23TRA013 9 Week Teacher /SNA Restorative Practices Skills Based Course (P) (PP) (SNA)

Date:         10, 17, 24, 31 January, 7, 21, 28 February, 7, 14 March 2023
Time:        7pm - 9.30pm & 7.45pm - 9pm
Venue:     Online Via Zoom

Restorative Practice has been gaining in popularity in education circles for over 25 years now, and is now well established in the Irish landscape. There are many courses that offer an overview of the skills and philosophy but rarely do they give participants the opportunity to fully explore these new skills, and in the safe context of a practice partner who is also on the same path. Weekly  emails help focus the learners with relevant suggested resources and this, combined with a weekly call with your practice partner,  means you learn just enough at any one time. At the end of this course you will have an awareness of the benefits a restorative  approach can bring to your classroom and your life, as well as proficiency in the skills needed to foster good relationships and  respond to conflict when it arises.

Bio of Presenter: Joe Power

The course will be delivered by Joe Power, Restorative Practice Development Officer with the Limerick Restorative Practices Project. The Limerick RP Project is based in the Moyross Youth Academy (formerly Ceim ar Cheim) and Joe has over 4  years experience working there and around Limerick and the country as a whole. Joe is a trainer and quality specialist with CDI Tallaght, as well as under the SynRJ (formally IIRP Europe) and Restorative Now models. Previously he worked in residential childcare for 18 years where he first learned and employed the philosophy and skills of RP. He has considerable experience of training teachers and youth/social care workers and has also worked with schools and communities in helping embed RP at an organisatonal/community level. He has three children and employs the values and skills in this role too (RP ultimately being a way of life). He has contributed numerous articles and reflections though his blog and in 2020 developed an online RP course in association with CATTS Ireland.