Responsive Circles: A Guide to Resolving Student Conflict and Building School Community

by JR Entsminger

In Responsive Circles, author JR Entsminger equips educators with practical strategies to address conflict and improve student behavior through restorative practices. The book emphasizes using responsive circles to repair harm, foster empathy, and address student conflict while reducing reliance on traditional punishment. It also explores bias, social-emotional learning, and integrating restorative practices or approaches into school culture for a healthier community schoolwide.




K–12 administrators and educators can use this book


Benefit from leader- and teacher-specific implementation guidance
Understand which facilitation tools to use and why
Receive the five steps and necessary tools for facilitating a responsive circle
Learn to navigate responsive circle resistance and resource limitations
Address underlying behavior issues and learn alternatives to excluding students from their school community



Introduction

Chapter 1: Important Things to Remember About Student Behavior

Chapter 2: Traditional Punishments Versus Consequences

Chapter 3: Responsive Circle Facilitation

Chapter 4: Circle Types and Tools

Chapter 5: Resistance and Resource Constraints

Epilogue

References

Index

225 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2025