See and Be Seen
Dionne Grayman, a trainer and staff developer for Morningside Center, helps bring restorative practices and racial equity to NYC public schools - and writes about it on her blog, See and Be Seen.
Edward was a part of a cohort of teachers in a middle school that was participating in a unique project to develop a whole-school model for restorative practices.
It is Thursday, January 19th, 2017, and I am sitting in a large, warm, aesthetically comforting office at a school that I have been sitting in every school day since Tuesday.
Dionne was asked by her daughter's school to facilitate a post-election circle for parents and staff. Many who came were upset about the election. Here's what happened.
Morningside staff developer Dionne Grayman shares what happened when she introduced circles in an NYC classroom.