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Gina N. DiVincenzo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Disciplinary intervention is an important responsibility for teachers and administrators. Undesirable behavior must be addressed as it can cause disruptions to the learning environment and ultimately impede student learning and progress. A variety of punitive disciplinary interventions, ranging from time out to exclusionary practices such as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Restorative Practices, Discipline, Intervention
Christopher J. Jonassen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As student discipline has become a growing area of concern in public schools, the staggering number of office referrals and student suspensions has caused principals to seek alternative methods to address student misbehavior. Restorative practices aim to change negative student behavior and restore relationships following behavioral incidents by…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Administrator Attitudes, Principals, Student Behavior
Shari Gateley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The challenge for schools and districts across the country has been tackling issues of equity and inclusion that lead to closing opportunity gaps for students. With this in mind, districts have employed schools to find alternative approaches to discipline. One option districts and school sites have is the use of restorative practices as both…
Descriptors: Discipline, Restorative Practices, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Ashleigh Nichole Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the perceptions of administrators, teachers, and other school personnel regarding the effectiveness of restorative practices in addressing disciplinary infractions within school settings. Grounded in a phenological design approach, the study investigates lived experiences to understand how individuals perceive and engage…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Administrator Attitudes
Adam G. Cole; Brianna A. Lienemann; Joanna Sun; Jacqueline Chang; Shu-Hong Zhu – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Youth vaping is a concern and schools may use many approaches to discipline students caught vaping at school. This study identified the prevalence of school staff seeing vaping in schools and the measures used to discipline students. A state-wide sample of 7,938 staff from 255 middle and high schools reported whether they saw any students vaping…
Descriptors: Smoking, Drug Use, Middle School Students, High School Students
Lakria Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Disproportionate rates of behavioral problem reporting and consequences for African American males have occurred for decades. With the consequences surrounding problem behaviors typically removing the student from the classroom, whether to the principal's office or for an in-school or out-of-school suspension, time spent in the classroom for…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, African American Students, Males, Discipline
Nancy Martinez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative study delves into the intricate relationship between Knowles' andragogical teaching style and the implementation of restorative practices in secondary schools. The research takes root in the growing need to move beyond zero-tolerance policies that have demonstrably led to concerning trends such as heightened suspension rates,…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Teaching Methods, Secondary Education, Discipline
Nahreisha Napree Tate – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This basic qualitative study examined the implementation of restorative practices (RP) in schools as an alternative to punitive discipline approaches like zero-tolerance policies. The study aimed to understand their perceptions of effective behavioral intervention approaches, the relationship between restorative practices and school climate, and…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, School Culture, Teacher Attitudes, Discipline
Harneet Kaur – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
This study examines the impact of statewide Restorative Justice (RJ) policy reforms in Michigan and Texas on student disciplinary outcomes and behavior, in light of increasing concerns over the negative effects of zero-tolerance policies. As schools move away from exclusionary discipline practices, this research focuses on three primary questions:…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Zero Tolerance Policy, Restorative Practices, Discipline
Matthew Green; Jade Calais – Educational Studies, 2025
Race, poverty, and gender interplay with school discipline, to make schools ancillary to the juvenile justice system (Morris and Perry 2017). Exclusionary discipline contributes to the school-to-prison nexus, a metaphor that illuminates the complex, interconnected relationship between schools and prisons (Okilwa, Khalifa, and Briscoe 2017).…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Teachers, Elementary School Students, Discipline
Hoggs, Sean P., I – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation presents an in-depth examination of the effectiveness of restorative practices in a high school setting. The study was conducted in a regional high school and included both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The results of the study show that restorative practices can significantly improve student behavior and…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, High School Students, Student Behavior, Educational Environment
Rachael Ann Marchetti – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to provide a measurement of the relationship between implementing Restorative Practices and Office Referrals. The background of this study was primarily rooted in the researcher's role in discipline and the restorative practices training the researcher was involved in. This training subsequently became the primary…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Discipline, Student Behavior, Suspension
DuBose, Michael D. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Since the early 1990s, American schools adopted exclusionary sanctions such as zero-tolerance policies (ZTP) to reduce student misbehavior as well as to sustain school safety. Due to the punitive nature of ZTP, some schools have sought alternative discipline models, like the restorative practices, to manage student infraction. This mixed methods…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Restorative Practices, School Districts, Experience
Alison B. Peer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The use of restorative practices to address college student behavior is a growing trend, but one about which few studies exist. While literature suggests how implementation of restorative practices can happen in the K-12 education setting, little is known about how student conduct practitioners should go about modifying their practices, policies,…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Student Behavior, College Students, Discipline Policy
Rhonda N. T. Nese; María Reina Santiago-Rosario; Joseph F. T. Nese; Danielle Triplett; Saki Malose; Jillian Hamilton; Sara Izzard; Alex Newson – Grantee Submission, 2023
In this brief, we outline the five components of the ISLA model, as well as steps that school and district teams can take to begin implementing these practices within their positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework. Key Takeaways: (1) The ISLA model was created to support teachers, staff, and students by focusing on…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Discipline, Restorative Practices, Models