a gift we give our children – photo
Willie and his daughter at UWRF Graduation December 2008. Willie was a student in my Intro to Restorative Justice Class. He invited me to his graduation party, via Facebook. That’s how I found this photo and asked him if I
Blogging and Bookwriting – making progress
The photo: Today I worked at home, and my cat sleeping on my bed, which is typically NEVER allowed was something different for me. Just like hammering out over 3,00 words for the upcoming book On the Road Together: Safe
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