Restorative Justice in Education

Making a Difference in Our Schools

You can create healthy, respectful educational communities with alternative approaches to conflict and discipline. Our restorative justice in education program can help you learn the skills you need to transform your educational setting.

Attend the Restorative Justice in Education Conference

We offer different focus options for K-12 educators, administrators or other school leaders, community leaders, and social workers or school counselors. A variety of electives allows for focused study for each of these groups. You’ll learn to:

Promote positive student behavior and increase student achievement and attendance
Replace suspensions and expulsions with strategies that work
Improve relationships and school climate while increasing instructional time

Whether you want to just take a class, attend our annual restorative justice in education conference, or receive a graduate certificate or master's degree, we have options.

Graduate Certificate in Restorative Justice in Education (15 SH)

To qualify for the graduate certificate in restorative justice in education, candidates must complete twelve required semester hours (SH) and three elective semester hours from the following courses.

Required

EDCC 521 Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (3)
EDRJ 551 Foundations of Restorative Justice in Education (3)
EDRJ 621 Restorative Discipline: Accountability and Restoration in Schools (3)
EDRJ 601 Facilitating Circle Processes (3)

Elective (Choose 1)

Three hours of elective courses are to be taken from the following CJP (PAX) or Education (ED) courses.
EDCC 501 Creating Cultures of Change (3)
EDCC 531 Social and Ethical Issues in Education (3)
EDCI 511 Teaming and Collaboration (3)
EDCI 541 Supporting Positive Classroom Behaviors (3)
EDDA 501 At-Risk Issues in School and Community (3)
EDDA 511 Teaching Diverse Learners (3)
EDDA 631 Research in Risk and Resiliency (3)
EDRJ 581 Analyzing Conflict in Educational Settings (3)
PAX 540 STAR: Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (3)
PAX 571 Restorative Justice (3)
PAX 615 Leading Organizational Change (3) (has pre-reqs)
MOL 600 Developing Healthy Organizations: Team Building & Collaboration (3)
MA in Education: Restorative Justice in Education (36 SH)

EMU offers an interdisciplinary concentration in Restorative Justice in Education (RJE) by taking courses through the education department as well as EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Practitioners focus on helping teachers, administrators, and other school personnel to develop skills in peaceable and restorative ways of teaching and leading.

Program core (15 SH)

EDCC 501 Creating Cultures of Change (3)
EDCC 521 Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (3) +
EDCC 531 Social and Ethical Issues in Education (3)
EDCC 551 Action Research in Educational Settings (3)
EDPC 611 Action Research Project in some area of RJE (3)

Concentration Area Courses (12 SH)

EDRJ 551 Foundations of Restorative Justice in Education (3) +
EDRJ 581 Analyzing Conflict in Educational Settings (3)
EDRJ 621 Restorative Discipline: Accountability and Restoration in Schools (3) +
EDRJ 601 Facilitating Circle Processes (3) +

Elective* Courses (9 SH)

9 Credit Hours to be selected from the following or other approved courses by adviser.

Ed (MA in Education) Courses

EDCI 511 Teaming and Collaboration (3)
EDCI 541 Supporting Positive Classroom Behaviors (SPED focus) (3)
EDDA 501 At-Risk Issues in School and Community (3)
EDDA 511 Teaching Diverse Learners (3)
EDDA 571 Trauma, Restoration, & Resilience in Educational Environments (3)
EDDA 631 Research in Risk and Resiliency (3)
EDSL 581 Language and Culture (3)

CJP (Center for Justice & Peacebuilding) Courses

PAX 533 Analysis: Understanding Conflict (3)
PAX 540 STAR: Strategies for Trauma Awareness & Resilience (3)
PAX 571 Restorative Justice: Principles, Theories & Applications (3)
PAX 615 Leading Organizational Change (3) (has pre-reqs)

MOL (MA in Organizational Leadership) Courses

MOL 600 Developing Healthy Organizations: Team Building & Collaboration (3)

*decisions made in collaboration with academic adviser
+ required as part of the certificate program

Courses are available in a variety of formats for practicing local and regional school personnel, community leaders, social workers, school counselors, international candidates, and persons serving in informal educational settings.

Learn more about the core curriculum of EMU’s master of arts in education.
Individual Courses
Upcoming courses in restorative justice include:

Summer 2019
- EDCC 521 Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation (3 SH)
- EDRJ 601 Facilitating Circle Processes (3 SH)