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    Restorative school discipline creates a safer and positive school climate. It also gives students the skills to recognize accountability, take responsibility for their actions and react to situation in control of their emotions. Restorative discipline may not produce results right away, but it can create long lasting results.

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    Restorative school discipline creates a safer and positive school climate. It also gives students the skills to recognize accountability, take responsibility for their actions and react to situation in control of their emotions. Restorative discipline may not produce results right away, but it can create long lasting results.

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    CaseyGeyer

    EDL648
    May20,2016
    KennyRichards

    ArticleSummary:ARestorativeApproachtoSchoolDiscipline

    Restorativesystemsofdisciplinenotonlycreateasaferandpositiveschoolclimateit
    alsogivesstudentstheskillstorecognizeaccountability,takeresponsibilityfortheiractionsand
    reacttosituationincontroloftheiremotions.Inordertoimplementrestorativeschooldiscipline
    therearethreeshiftsthatmustbeconsideredbyschoolleadership.
    Thefirstshiftisidentifiedasconformity.Studentswillactinawaythatiswithinthe
    standardsofthesocialnorms.Thesesocialnormshaveanincredibleinfluenceoverstudents
    andtheirbehaviorchoices.Byshiftingthesenormssothatbehaviorchoicesaredrivenby
    internalizationratherthancomplianceoridentificationmotivationsaschool'sclimatewillshift
    towardsthepositive.Thesecondshiftishowaschoolimposescontrolovertheirstudents.Strict
    controloverstudentsisproblematicfortworeasons.Thefirstiswecreateaneducational
    environmentthatteatersperilouslyonacliffofanxiousanticipation.Staffandstudentsworkand
    learninaneducationalenvironmentthatisnotrelaxedbuttense.Secondlywecreatestudents
    wholackessentiallifeskills.Studentsareunabletolearnfrommistakes,safelytestboundaries
    orlearninternalization.Bysubscribingtoarestorativedisciplineapproachschoolscanprovide
    anenvironmentwherestudentreceivedastandardsbasededucationbutalsonecessarylife
    skills.Thelastshifttobeaddressedisbehavioralfocus.Ineducationthefocustendstobeon
    reactingtonegativebehavior,withnegativeconsequences.Insteadoffocusingonthenegative,
    timeshouldbespenttrainingtoadoptnewbehaviors.Teachingstudentsskillslike,dealingwith
    emotions,peerpressure,negativeselftalkarewaysinwhichwecanbeproactiveconcerning
    studentdiscipline.
    Restorativedisciplinemaynotproduceresultsrightaway,butitcancreatelonglasting
    results.Itismyopinionthatwhilethismethodstakestime,restorativedisciplineprovidesthe
    bestguidelinesforstudentsandstaff.

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