
Responsive Circles: A Guide to Resolving Student Conflict and Building School Community (A step-by-step guide to restorative classroom management)
In Responsive Circles, author JR Entsminger equips educators with practical strategies to address conflict and improve student behavior through restorative practices. The book emphasizes using responsive circles to repair harm, foster empathy, and address student conflict while reducing reliance on traditional punishment. It also explores bias, social-emotional learning, and integrating restorative practices or approaches into school culture for a healthier community schoolwide.
K–12 administrators and educators can use this book to:
* Benefit from leader- and teacher-specific implementation guidance
* Understand which facilitation tools to use and why
* Receive the five steps and necessary tools for facilitating a responsive circle
* Learn to navigate responsive circle resistance and resource limitations
* Address underlying behavior issues and learn alternatives to excluding students from their school community
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Important Things to Remember About Student Behavior
Chapter 2: Traditional Punishments Versus Consequences
Chapter 3: Responsive Circle Facilitation
Chapter 4: Circle Types and Tools
Chapter 5: Resistance and Resource Constraints
Epilogue
References
Index
Published: Mar 06, 2025
ISBN: 9781962188913
SKU: Sol8913
Publisher: Solution Tree
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