Introduction to Restorative Practices in Education

Learn practical strategies to build strong, healthy relationships with students, families, clients, employees and colleagues. Participants will gain understanding of the fundamental unifying premise of restorative practices—that people are happier, more cooperative and productive, and more likely to make positive changes in their lives when those in positions of authority do things with them rather than to them or for them.

The event runs from 9 to 11:45 a.m. Ullman Commons 100 is located across the breezeway from the Starbucks coffee shop. 

FREE for GSOE students & faculty 

$10 for all other participants

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Karen Junker is a math teacher with expertise in community problem-solving approaches to school discipline and classroom management in K-12. Ms. Junker works as a consultant to a growing number of schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and to the Public Counsel of the California Statewide Education Rights Office. She is a member of the Justice Center Council of State Governments’ National School Discipline Consensus Project, and was recently appointed by the Chief Justice of California to serve on the Keeping Kids in School and Out of the Courts steering committee. Ms. Junker’s work has been featured in Exemplary Programs for Reducing Exclusionary Discipline in Schools, conducted by the Equity Project at Indiana University and supported by Atlantic Philanthropies and the Open Society Foundation. Ms. Junker works collaboratively with students, teachers and administrators in aligning discipline practices with each school’s goal of creating a community where all students feel included, valued and respected. Additionally, Ms. Junker is a trainer for the International Institute for Restorative Practices.

Event in partnership with California Lutheran University’s Graduate School of Education Counselor Education Department