When
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 11:00 AM MDT-to-
Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 12:30 PM MST
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Schedule
Class One: Thursday, November 1st 11amPST/2pmEST (90 minute sessions)
Class Two: Thursday, November 8th 11amPST/2pmEST
Class Three: Thursday, November 15th 11amPST/2pmEST
YOUR HOSTS:
Class Takeaways
- Identification of your current internal conflict resolution process and support in implementing stronger systems where there are gaps.
- Insights into "Tier One" practices that support sustained trust and relationship building within staff, boards, administrators.
- Tools and insights from Assistant Regional Superintendent of Schools for the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, Donna Kaufman.
- And much more
Class Focus
To open, Class One will explore our implicit biases and cultural, familial and societal conditioning about conflict and leadership, in order to shed light on why we turn towards certain conflict and leadership styles when under duress.
Then, in Class Two we will dive into organizations and internal RJ systems — including Agreements, Practices, and Policies to support staff, board, volunteers, and employees in having restorative options when the inevitable occurs.
To close, in Class Three, we will explore practices like dialogue, gratitude, and collaboration that build community, prevent conflict, and create more healthy organizational cultures in which our restorative systems can thrive and flourish.
This 3-Part Class will combine presentation, interaction and some practice and feature guest speaker Donna Kaufman, who is Regional Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education (Session 3).
Note: This class is not a training about how to practice RJ, or on applying restorative justice practices but rather on internal system/s that will offer insight into meeting the need to address gaps and implement improved systems based in restorative values.
Contact
Restorative Justice on The Rise, Molly Leach
Restorative Justice on The Rise
719-937-7771
info@malirowanpresents.com
www.restorativejusticeontherise.org
Practicing What We Value: A 3-Part Webinar Series
A Three Part Webinar Series to Explore How We Can Cultivate More Restorative Systems in Our Organizations by Exploring Ourselves, Our Implicit Systems, and Our Policies and Practices. With Elaine Shpungin, Ph.D, Molly Leach & Special Guest Speaker Donna Kaufman Three Parts: Nov 1, 8, 15th (90 min sessions)
Who Will Benefit from This Class?
• Members of restorative justice and social justice organizations
• Educators, especially administrators
• Nonprofit leaders
• Board members
FULL DETAILS OF EACH CLASS HERE
About Your Guides
Dr. Elaine Shpungin
For more than two decades, Elaine has tackled systemic issues through the lens of dignity and equity, including homelessness, adoption, suicidality, violence prevention, communication across differences, structural inequities, and restorative leadership.
Elaine has been working with conflict from a restorative lens since 2009, when she began to study with Dominic Barter, the creator of the award winning Restorative Circles process.
As the former director of the University of Illinois’ Psychological Services Center, and the proud parent of two kids, 16 and 11, Elaine has also had lots of practice in applying restorative principles to her own leadership and parenting - where she continues to learn first-hand about constructive and destructive approaches to conflict and communication.
In 2016, Elaine founded Conflict 180, with the goal of supporting schools and organizations in creating more restorative, “just”, and dignity-centered systems for addressing conflict and harm. Elaine incorporates best practices from multiple fields in this work, including clinical and community psychology, diversity science, organizational and systems change, restorative practices, restorative justice, and leadership.
Elaine’s writing has appeared in academic journals, scholarly books, web magazines, popular books on psychology, her weekly Restorative News and Tips newsletter, and her Conflict 180 blog.
To restore herself, Elaine likes to “come into the peace of wild things”, have wondrous and humbling conversations with her kids, hang out with her husband, bike to work, jog the dog, practice yoga, listen to “dharma” talks, read speculative fiction, watch superheroes on Netflix, and eat 72% dark chocolate. You can reach Elaine by emailing Elaine@Conflict180.com
Guest Contributor: Session Three
Donna Kaufman
Featuring Guest Contributor/Speaker Donna Kaufman, Session 3
As the Assistant Regional Superintendent of Schools for the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, Donna Kaufman works with sixteen school districts in central Illinois.
For the past twenty years, she has focused on providing high quality alternative education options for students who have been multiply suspended or expelled from school. She oversees the READY Program, an alternative middle and high school, and the Education Program at the Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center.
During the last three years, her focus has been on supporting the READY Program to implement restorative practices and Restorative Circles as a way to build a stronger school community, create a more restorative discipline system, and address both student and staff conflicts.
About Your Guides
Molly Leach
Molly founded Restorative Justice on The Rise, an ongoing public dialogue and education platform, in 2011, and has trained in facilitation of Circles with Dominic Barter, Sylvia Clute, the late Dr. Beverly Title, and has participated in or led dialogues with both high-risk and misdemeanor conflicts.
She has worked alongside civic leaders representing most areas of the criminal justice system, as well as teachers, principals and advocates for transforming school climate, most recently leading a training for the Durango School District with Dr. Martha Brown, author of Creating Restorative Schools.
- She has trained in NVC and Compassionate Listening with multiple guides in each field, and invested 1 ¼ years to help lead a local program where she lives.
- She served for four years as Restorative Justice Fellow for The Peace Alliance, and is a partner with the National Association of Communities and Restorative Justice in providing media and educational opportunities.
- She has produced and hosted numerous successful webinars including Teaching Peace In Schools, featuring multidisciplinary guides in mindfulness, Social Emotional Learning, restorative justice in education, and more; and has partnered to offer courses with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at the University of Minnesota, as well as production of national political advocacy panels and free, open source public programs featured on iTunes.
In addition, Molly’s writing has appeared at a diverse array of online publications including TruthOut, YES! Online, Daily Good, Open Democracy, and HuffPost.
Her essay featuring a Colorado Police Officer whose opinion about RJ shifted drastically after he responded to a felony-level break in involving 10 and 11-year old boys was selected for inclusion in an Oxford University textbook, Current Debates in Peace and Conflict Studies (Oxford Press; Ed. Houston Wood, October 2017)
Bio Page at Restorative Justice on The Rise