Circle Forum

Summer Shorts on Circle Forum is a collection of stories about where things did not go well and how it changed our practice.  This week is a short highlight of a story told by Brooke Monks.  She's an experienced teacher it was not going well with her class.  She was fearful about starting circles in April and grateful for Steve's coaching support.

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Toilet talk in a circle? Welcome to another podcast of  Summer Shorts on Circle Forum, stories where things went wrong and what we learned from it. Stan tells a story about getting ready for a field trip with a grade 5/6 class and the conversation stinks. He had to make a change quickly in order to keep the conversation going.

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Restorative practices is not therapy yet here’s a story about how the two can work together. ummer Short on Circle Forum are stories where our practice changed because something restorative did not work out well.  This eeek Stan tells a story about how he had to call in an expert facilitator and a grief counsellor to deal with the impact of a student’s tragic death.

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Teens as teachers? You betcha. Adults can learn a lot from teen. It does take asking the right questions and takes really listening. Shelley tells a story of how initiating restorative practices in a Grade 7 & 8 classroom backfired until she backed up and asked what’s happening now. Summer Short on Circle Forum are stories where our practice changed because something restorative did not work out well.

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Summer Short on Circle Forum are stories where our practice changed because something restorative did not work out well. That’s how Steve changed his practice after running a staff circle with the best of intentions. It was WAY too big a group for an important conversation on racism.

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Summer Short on Circle Forum are stories where our practice changed because something restorative did not work out well. We are often asked if we’ve run circles that have crashed and burned. The answer is a big YES. Stan tells a story about a Grade 8 class that was already struggling with relationships and how he went in to save the day. It flopped.

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Summer Shorts on Circle Forum is a series of short stories with a difference.  These are mistakes we made in our restorative practices AND how that changed our practice. Steve describes a circle he did in a classroom, what he learned and 3 things he's changed in his practice with students and colleagues, namely, don't rush the circle conversation, learn to take turns and learn how to listen to each other.

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Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay

Summer Shorts on Circle Forum is a series of short stories with a difference.  These are mistakes we made in our restorative practices AND how that changed our practice.  Shelley describes how a harmful comment from one staff member impacted a second staffer.  Using restorative practices with adults changed Shelley's practice .

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Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay

Summer Shorts, our new season of podcasts, are just that, short and for the summer.  Each podcast has a story with a difference!  The story is about mistakes we made with restorative practices and how it changed our practice.  This week Stan talks about a family feud that spilled over into school conflict.

At the end of our Season 3 Podcast on Student Engagement, we go back to our very first podcast in May 2021 and our discussion of our WHY with restorative practices. Our WHY informs HOW we do things and WHAT we do.

You'll hear phrases like :

seen it work,

part of bigger society restorative work

wisdom in quiet voices

healing

part of community,

having a voice

making things right 

Order Steve’s book The Restorative Principal Leading in Education with Restorative Practices

Visit CircleForum or www.restoraitve.ca for more information about the HOW and the WHAT of restorative practices.

Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay