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Mission

The mission of the International Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate School is to strengthen relationships, support communities, influence social change, and broaden the field of restorative practices by partnering with practitioners, students, and scholars.

Rights and Responsibilities of Students

Reciprocal Roles and Responsibilities

We engage in our collective work as a new Graduate School mindful of our special mission to advance restorative practices in all that we do. In that we did not arise from a pre-existing college with established traditions, we place the following expectations in front of us, as students, faculty, staff, and board members interact with one another:

Students Should Expect…

to participate in an organization employing IIRP's Basic Concepts and using
Fair Process for decision making;
to be supported in the process of teaching and learning by staff and Board;
to receive fair and individual attention from faculty;
to receive from faculty the opportunity to acquire a quality education that
meets the goals of their programs;
to receive useful advising and guidance from faculty and staff;
to follow faculty expectations and participate actively;
to give and receive honest feedback with all others.

Faculty Should Expect…

to participate in an organization employing IIRP's Basic Concepts and using
Fair Process for decision making;
to be ever mindful of its responsibilities for financial, educational, and
mission integrity;
to be supported in the process of teaching and learning by staff and Board;
to offer students fair and individual attention in classes and in advising;
to offer students the opportunity to acquire a quality education that
meets the goals of the students’ programs;
to model restorative practices in their classrooms;
to receive genuine effort, cooperation, and participation from students;
to cooperate with staff and Board as needed to manage the organization
effectively and efficiently;
to both give and receive trust and support with the staff and Board;
to give and receive honest feedback with all others.

Staff Should Expect…

to participate in an organization employing IIRP's Basic Concepts and using
Fair Process for decision making;
to be ever mindful of its responsibilities for financial, educational, and
mission integrity;
to support the process of teaching and learning among students and faculty;
to give and receive honest feedback with all others;
to offer students accessibility, support, quality advising, guidance, etc.;
to provide for the faculty’s needs for instructional support, technology, etc.;
to receive from the faculty timely and accurate data, cooperation, policy
adherence, etc.;
to both give and receive trust and support with faculty and Board;
to support the Board’s functions with timely information, staff access,
communications and updates, policy recommendations, etc.

The Board Should Expect…

to oversee an organization employing IIRP's Basic Concepts and using
Fair Process for decision making;
to nurture an organization in which all constituents remain faithful to the mission;
to oversee a governance structure marked by openness, transparency, trust, respect, and safety;
to give and receive honest feedback with all others;
to hold the President responsible for the administration of the institution and to focus its own activity on policy and program issues;
to offer trust but also to demand accountability from all constituencies;
to be ever mindful of its oversight responsibilities for financial, educational, and mission integrity;
to receive the information it needs from faculty and staff in a timely and accurate manner when making institutional decisions.

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Graduate Program Information

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