Week 3 (March 11th)

March 11th

​Hack 6 - Teach Mindfulness Hack 7 - Cultivate Empathy Hack 8 - Build Restorative Support

Hack 6: Teach Mindfulness 

1. Many students lack self-awareness and regulation. What have you done to help teach or model this? 

2. How can we normalize emotions Why should we do this? 3. How might we connect mindfulness to restorative practices? 

Hack 7: Cultivate Empathy 

1. What are some symptoms of a lack of empathy? Provide some examples you have experienced. 

2. What are some ways we can intentionally build empathy with students? Name some things that you have tried. 

3. How can you be more intentional in teaching empathy with your curriculum or teaching? 

Hack 8: Build Restorative Support 

1. Why does a one-size-fits-all approach not work for all students? 

2. What are the differences between tiers 1, 2 and 3? What supports might you or your school need to pull these off with fidelity? 

3. Having a system isn’t good enough. What is the importance of progress monitoring? 

Week 2 ( March 4)

March 4th

​Hack 3 - Repair the Harm Hack 4 - Throw Out the Rules Hack 5 - Create a Growth Mindset

Below are questions if you are stuck with ideas-use them or just react to the reading.

Hack 3: Repair the Harm 

1. “Either we spend time meeting children’s emotional needs by filling their cup with love or we spend time 

dealing with the behaviors caused from their unmet needs. Either way, we spend the time.” - Pam Leo, Author. What does this mean to you? 2. What is the importance of identifying the stakeholders? 3. Why should students repair the harm? 4. What is the importance of reintegration of the student? 

5. Why should every consequence be restorative and logical? 

Hack 4: Throw Out the Rules 

1. What are some downfalls of having “rules”? 2. Why are broad expectations more useful? Bonus: List some examples of your expectations and how 

you might improve them. 3. What do you/should you do when students break expectations? 4. How are you going to implement this in the classroom or through school-wide practices? 

Hack 5: Create a Growth Mindset 

1. Interpret this quote for a school setting: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right” 

- Henry Ford 2. Students are expected to put themselves out there daily and learn new things. What is the last new 

thing you learned? Talk about what it was like to do something you previously didn’t know how to do. 3. How can a fixed mindset affect restorative circles or a student’s behavior in general? 4. What are ways to intentionally teach and model a growth mindset?

Week 1-( ends Feb 26)

February 26th

​Intro Hack 1 - Let's Talk Hack 2 - Circle Up

Ideas to prompt a reply--use or ignore:

Introduction 

1. What do you believe are the main causations for the shocking statistics in the introduction? 

2. What do you believe are the pros and cons with traditional discipline measures? 

3. The quote: “Emotional regulation isn’t instinctive; it’s learned,” is a common theme in the book. How 

might this quote contradict traditional approaches to discipline? 

Hack 1: Let’s Talk 

1. Students don’t always have a voice when they get in trouble. Why is this problematic? 

2. What is the importance of open-ended questions when talking to a child that got “in trouble”? Provide 

    examples. 

3. What is the importance of repairing the harm? 

4. What are some of the difficulties you’ve had having restorative conversations with kids? What are some 

possible solutions?

Hack 2: Circle Up 

1. What is the problem with sending a student out of the classroom? Reflect on some personal examples. 2. Why should we do circles even when there is not a discipline issue? 3. What are some circles best practices and why? 

4. How might you make time for circles? 

Reading Schedule and Logistics

Hi All,
I am thinking this virtual space will be easier for me than physically meeting. I need deadlines so WEDNESDAYS are it. Just read as much of the assignments as you can before each Wednesday deadline and comment on the post for that week and we can see what each other thinks and reply to each other's posts when we feel like it--ya know virtual conversation :)

Reading Schedule

February 26th	​Intro Hack 1 - Let's Talk Hack 2 - Circle Up
March 4th	​Hack 3 - Repair the Harm Hack 4 - Throw Out the Rules Hack 5 - Create a Growth Mindset
March 11th	​Hack 6 - Teach Mindfulness Hack 7 - Cultivate Empathy Hack 8 - Build Restorative Support
March 18th	Hack 9 - Create a Snapshot Reflection