Core Trainings

Using Circles Effectively


Learn the value and process of circles—practical and effective tools for creating a positive classroom climate in Schools (both Secondary and Primary) and Looked After Children settings (LAC), which you will be able to use immediately.
This one-day course normally runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., though this is negotiable subject to minimum inputs and contents.

View our current training schedule here.

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Circles can be used, with a modest time investment, to:

  • create a positive classroom/care community
  • manage classroom/care setting behaviour
  • engage students/LAC and their parents/carers in their own behavioural issues and academic/vocational progress

Circles teach students/LAC:

  • that their classroom/care setting is a community
  • how to build trust
  • to support each other’s learning, growth and connectedness
  • to hold each other accountable

 

Very informative, helped provide a framework for us to embed restorative principles across our community. The Effective Use of Circles Training provided … opportunities to try out circle time scenarios and time to reflect on current practice.”

—Fiona Holmes,
Assistant Head Teacher, Pupil Referral Unit and Inclusion Service, Oxford, UK



Focus:

  • circle techniques and ideas
  • what circles can accomplish
  • how circles can be restorative
  • using circles to stimulate learning,
    growth, connectedness and discussion



Agenda & Materials:

  • participatory exercises to:
    • practice using circles
    • develop new circle applications and questions
  • videos of restorative practices in use
  • analysis of videos in the context of restorative philosophy
  • discussion of key circle issues
  • helpful materials to take home