Increase community connectedness, staff and family retention, and student success
When independent schools integrate restorative practices into their administrative and academic methods, they establish a culture of collaborative leadership that increases voice, agency, and belonging for all community members and provides students with transferrable leadership skills that are crucial to functioning in a diverse world.
During this two-day introductory experience, you will learn fundamental theory and practices for engaging with students, staff, and parents using restorative practices.
The learning experience focuses on creating systems that promote equity and inclusion for students and adults. General topics include:
- Striking a balance between setting high expectations and providing support
- Understanding the role of emotions as catalysts for words and actions
- Providing direct feedback and asking questions that foster accountability
- Using the most effective methods to resolve common conflicts
Participants learn strategies to:
- Proactively build relationships
- Create an authentic sense of community and belonging
- Practice participatory decision-making
- Speak from experience
- Listen to others
- Connect through our similarities
- Learn from our differences
- Work through conflict in a mutually respectful way
Participants also learn to facilitate circles, an essential process for creating a positive learning environment and school culture. Circles may be used to build social capital, resolve social tension, and respond when relational or community harm occurs.
Designed for: PK-12 teachers, staff, and administrators working in independent schools.
Learning Format
This experience is led by an experienced IIRP instructor who is familiar with the independent school world. This event is interactive. Individual participation throughout is highly encouraged and will greatly increase the benefits you receive.
- Online: Two consecutive 4.5-hour days of live instruction.
(2 hours of pre-work required prior to each session.) - In Person: Two consecutive 8-hour days of live instruction (two breaks and time for lunch included).
In conjunction with Restorative Justice Conferencing, this event can be applied to the blended RP 500 Basic Restorative Practices course at the IIRP Graduate School. Events are limited in capacity and fill up quickly. Please do not book any travel or accommodations for in-person experiences until the registration is confirmed.
Price: $505
Certificate of Participation
A general Certificate of Participation will be provided by email at the completion of this professional development event indicating 12 hours of instruction time for the in-person event or 8 hours of instruction time for the online event. Participants are welcome to submit this Certificate of Participation to their accrediting body for Continuing Education Credit consideration.
Terms and Conditions
Join Individually (Online Events)
In order to help create the best learning experience for all learners attending, each registrant agrees to be logged in to their own individual device in a dedicated workspace while participating in this event.
Privacy and Intellectual Property
Registrants agree to respect the privacy of event participants and instructors by not recording video or audio or capturing still images of these learning experiences without participants' express permission.
The IIRP agrees to restrict its sharing of any recordings solely within the specific learning experience. Recordings will not be used for any other educational experience or public purpose. The IIRP’s free webinars, however, may be recorded and made available to the public.
Registrants agree to protect the IIRP's intellectual property by not recording audio or video of any part of the event or capturing still images of the IIRP's learning materials for anything other than a reference for personal use.
Cancellation Terms
We understand that emergencies happen and there are extenuating circumstances that may require you to cancel or change your registration. If an emergency arises and you need to cancel your registration:
- Up to 14 days before the event, you may submit your cancellation following the personalized link within your confirmation email. A $35 cancellation fee will be deducted from your refund.
- If you need to cancel within 14 days of the scheduled event, we are unable to offer a monetary refund or credit to use for a future event.
A request to change your registration to another event is considered a cancellation and a new registration. Therefore, the above cancellation terms and conditions apply.
If your registration is paid in full and you encounter an emergency, in certain circumstances you may substitute a registrant up to 10 days before the event. Due to the prework required and/or tasks related to managing our events, we are unable to accept substitutions within the 10-day window. If you would like to request a substitution, please email the details to
If you are owed a refund and registered with a credit card, the refund will be automatically credited to your card. If you registered with a purchase order or another method, please contact our finance team at
