The Secret to Creating Restorative Schools: How Assessing Readiness will Kickstart Implementation
FREE MINI-COURSE
In about 25 minutes, you’ll learn about why it’s important to assess readiness, what we’ll assess, and what your report will look like. This mini-course consists of 8 short video lessons plus a readiness worksheet and an article on school readiness that you can download and read.
Lesson 1: Introduction
Welcome to the course! We’re thrilled to be a part of your RJE journey.
Lesson 2: What is Readiness?
In this lesson, you’ll learn how we define “readiness” and how the R=MC2 assessment measures readiness.
Lesson 3: General Capacity
In this lesson, you’ll learn about the first component of readiness: General Capacity. This looks at the critical elements that will either support or hinder implementation.
Lesson 4: Capacity for RJE Specifically
In this lesson, you’ll learn about the second component of readiness: RJE-Specific Capacity. Here, we’ll explore how ready your school is for not just any intervention, but for RJE and all it entails.
Lesson 5: Motivation
In this lesson, you’ll learn about the third component of readiness: Motivation. You’ll learn why it’s important that your staff isn’t burnt out or discouraged or skeptical about RJE because of past experiences.
Lesson 6: The Readiness Report
Here, we’ll explore what R=MC2 revealed at a few schools that took the assessment so you understand how we will use the results to help you plan the next steps.
Lesson 7: When to Assess
Timing is everything. Learn the right time to administer the readiness assessment and why.
Lesson 8: Getting Started
This lesson explains some more free resources we’ll give you and how to use them with your implementation team.
Course Materials
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