Restorative Practice

Restorative Practice

Restorative Practice creates a strong school community in which every student and adult is respected and given the opportunity to fulfill his or her greatest potential. At MEC Prep, you will see RP at work at every level, from the way adults interact with students to the way discipline issues are handled. But perhaps the strongest evidence is the respectful, empathetic way students interact with each other. Students use restorative practices to prevent and fix conflict, mending relationships and building connections in our community.

Conventional/Retributive Justice                 Restorative Practice

1. What is the law that was broken?                1. What are the effects of the harm that was done?

2. Who broke that law?                                    2. Who is responsible and how?

3. How should they be punished?                    3. How might we repair the harm?

Restorative Practice provides participants of conflict with a safe, respectful forum for ‘making things right.’ Student involvement is the key to Restorative Practice.