In this podcast, Adam Voigt unpacks the mindset required by School Leaders to embrace conflict as a normal and healthy part of a relational system, such as a school - and then what we need to do about it.

In this podcast, Adam unpacks the importance of a reflective staff.  This is, of course, is in contrast to the staff that’s judgemental of themselves and others.  To achieve this, we take a deep dive into the Restorative Operating Domains, discussing several was to use these for meaningful reflection and also how to create the habit in those you lead of reflecting for constant improvement and adjustment.

When the principles of Restorative Practices impact your school’s whole instructional model, then you really can begin to describe yours as a restorative school.  This podcast will help you to understand the urgent imperative for for implementing restorative circles, the five principles that underpin circle success, the five types of circles to work with and the ’special sauce’ that, if artfully deployed, really makes your circles click.

 Schools have a tendency to do formal things when it comes to improving culture, conduct and behaviour - we write policies and implement programs/systems.  It’s the wrong place to start, purely because most of the interactions in a school are informal.  That’s where we need our initial impact to be.  This podcast is a deep dive into what Affective Statements, Affective Interactions and Small Impromptu Conferences can do for you in a practical and meaningful way.

 Our first podcast in this series is all about ensuring that you have in place a sound working understanding of what it means to be restorative as a leader.  Adam works through ten critical components that, if in place, add up to you being ‘match fit’ for the task of leading a truly restorative school.