Integrated Curriculum Podcast Series

Restorative Practices is a social science that studies how to improve and repair relationships between people and communities. The purpose is to build healthy communities, increase social capital, decrease crime and antisocial behavior, repair harm and restore. While Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) is a multi-tiered framework to make schools more effective places. It establishes a social culture and the behavior supports needed to improve social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes for all students. PBIS is flexible enough support student, family, and community needs. But, the question is, can they coexist in one school?

Your host Matt Currier a 5th Grade teacher at the Integrated Arts Academy interviews Aurie Thibeault a 4th Grade at the Integrated Arts Academy.