• Are you an educator wanting to help your students or colleagues better manage conflicts?   
• Are you a leader looking for ways to gain buy-in and develop expectations and goals with your organization?
• Are you looking for resources and guidance on techniques for classroom management?   
• Do you want strategies to support community members coping with stress or trauma they carry with them onto campus?

On Wednesday, January 17 at 9 AM through Thursday, January 18 at 5PM, in  the Center for Well Being in room 118, spend two days digging into role plays, simulations, activities, and theory focused on supporting our community members not only academically, but also psychologically and emotionally.  During the sessions you will gain facilitation, community building and conflict management techniques you can implement immediately.

Topics:

• Community Circles: Participants will actively engage in a community circle and delve into social-emotional community building approaches.
• Restorative facilitation techniques: Experience a session integrating restorative techniques into your facilitation skills and practices. Expand your own practice and share with others.
• Standards-Setting Role Play: Observe and participate in role plays to create community standards. These have been used in many contexts including organization vision, mission and goal-setting, classroom management, and conflict resolution.
• Connecting with your community members: Learn a few lessons you can implement in your classroom or organization to create a positive environment where all members are included and accountable.

Workshop Overview:

Day One: Developing a Restorative Worldview

This workshop will challenge you to think differently about how you build relationships, build community with groups, and respond to conflict or incidents of harm. We will wrestle with the notions of discipline, conflict and justice through lecture, discussion, activities and role plays-looking closely at what our current systems are accomplishing and if the real needs of victims, offenders and communities are being met. Ultimately, we will emerge from day one of the workshop with ideas of how we can use restorative practices as a way of thinking about how we exist in community with others.

Day Two: Using Restorative Tools               

This workshop focuses on practical skills to set up and host a circle, how to use different types of circles and concrete tools and techniques to support engagement from participants in the circle process. The workshop uses adult education and experiential learning techniques, as well as activities and discussion. Circles can be used for:

• Establishing agreements on how community members will interact and engage with each other;
• Creating a sense of shared responsibility for maintaining agreements inside and outside of the classroom;
• Offering a way to address issues and have an open and honest discussion of these issues;
• Providing a way to address and deal with conflict.

E-mail restorativepractices@umbc.edu for more information!

The two-day training will take place on Wednesday, January 17 and Thursday, January 18 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. (Note that this is the the week of Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday holiday). Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided. The training is free for UMBC affiliates, but purchasing guidelines require us to charge $75 to cover the per-person costs for meals and training materials. If you are not affiliated with UMBC, please also purchase a ticket here.

Please use the website below by January 10, 2024 to register for the training, and to indicate dietary needs.

We understand that two full days is a lot to ask; however, we are confident that this training will be a catalyst that will enable relationships of all types to flourish and assist us in operationalizing the Community Living Principles and other aspirational goals in and beyond the Division of Student Affairs. 

• You will have the opportunity to connect and practice your networking skills with amazing UMBC alumni and employers in a relaxed, no-pressure setting. 
• The format will be structured for "speed networking," so you'll know exactly when and who to approach.
• The alumni and employers will be arts, humanities, and social science grads now working in a variety of professional careers. They are eager to get to know you!
• Food will be provided.

*****SEATS ARE LIMITED -- RSVP NOW!!!*****

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Please note: UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, students, and visitors. If you would like to request accommodations for this event due to a disability, please notify us at least two weeks prior to the event. Requests received after that time cannot be guaranteed, but we will do our best to make arrangements for program access. Please contact the event host (careers@umbc.edu) with your specific request and be sure to include the event title, date, and time.

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