Green Omega, L3C

New Hampshire Restorative Justice Training

Participants engaged with each other to explore the application of restorative approaches in schools to both build positive school climate and culture, and respond to harm. The action-focused training supported school teams to discuss the training content and set intentions for the application of their learning and planning.

Achievement-based Objectives

• Identify personal values and compare them to restorative values and principles.
• Explore and practice restorative strategies to build community, communicate needs, and respond to challenges.
• Examine a three-tiered framework for restorative practices in schools and assess application in your school.
• Used a card sort activity to better understand what’s happening in your school
• Define restorative approaches in schools in your own words and in a way that is relevant for staff and students.
• Plan next steps in your school.

Training Materials

Training Slides: http://www.greenomegal3c.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advancing-Restorative-Approaches-in-NH-Schools-Slides-1.pdf
Videos we showed during the day:
Fostering a Sense of Belonging with Norms: https://youtu.be/oRXYc4xmvwg
Restorative Welcome and Reentry Circle: https://youtu.be/HiLtFVHR8Q0
The Neurosequential Model in Education (PBS series featuring Dr. Bruce Perry): https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-the-neurosequential-model-5prebi/

Selected Participant Quotes

“I appreciated the opportunity to have discussions with colleagues from other schools as a way to support one another.”

“I appreciated the balance of both the experiential and information learning. The time spent engaging in Tier I practices together was enough but did not waste time or take away from actively learning about the theory and info backing it all.”

“I appreciated how welcomed I felt right from the opening circle. I also really enjoyed the time to work directly with my team DURING the workshop, instead of having to make a plan afterwards. It was very helpful!”

Training Evaluation Summary

Completion Rates: 65 people attended the two trainings. 50 of these completed the pre-training survey; and 35 completed the post-training survey.

• There was significant increase in participants’ familiarity of restorative justice work taking place in other NH schools.
• There was measurable increase of participants’ knowledge in:
  • Application of restorative principles to build positive school culture
  • Application of restorative principles to respond to harm
  • Restorative communication
• Participants indicated that they were most likely to apply their learning to:
  • Using “check-ins” to connect with each other as staff and with students (53%)
  • Applying restorative principles to incidents of harm between students (50%)
  • Co-develop staff and classroom agreements to ensure things go right (47%)
• There was measurable increase in participants capacity to effectively apply:
  • Restorative principles with staff team
  • Restorative principles with students
  • Participants expressed confidence in following through on their action plans.