Facilitator Restorative Justice Summer Programs Location: Edna Brewer @Bella Vista Grade 5th - 7th (Summer 2025)

About the position

This is a voluntary summer position aimed at promoting and supporting the OUSD Strategic Plan to create equitable opportunities for learning and success that ensure all students are college and career ready. The role involves providing support to schools and families, and coordinating, implementing, and facilitating school-based and community restorative practices to reduce racially disproportionate discipline and foster safe and supportive school environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a spokesperson for restorative justice practices; clearly articulate and explain the benefits of restorative processes to school-site staff, parents, students and the community.
• Organize, implement and facilitate OUSD peer restorative justice program at identified school sites; train and provide technical assistance in restorative practices to schools implementing restorative practices.
• Provide ongoing professional development, site-based coaching, and support to site administrators and leaders, teachers, support staff, and community partners in restorative justice practices.
• Assist in the identification, development, implementation, and evaluation of curricula for site-based restorative justice training.
• Facilitate restorative practices with students, parents, teachers, school staff, and community members as an alternative to out of school suspension.
• Coordinate the re-entry of students returning from discipline and incarceration through restorative practices to increase access to wraparound supports and connection to school site staff and resources.
• Facilitate site-based restorative practices professional learning community.
• Provide leadership to the school culture and climate team on the integration and implementation of restorative practices to improve conditions for learning, reduce suspensions, and increase academic engagement.
• Use Model - Mentor- Transfer process with teachers in the classroom to promote restorative community building practices, social-emotional learning, positive and inclusive classroom environment, and effective instruction.
• Represent the District at City, County, State, and National meetings and conferences to promote and to disseminate restorative practices to eliminate inequity.
• Serve as District liaison to Community Based Organizations to increase community support for and implementation of restorative justice practices within OUSD schools.
• Collaborate with other District departments to infuse restorative justice practices with existing violence prevention, truancy reduction, crisis intervention, academic and alternative educational, enrichment, health and mental health services and supports.
• Assist with data collection, progress monitoring, and program evaluation to determine the efficacy of restorative justice practices to increase safety and reduce racially disproportionate discipline, referral, and incarceration and recidivism.
• Collaborate with Positive Behavior Intervention Supports, African American Male Achievement, and Social Emotional Learning Initiatives to ensure alignment of restorative practices with other existing and emerging best practices identified in the Voluntary Resolution Plan.
• Collaborate with Teaching and Learning to align restorative practices with Common Core and other academic instructional approaches designed to achieve equity for all students.
• Collaborate with community-based programs and other initiatives at the site to align restorative justice practices with existing violence prevention, truancy reduction, crisis intervention, academic and alternative educational, enrichment, health and mental health services/providers and supports.
• Utilize trauma informed restorative practices with students, parents, staff and community members to facilitate trauma healing within school setting.
• Assist in identifying funding opportunities and developing grant proposals to expand site-based restorative justice practices and personnel.
• Attend trainings and collaborative sessions to acquire knowledge and disseminate best practices in restorative justice.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree or its equivalency required (2 years of similar and relevant work level experience = 1 year of college).
• 1 year of direct experience implementing conflict mediation and positive youth development in a school or community setting.
• Experience working in an urban school district environment preferred.
• Experience providing training and coaching to educators preferred.
• Proven commitment to school success, student achievement, and positive child, youth, and family development.
• Available for some evening and weekends.
• Valid California Driver's License, if applicable.

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual Spanish useful, but not required.