Yale SOM Education Leadership Conference

Concerned about the long term impact of overly punitive behavioral interventions, many schools are reforming their discipline strategies. This session explores how restorative justice and alternative positive behavior techniques affect the way that teachers, students, school administrators, and other stakeholders engage with each other and how the new patterns of interaction impact the overall school culture and climate. Additionally, the session highlights schools and districts that have successfully incorporated these models into their culture and examines the challenges they faced during the change process and how they overcame them.