“Gift your students a school where high achievement happens naturally.”
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Schools that Move Souls (STMS) is a team of experienced educators who work together to bring restorative solutions and advisory services to schools. It started as a network of colleagues Dr. Zac Robbins gathered to find an effective solution for the unequal suspension and expulsion of Black students. Their research led them to implement restorative justice in schools. The amazing results of that program, documented in Dr. Zac’s book, gained national recognition. The Schools That Move Souls team shared their knowledge with other schools and change-makers, advising on restorative justice and other issues such as competency-based education, equitable school financing, literacy attainment, and strategic school reform.
While the Schools That Move Souls team doesn’t like to boast, they do have some amazing results to their credit. Besides national recognition for the restorative justice programs in schools, Dr. Zac has led transformation in schools from a one-star rate to a three-star rate (in just one year), and a nomination as ‘Most Improved School’ in the state. The team has had a 99% success rate in diverting eligible students from out-of-school consequences, and graduation rates improved from 65% to over 90% in two years. They are eager to share their expertise with other educators.
What STMS values
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The student voice
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Fair consequences for student misbehavior
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School safety
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Restored relationships
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Teacher wellbeing
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Equal opportunities for all students, regardless of race
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Improved graduation and achievement rates
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Balancing students’ social and emotional needs with meeting instructional milestones
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Reducing the ‘school to prison pipeline’ effect
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Eliminating remnants of Jim Crow discipline from school policy
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Competency-based education
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Fiscal viability for schools
How are these values promoted?
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Working with senior administrators to develop a healthy school culture
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Examining school policies to look for bias
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Advising law and policymakers on the real concerns faced by schools and their students
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Skilling teachers and administrators in restorative justice practices
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Training facilitators to run restorative justice programs
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Working with non-school groups to improve organizational culture
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Implicit bias training
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Public speaking
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Mastermind coaching
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Tracking and evaluation of school data
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