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 guidanceUnderstand which facilitation tools to use and whyReceive the five steps and necessary tools for facilitating a responsive circleLearn to navigate responsive circle resistance and resource limitationsAddress underlying behavior issues and learn alternatives to excluding students from their school community Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Important Things to Remember About Student BehaviorChapter 2: Traditional Punishments Versus Consequences Chapter 3: Responsive Circle FacilitationChapter 4: Circle Types and ToolsChapter 5: Resistance and Resource Constraints EpilogueReferencesIndex Read more