SEM-5500 - Restorative Justice and Other Alternatives to Student Discipline

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

This course focuses on alternatives to discipline that not only keep students in the classroom but also support relationships that might mitigate stressors that lead to negative student behaviors. To this end, you will investigate the balance of social order and social justice within K-12 educational contexts. Restorative justice will be a key component of the course, and you will consider the broad paradigm as well as specific models of restorative justice. As you assess the importance of values and relationships within these models, you will consider intersections of restorative justice with social emotional learning and trauma-informed educational practices.