Services for Schools
We know there are ever-changing demands on teachers, administrators, and schools. At PiRI, we move and change with those shifts, while continuing to support you in the most important piece - strengthening the human connections that:
keep students connected to school and learning in their classrooms
support an engaged faculty and staff to prevent burn-out and turnover
teach productive ways to respond to conflict and harm to decrease referrals and suspensions
By intentionally building trust and strengthening relationships with colleagues and those they serve, schools create restorative spaces where authentic community can thrive. These spaces foster learning, spark creativity, and support meaningful, lasting change.
Trainings and workshops can be provided at your location or at PiRI, and can be tailored to meet the needs of your school or organization. For more information or to set up a time to connect with our team, call (585) 473-0970 or send our team an email.
Training for Staff, Faculty, and Admin.
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This 3-hour introduction of Restorative Practices builds awareness for the whole school or organizational community. Participants will have the opportunity to experience a community building circle and learn about the foundation of restorative work; that it is relational and both proactive and responsive.
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This 3-day foundational training is the starting point for schools or organizations to begin implementing Restorative Practices. During this training, participants will experience community building circles and gain an understanding of a “restorative mindset” to build a sense of community. Participants will learn the elements of community building through using shared values and guidelines, affective language and storytelling to foster connection and belonging. Participants will also create an outline for a community building circle and practice facilitation skills.
*Can be modulated into sessions and offered virtually
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This 2-day training builds on the Community Building Training and focuses on repairing relationships when both low level and serious incidents of harm occur. In this training,participants will learn how to address low level conflict using affective language and understanding root causes of harmful behavior. There will be opportunity to practice both restorative conversations and circles to repair harm. Participants will learn about the process for more serious incidents of harm including pre-conferencing and conference facilitation.
*Can be modulated into sessions and offered virtually
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This training is a crucial and valuable next step for teachers, administrators, and curriculum specialists who have participated in Tier 1 Training because it answers the question: How can we find time to use restorative practices in our school day? Academic Circles are an instructional strategy which engages students inactive learning, encourages students to connect and learn from each other and fosters higher level thinking because it develops a safe environment to take risks. In this training, teachers will learn how to use the Circle Process and the key elements of Community Building to move their curriculum forward. It embeds the foundational characteristics of Restorative Practices: relationship, respect, and high student accountability in the lessons that you teach.
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Our restorative PLC series meets NYSED’s emphasis on continuous improvement while also equipping educators with practical restorative skills. These sessions create a supportive, reflective space where educators practice facilitation, analyze their experiences, and co-create action steps for sustaining a restorative culture.
Training for Students
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Students learn the principals of Restorative Practices and how it relates to equity and empowerment. Students will experience sitting in circle with increasing opportunities for vulnerability over the two days, facilitated by experienced trainers who will model the circle process with fun and fidelity. Students will learn how to create circle outlines around topics that are meaningful to them and discuss ways they can use this in their personal and school life.
Students will participate in two, 1.5 hour follow-up workshops to practice circle keeping.
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Students will continue in circle to grow their awareness and understanding about what conflict is and how it impacts them and others. Students will learn what restorative responses to conflict and harm are through video, role play and modeling and how they can use these practices in their own life and at school. Participants will follow-up with a two, 2-hour workshops designed to hone their facilitating skills as a student conflict responder.
Facilitated Workshops and Processes
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We can curate a meaningful workshop experience for your staff based on professional development or team-building objectives, group size, and time allotment.
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Responsive circles provide schools with a structured, restorative process to address community-wide conflicts and incidents in a way that fosters accountability, healing, and repair. These circles bring together students, staff, and families to build understanding, strengthen relationships, and co-create paths forward that restore trust and belonging.
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Trained restorative practitioners facilitate structured conversations that guide staff, students, or families through conflict toward understanding and resolution. With skilled, neutral facilitation, participants are supported in repairing relationships, strengthening trust, and creating agreements that move the community forward.