Kathy Zaleski loves Restorative Justice

Kathy Zaleski shares how she uses Connection Circles to build community in her classroom, which she learned from the Longmont Community Justice Center.  She discusses how restorative practices are alternatives to traditional discipline, and shares the following resources for others looking to learn more about this powerful instructional practice:

• The little books:https://emu.edu/cjp/resources/little-books 
• Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding: Restorative Discipline for Schools
• The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice
• The Little Book of Circle Processes,
• Return to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice,
• Not Light but Fire by Matthew R. Kay 
•   The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Restorative-Teaching-Tools/dp/168099588X 
• Circle Forward - http://www.livingjusticepress.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B33EC0E83-CD69-4255-BCD5-298AD3846FF6%7D