23TRA285 A Schools Restorative Journey - St. Patrick's Comprehensive

Date:       Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Time:       5pm - 6pm
Venue:    Online Via Zoom

This one hour webinar gives an overview of the remarkable 18 month journey of one school, St. Patrick's Comprehensive, Shannon, in its quest to become a restorative school (or as close as one can get to this realistically unreachable goal). Joe Power (external trainer) will firstly explain briefly what RP is, as well as what it is not, and why the range of practices are adaptable to any school. Paige Franklin (co-ordinator and trainer herself now) will then explain why St. Patrick's started on this, how it went about it, how it's getting on and, yes, what challenges it has had (it's not all plain sailing by the way). She will be joined by Ciara Golden and Grace Killeen, teaching staff and RP trainers. Finally they will all answer questions and give advice on how you can do something similar should you choose to go down the RP road yourself. This promises to be a rare opportunity to look at and learn from the experience of one brave school.

 

Bio of Presenters:

Joe Power

 

Joe Power is the RP Development Officer for Limerick and a Quality Specialist with CDI Tallaght. He has worked in the area for almost five years, and has experience delivering training in both primary and secondary school settings (over 25 schools at this stage). He has also delivered training to pre-school and third level settings, as well as to youth services and residential care centres (he previously worked 18 years in that field). He also employs the principles and practices with his own children and his own life on a daily basis. He has written extensively about restorative practice, its implementation and the barriers that sometimes exist in his website blog and delivers a 9 week online RP training course twice a year through Clare Education Centre.

 

Paige Franklin

Paige Franklin is a Special Needs Assistant at St Patrick's Comprehensive School. She has a degree in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and a PGCE in Secondary Science. While at Nottingham University, Paige collaborated on a project with the Self Harm Research Group. She has worked in education since she left school herself with a particular interest in Special Education and Educational Psychology. Paige took a course on Restorative Practice in October 2021 and hasn't looked back since. She is now a trainer herself and is coordinating the implementation of Restorative Practice in her school. 

 

Ciara Golden 

Ciara is a Year Head and English and Music teacher in St Patrick's Comprehensive School, Shannon. She has a BA in English and Music and completed a Masters in Modern English Literature in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. She completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Education in UL and also completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (Toraíocht) through Maynooth University. Ciara has completed a course in Conflict Management through the LCETB and also completed the Restorative Practice training with CDI. She is now a trainer and involved in the training of staff and implementation of RP in her school. 

 

Grace Killeen 

Grace Killeen is a Mathematics, Geography and SEN teacher at St Patrick's Comprehensive School. She has a degree in Maths and Geography and a Master's in Education. Grace took a course on Restorative Practice in October 2021. She is now a trainer herself and is involved in the implementation of Restorative Practice in St. Patrick's Comprehensive School.