• Create learning activities that encourage self-reflection in the classroom and beyond;
• Perform a variety of strategies to address issues that may arise amongst students themselves;
• Model alternative ways to traditional discipline in a school context;
• Monitor and maintain their own healthy relationships with students, parents and the senior management team;
• Advocate for restorative practices and policies rather than a punitive approach;
• Organize regular meetings with all stakeholders in the school to be able to build healthy relationships;
• Refer to the right Education Support Services that can aid or/and facilitate student behavioural issues

• Describe restorative principles that can be applied within the classroom and the school in general;
• Understand the components of a school and class community and climate including the socio-emotional, behavioural and academic performance that are important to create restorative community;
• Critically evaluate the different inclusive decision making and problem-solving strategies that can be adopted across the board;
• Describe and review the restorative dialogue that can be applied whenever conflict arises;
• Describe the Education Support Services in regard to student behaviour.

• Facilitate collaborative goal setting with students to foster accountability, personal growth, and community wellbeing;
• Exhibit empathy when providing feedback to students, particularly in conflict resolution and restorative conversations;
• Create and maintain a restorative safe space where learners can express themselves openly, rebuild relationships, and engage in meaningful dialogue following conflict or harm;
• Plan implement restorative strategies that help students deal with behavioural issues;
• Help students identify the best self-reflection strategies that encourage emotional awareness, conflict resolution skills, and a sense of responsibility within the school community.

This module will be assessed through: Presentation; Assignment.

Core Reading List

1. Normore, A. H., & Lahera, I. A. (2017). Restorative practice meets social justice: Un-silencing the voices of “at-promise” student populations. Information Age Publishing.
2. Sandwick, T., Hahn, J. W., & Hassoun Ayoub, L. (2019). Fostering community, sharing power: Lessons for building restorative justice school cultures. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27, 145. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.4296
3. White, A. (2019). Transformative school-community-based restorative justice: An inquiry into practitioners’ experiences (dissertation). 
4. Wolter, D. L., & Milner, H. R. (2021). Restorative literacies: Creating a community of care in schools. Teachers College Press.

Supplementary Reading List

1. Cutajar Refalo, D. (2021). The implementation of restorative justice in schools in Malta (dissertation).
2. Restorative Practices in Schools. https://www.edutopia.org/restorative-practices-school-discipline-resources
3. European Forum for Restorative Justice. https://www.euforumrj.org/
4. Huguley, J. P., Fussell-Ware, D. J., McQueen, S. S., Wang, M. T., & DeBellis, B. R. (2022). Completing the circle: Linkages between restorative practices, socio-emotional well-being, and racial justice in schools. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 30(2), 138-153.
5. (2023). National Quality Standards in Education (3-16 years).
6. (2015). Managing Behaviours in Schools. Respect for All Framework.
7. Times of Malta. (2022). Restorative justice in schools seen as first step to an empathetic society. https://timesofmalta.com/article/restorative-justice-in-schools-seen-as-first-step-to-an-empathetic.931786