Show Notes, Episode 71: Restorative Practices with Josh Stamper

About this show: 

Change starts from within. That was the title of episode 20, in which we talked with Doctor Gabby Grant about introducing restorative practices into your school. Before taking external action, we need to take internal action and examine and reform our own attitudes and perspectives about things like discipline, punishment and justice. Today, we'll dig into what that journey might look like and where it might lead. 

Notable Quotes

Josh Stamper

“Behavior is a language. We just have to decode what that behavior is saying in regards to the students needs” 11:04

“We just assume ‘you know not to do that. So don't do it again.’ That's not the case, right? So then we go back and we do that teach piece with the student now they're still getting consequences. I think that's the misconception is that restorative practices is Kumbaya, we're holding hands in a circle and then it's just going to magically go away. And that's not the case.” 23:00

“This is not going to happen in a week, this is not going to happen just in a month as you said it took. Just years of continuously building upon this to get it to a structure that we felt comfortable and it wasn't even perfect at that point” 28:20

“Classroom management is probably one of the most important things for our teachers because if you don't have a class that is behaving or paying attention, there's no way for them to gain that content” 31:30

“I think communication is, as far as a leader, is the number one priority or should be for anyone because you work with so many different people” 37:20

“The best way to get knowledge to the brain is through the heart. And I think that is the biggest thing, as far as an administrator, is I wanted to make sure that I was touching the lives of our students through. The emotional intelligence piece versus curriculum.” 38:50

Frederick

“Raising my children is not the same as raising somebody else's children and so we need this trauma informed care” 9:56

“Lay the foundation, get the procedures in place and make it as easy a lift as possible. So start your teachers out doing the easy stuff that they're going to have success with and leave the harder stuff to you and then build it” 24:30

Links:

Josh Stamper’s Website: https://joshstamper.com

Josh Stamper’s Book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aspire-to-lead-joshua-stamper/1140037170 

Josh Stamper’s Podcast: Aspire to Lead https://joshstamper.com/start/ 

Teach Better: https://www.teachbetter.com 

My email: [email protected] 

The Assistant Principal Podcast website: https://www.frederickbuskey.com/appodcast.html 

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