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Howick College has been incorporating Restorative Practices into
our behavioural management since 2007. The Staff were
introduced to the concept by
Marg
Thorsborne. Over the last two years we have engaged
Marg Thorsborne to take the entire Staff through training sessions
around the implementation and use of Restorative Practices.
Over 30 Staff have also been trained as restorative conference
facilitators and 20 staff have been trained in classroom
conferences by
Jude Moxon (Massey High School).
Recently we have also hosted two 2 day RP Workshops for teachers
and senior managers from 20 High Schools around New Zealand.
These workshops were facilitated by
Richard
Matla and Greg Jansen (Kaiapoi High School) This input
from such knowledgable and experience practitioners has proven very
beneficial for a smooth transitition.
Howick College is commited to ongoing professional development for
all staff in Restorative Practices. We have developed
our own induction programme for new staff, and are continuing
to develop and deliver our own ongoing professional development for
staff based on the literature and growing experience. Our
Restorative Practice Implementation Team is responsible for
continuing to monitor and refine the use of Restorative Practices
at Howick College.
For further information about our implementation of RP within the
school you can contact us via email at
RP@howick.school.nz