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Responsive Circles
A Guide to Resolving Student Conflict and Building School Community
Designed to be extremely practical for K–12 administrators, teachers, and students, the book equips educators with the knowledge and skills needed to implement responsive circles effectively. It explores how student behavior serves as communication, how traditional discipline fails to address underlying issues, and the next steps educators can take.
A step-by-step guide to restorative classroom management
In Responsive Circles, author JR Entsminger equips educators with practical strategies to address conflict and improve student behavior through restorative practices. The book emphasizes using responsive circles to repair harm, foster empathy, and address student conflict while reducing reliance on traditional punishment. It also explores bias, social-emotional learning, and integrating restorative practices or approaches into school culture for a healthier community schoolwide.
K–12 administrators and educators can use this book to:
- Benefit from leader- and teacher-specific implementation guidance
- Understand which facilitation tools to use and why
- Receive the five steps and necessary tools for facilitating a responsive circle
- Learn to navigate responsive circle resistance and resource limitations
- Address underlying behavior issues and learn alternatives to excluding students from their school community
Related Topics
Classroom Management & BehaviorSocial-Emotional Learning
