Grace? Amazing! There is a mediation I conducted some time ago that has stayed with me. I won't share the details, for obvious reasons, but the heart of the conflict was surprisingly simple. Two people had been alone together. One alleged that the other had made an incredibly inappropriate comment about a third person in...
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And why goodwill is not enough. Luke Roberts works at the intersection of restorative practice, systems change, and complexity. He supports schools, justice organisations, charities, and public sector leaders to navigate conflict, harm, and culture change in complex environments. For more on Complex Systems Luke’s book – Leading Schools and Sustaining Innovation: How to Think Big...
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Juliette McAleer is a former public sector leader and PhD candidate living with disability arising from the physical and psychosocial consequences of preventable healthcare harm. Based in regional Queensland, Australia, Juliette writes from her lived perspective of harm and its aftermath, focusing on post-harm responses and how they shape safety, trust, and the possibility of...
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Juliette McAleer is a former public sector leader and PhD candidate living with disability arising from the physical and psychosocial consequences of preventable healthcare harm. Based in regional Queensland, Australia, Juliette writes from her lived perspective of harm and its aftermath, focusing on post-harm responses and how they shape safety, trust, and the possibility of...
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As the former Principal of Fairholme College, Dr. Linda Evans was a cornerstone of the school’s restorative journey for over two decades. Since 2004, she championed Restorative Practices (RP) as the primary framework for navigating the daily relationship complexities of the school community, believing there was no better alternative for fostering authentic connection. During her...
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Hayley Smith, Berry Street Education Model Consultant (Queensland) Hayley is an international educator and has supported students across the age span through her additional training and expertise in cognitive neuroplasticity and student engagement. In her most recent position before joining the Berry Street Education Model team, she held a strategic role to implement her school’s...
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RPI interview with barrister Ross McSwan regarding his new book "Tips and Traps" (co-authored with colleague Trevor Doyle) for school leaders. Ross is a strong advocate for more relational approaches to problem-solving in a legal sense, and how to minimise risk to process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E125f-4NLAw
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Barking and Dagenham London, UK, is not the easiest place to work in education. The level of deprivation (6th most deprived borough in England), the high mobility of our population, the broad and rapidly changing diversity of our community (in my own school EAL is 86% and that is spread across 72 different languages) are...
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Author bio: William Wood is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. He teaches and researches in areas of restorative justice, youth justice, corrections, and crime and media. He holds a PhD (Sociology) from Boston College, and an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary. I will admit I am struggling with recent social and...
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Dr Serge Loode Serge has worked for more than 20 years in community mediation and restorative practice, including significant experience with First Nations Peoples, and also with people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds. He has an undergraduate law degree and practicing certificate from his home country of Germany, a Masters Degree in Dispute...
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