Restorative Discipline is Responsive, Proactive, and Consistent

Restorative discipline is neither autocratic nor permissive, nor is  it a combination of the two. Approaching discipline from a restorative  perspective is a shift away from traditional disciplinary practices. A  restorative approach to discipline concentrates on teaching students  effective behaviors and dispositions and helping them to restore damages  resulting from misbehavior.

Consistent Approach

Consistency means maintaining a restorative perspective about the purpose of discipline.

• Consistently believing in students’ desire to be successful.
• Consistently supporting students in being successful.
• Consistently empathizing with students who have made mistakes.
• Consistently helping students to regain regulation, take steps to  grow from mistakes, and to make amends with who they may have harmed.

Consistency does not mean responding to every student in exactly the  same way. Inevitably an educator’s response may look very different  depending on the situation and the student