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Restorative Discipline that Works: California’s Best Practices & Strategies

Wednesday, March 25 at 3 p.m. PT

 

 

Presented by:

Dr. Michael Corral, Project Director, Race, Education, and Community Healing (REACH) Network at UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools

Charon Green, Social Justice Manager, Para Los Niños

Christina Coppola, Client Success Director, Ripple Effects

Moderated by Jessica Berlinski, Director of TK-12 Education, Ripple Effects

California educators know that punitive discipline does not work. In fact, it can result in adverse academic, behavioral and even physiological outcomes. Are restorative practices the answer, and if so, how do we implement them systemically and sustainably in this climate of reduced funding?

UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools’ REACH (Race, Education, Community and Healing) network of ten CA school districts is committed to finding out. The statewide initiative is focused on sharing data, best practices and strategies to reduce discipline disparities and enhance student outcomes, including behavior, attendance and academics.

Meet the trailblazers putting theory into restorative practice and learn about what’s working best with students - especially those that are overrepresented - as well as staff.

  • Dr. Michael Corral, UCLA’s Executive Director of the REACH Network

  • Charon Green, Social Justice Director at Para Los Niños charter management organization

  • Christina Coppola, Client Success Director at Ripple Effects and former district student services director

Webinar attendees will learn:

  • Evidence-based, alternative-to-suspension strategies and tools that help identify the root causes of each learner’s behavior and strengthen relationships

  • The benefits to aligning behavioral support and restorative work

  • Flexible pathways to implementing restorative practices in a variety of educational settings

  • The most important thing your staff needs to understand about restorative work to make it successful

Register today!

This webinar is for administrators, educators, social workers and counselors who are interested in learning more about Ripple Effects, as well as those who already work with Ripple Effects and are interested in learning additional best practices. 
Zoom link included in confirmation email.
 
Contact Jessica Berlinski (jberlinski@rippleeffects.com) with any questions.
 

Dr. Michael Corral

Michael D. Corral is the Director of the Race, Education, and Community Healing (REACH) Network at UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools. The REACH Network is dedicated to eliminating the disproportionate impact of out-of-school suspensions on students of color, students with special education needs, and LGBTQ+ youth, through the development and dissemination of evidence-based alternatives. Michael’s commitment to social and educational justice is profoundly shaped through his faith and personal experiences as a low-income background and first-generation Mexican American from the Pacific Northwest, fueling his dedication to serve and advocate for historically marginalized communities.

Dr Michael Corral
 

Charon Green

Charon Green serves as the Social Justice Manager at Para Los Niños charter schools. She is known as a trusted culture leader and coach who builds empowering spaces for hard-to-reach students. 

She leads Para Los Niños' work as one of California district grantees that make up UCLA and UC Berkeley's REACH (Race Education and Community Healing) statewide network. The network is focused on preventing out-of-school suspensions through promoting healthy relationships and identifying tools and strategies for alternatives to suspensions that build up our youth and minimize recidivism.

Charon Green
 

Christina Coppola

Christina Coppola is a Client Success Director at Ripple Effects, where she partners with schools and organizations to support effective implementation of programs that strengthen student wellbeing and outcomes. Prior to joining Ripple Effects, she served as a Social Emotional Learning Specialist, leading systemwide implementation, professional development, and coaching to advance SEL and student support initiatives. Her background also includes experience as a Special Education teacher and a mental health practitioner providing therapeutic and behavioral supports for students in alternative education settings. Christina holds a Master of Social Work from Florida Atlantic University and has specialized training in restorative practices and restorative conferencing, with a focus on strengthening relationships, building community, and supporting positive behavior in schools.

Christina
 

Jessica Berlinski

Jessica Berlinski is the Director of PreK-12 Education for Ripple Effects. She brings over a decade of experience leading organizations dedicated to supporting the “whole child” through academic and SEL tools and programs. Jessica co-founded and served as Chief Impact Officer of SEL tech start-ups, If You Can and Centervention (formerly Personalized Learning Games). In these roles, she commercialized the first evidence-based SEL assessment and learning game for K-12 and the first SEL iPad game for the consumer marketplace. Previously, she served as Managing Director of GameDesk, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded non-profit focused on innovative learning models, and as National Director of Character Counts. Jessica speaks on technology and SEL at education and social-change conferences nationally, and her work has been featured on National Public Radio, and in Forbes and Newsweek. She graduated from Northwestern University.

Berlinski