Teaching Restorative Justice: Impacting Campus & Community Through Education & Service 3,4 (P) (3793, 3794)    - SITE ADOPTED COURSE -

In this course, students will continue and extend their learning about the theory and practice of restorative justice (RJ) in schools and society at large through collaborative inquiry, problem-based learning, and hands-on experience of implementing RJ in their community. Students will begin with a review of the foundations of RJ and its specific connections to educational settings and various careers within the field of education. Students will continue their learning from RJ 1,2 in regards to human behavior from a neurophysiological lens and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others as it pertains to conflict, emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships, and human behavior. Students will utilize and apply this knowledge as they explore ways to contribute to their own school communities and possible careers. Throughout the course, students will learn ways to support and care for themselves and others in order to increase their agency, capacity to overcome adversity, and bandwidth for engaging with injustices around me for sustainable change. Students will receive ongoing training for conflict resolution and train as peer mediators in order to serve as student leaders on campus as it pertains to conflict repair and community building (the first two tiers of RJ). Students will also participate in education and service learning projects that move beyond the classroom and into various communities represented in the class community.