School-based RP Implementation

With SEL, we can foster emotional safety and mental wellness, and help reduce violence and risky behaviors among students.

Linnea Ionno, executive director at The Cottage, shares how accepting the inevitability of conflict and building skills help her organization navigate both internal and external conflicts.

“As a teacher in Wayne and a resident and mayor here in Montclair, I could not be prouder of the leadership that the Montclair Education Association, the Montclair Board of Education, and our students, teachers, educational support professionals, and administrators have taken in showing what restorative justice looks like in action,” [President] Spiller said.

Angela Monell and Southwest Guilford High School are committed to restorative practices as a way to keep kids in class and out of trouble.