Restorative Practices

In 2019, Waldorf education marked its 100th anniversary. But you might be wondering for any teaching philosophy, not just Waldorf, that has deeper roots, how do we educate today’s student? Well, much of what a Waldorf school teaches is how to learn. How to be in the world, even. How to “see” one another. This includes teaching students how to resolve conflict. In the classroom, Waldorf teachers are already teaching students how everything we do affects one another. We also have the luxury of pulling from more than 100 years worth of insights into child development in refining a conflict resolution system that continuously meets the students where they are. On this podcast episode, you will hear from our school counselor, Jenny Thompson, along with our Restorative Practices Committee to talk more on the model we use, which also has roots in ancient and indigenous restorative practices.