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Explore these charts that provide read aloud learning targets, key vocabulary, and reading focus guidance.

"The Restorative Practices Playbook helps educators start or continue their restorative justice journeys, remain reflective about their practice, and make refinements to stay on track in their efforts."

This introduction to The Restorative Practices Playbook includes hypothetical student stories and an invitation to explore your why. 

Use this self-assessment from The Restorative Practices Playbook to reflect on how you deal with students or staff when an incident or issue has arisen. 

"An Invitation to Learn in a Restorative Culture" from The Restorative Practices Playbook includes four lenses of invitational teaching and four possible types of teachers. 

Module 6 from The Restorative Practices Playbook lays out 4 common misconceptions about restorative circles. 

Listen into this episode of the powerED Podcast featuring author Mike Kuczala. In the podcast, he discusses his new book, The Peak Performing Teacher.

Along with their home and natural environments, a child’s community is now recognized as a potential contributor to adverse childhood experiences. The results can be devastating for development. Substandard schools, intolerance, discrimination, and racism can lead to chronic health issues, minimum employment, and long-term poverty. Authors and educators Victoria Romero and Justin Hendrickson take us through an explanation.

The essential theme underlying this series is highlighted right in the podcast’s subtitle: a whole community approach. That means, to effectively identify and lessen the impact of student trauma requires mental health practitioners, faculty members, parents, and community members to work together. Brooke O’Drobinak, an administrator, teacher, and instructional coach, and Beth Kelley, a trauma informed consultant and conscious leadership coach offer a number of powerful ideas on how educators — without extensive training — can contribute to reducing the effects of trauma. That awareness and effort can in turn give educators greater confidence that they can have the desired impact.

This lesson plan features the book "The Invisible Boy" written by Trudy Ludwig and illustrated by Patrice Barton. It includes example questions, prompts, and tips for teachers.

This resource introduces the reader to the sections included in the book and their purpose.

Learn about the benefits of daily read alouds and what inspired the author.