Restorative Practices Coach

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, School Counseling, Education, or other related field
• Two or more years experience implementing restorative practices within a school setting required
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; both written and verbal
• Proven ability to mediate conflict situations
• Demonstrated commitment as life-long learner who is open to ongoing training for refinement of practice
  

Job Goal: Reframe discipline model to support restorative practices principles in order to build a strong school community, reduce the number of office referrals, and reduce the number of suspensions and other exclusionary practices.

Job Duties:

• Build positive relationships with school staff, administration, school support team, students, community partners, and families
• Facilitate peace, intake, exit, and re-entry circles in accordance with Restorative Practices principles in order to build and upkeep a strong school community
• Facilitate formal restorative conferences with students, staff, and parents in more serious situations of harm
• Support teachers inside the classroom through observation, coaching, and modeling of restorative practices
• Provide students with crisis intervention/de escalation services and a space for regulation, repair, and re-entry into the learning environment
• Assist in monitoring a “feed-back” loop for administrators, educators, and students to use in order to express concerns/testimonials about the process of implementing
• Conduct caregiver modules covering restorative practices monthly after school
• Conduct student modules covering restorative practices monthly during school hours
• Serve as a member of the district Restorative Practices team and assist building principal in embedding restorative practice philosophies into school culture (meeting once monthly)
• Assist building principal with coordination of building restorative practice team (meeting once monthly)
• Other duties as assigned by building principal