Vision & Mission
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The vision and mission of RP Matters Now is to strengthen the culture and communities of educational settings by teaching restorative practices as a vehicle to inspire, drive, and foster building connection, healing, relationships, and transforming conflicts into opportunities for growth, development & societal contribution.
What Are Restorative Practices (RP)?
Restorative practices are a set of processes, strategies, and tools that help us create a caring school community and keep that community whole. The premise is that people and relationships are valued first and foremost. When people make mistakes or cause harm, restorative practices can help them to understand the impact of their actions, heal the harm, and restore the community.
Restorative practices offer a positive alternative to the punitive forms of discipline leading to the disproportionately harsh discipline of students of color and thus created the “school to prison pipeline” that continues to plague schools of the 21st century. These practices enable both young people and adults to develop skills to resolve conflicts and problem-solve, and repair harm in restorative ways rather than impose punishment.
Restorative practices transform school environments from punitive and retributive to restorative and healing. When done explicitly, intentionally, and consistently, RP benefits all of the stakeholder groups.
Holistic Approach
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We believe that the foundation of school success is built upon a student-centered, positive, safe learning environment with strong relationships as its main cornerstone. We give attention to the entire school community and recognize each stakeholder group is an important piece of the overall school climate. We analyze each school community to develop and tailor-make an effective and relevant school climate action plan. We seek to give voice, visibility, agency, and value to every member of the school community.
We use transformative, restorative, intentional processes and practices as the foundation of our evidenced-based and comprehensive framework with an interwoven alignment of explicit Best Practices that include:
Restorative Practices (RP) / Restorative Justice (RJ)
Social-Emotional Learning & Wellness (SELW)
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient (EI/EQ)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Cultural Competence (CC) / Cultural Humility (CH)
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support (PBIS)
Bullying Prevention
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