RISE-uP: Restorative Practices

RISE-uP: Restorative Intervention and Student Engagement Program

RISE-uP is designed as a social-justice oriented, culturally responsive and anti-racist space to engage students who need support re-entering the RHS community. The program will serve a wide range of students from those returning to school from hospitalization, those struggling to engage with peers/teachers and those requiring more intensive interdisciplinary work to engage in grade-level curriculum.

Restorative Practices Interventionist

Sarah Chaves is our Restorative Practices Interventionist @ RHS, responsible for leading RISE-uP. Some of her responsibilities include:

Recruit, train and mentor Rise-Up Fellows
Engage in Suffolk University Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Restorative Practices Training
Collaborate with administrators, counselors and teachers to plan Restorative Circles and Conferences
Engage with Students and Teacher to understand the root cause of conflict and work to repair harm
Facilitate Peer Mediation and Peer Mentoring
Coach Colleagues who want to grow their Restorative Practices
Tutor RISE-uP Students by Coordinating with their Classroom Teachers
Collaborate with School Social Workers, Counselors, Outside Clinicians and Administrators to contribute to the development of a re-engagement plan for RISE-uP Students
Use RHS data and research on restorative practices to inform strategic planning

Restorative Practices Fellows and Seminar

RISE-uP Fellows: The Restorative Practices Interventionist will work with RHS Administration to identify 3-4 rising seniors and juniors each semester to enroll in the RISE-uP Seminar. The RISE-uP Fellows will be racially, culturally, linguistically and academically diverse so that their mentees can see themselves in the fellows. The cohort of RISE-uP Fellows should represent the beautiful diversity of the RHS student body and should showcase for mentees the resiliency of our youth. Ideal candidates would be students who struggled freshman year but have demonstrated significant personal, academic and social-emotional growth over their time at RHS. They will engage in the following activities on a regular basis for academic credit:

Restorative Practices Training
Campus of Difference Curriculum
Explore Topics in the Quest for Social Justice
Peer Mediation, Tutoring and Mentoring Training

RISE-uP Seminar: The Restorative Practices Interventionist will build a curriculum that is academically rigorous. Supported by training from the Suffolk University Institute for Restorative Justice, faculty and students study Restorative Practices as both an academic discipline and as a tool for building school culture. This curriculum should be responsive to the current moment and provide both RISE-uP Fellows and Students the opportunity to engage in stimulating discourse about the world around them. With support, the Restorative Interventionist will design a curriculum that engages their fellows in the following four areas:

Restorative Practices Training
Peer Tutoring and Mentoring
Cultural Diversity and Anti-Bias Training (ADL Campus of Difference Curriculum)
Topics in the Quest for Social Justice