RESTORATIVE PRACTICES

A Comprehensive Plan for Building a Restorative Campus

Higher Education is at a Crossroads.
You Don’t Have to Navigate It Alone.



If you’re feeling the weight of this moment, you are not alone. As a former Vice President for College Life and Student Affairs, Dean of Students, consultant, and coach to higher education leaders and students, I have sat at the same tables where you now sit—grappling with impossible decisions, balancing institutional demands with human realities, and searching for sustainable solutions in a time of relentless change.



Higher education is being stretched like never before. Student well-being concerns are escalating. Campus communities are divided. Trust in leadership is fragile. Mental health challenges, retention struggles, and crises of belonging are daily realities. The pace of change is exhausting, and many institutions are looking for a way forward that feels both practical and human-centered.

That’s where RestorED comes in

A New Way Forward

RestorED is not just another initiative—it’s a fundamentally different way of working. It is a comprehensive, campus-wide approach that embeds restorative practices into the core of student affairs, academic life, and institutional leadership.

At its heart, restorative practices are about connection, accountability, and repair. They offer a framework for navigating conflict, strengthening relationships, and fostering belonging in ways that are intentional and lasting. This is about creating the kind of campus culture where students, faculty, and staff don’t just co-exist—but thrive together.

What RestorED Offers:

  • A step-by-step roadmap bespoke to your campus context and needs to integrate restorative practices at all levels of campus life.

  • Equipping faculty, staff, and student leaders with the skills to hold meaningful dialogue, address harm, and strengthen communities.

  • Creating structured spaces to repair trust, foster connection, and respond to campus-wide challenges as they unfold.

  • Ensuring that restorative principles are embedded in student conduct, residence life, and campus leadership structures.

  • A shift from reactive crisis management to proactive community-building and harm reduction.

The RestorED Approach

This work unfolds in three intentional phases, ensuring both immediate impact and long-term sustainability:

Phase 1:

Foundations & Immediate Needs

  • Restorative Circles for students, staff, and leadership to process and repair trust.

  • Campus-wide training on the foundations of restorative practices.

  • Development of a strategic roadmap for integration across student life, academic affairs, and leadership structures.

Phase 2:

Scaling & Institutionalizing Restorative Practices

  • Training for faculty, staff, and student leaders to embed RP into daily campus interactions.

  • Integration of RP into student conduct, housing, and campus wellness initiatives.

  • Development of sustainable structures (e.g., an RP Office, peer-led restorative programs, campus-wide engagement initiatives).

Phase 3:

Long-Term Sustainability & Institutionalization

  • Transitioning leadership of RP initiatives to internal campus teams.

  • Embedding RP into policies, leadership development, and student engagement.

  • Creating a permanent culture shift in how conflict, accountability, and connection are approached.

A Trusted Partner in a Time of Uncertainty

I know what it feels like to carry the weight of this work—to be asked to navigate competing demands, to manage crises while still building toward something better. RestorED was built with that reality in mind.

This isn’t about adding one more thing to your already full plate. It’s about fundamentally shifting how your campus approaches conflict, harm, and connection—so that your leadership, your staff, and your students can breathe again.

You don’t have to do this alone. Let’s find a way forward, together.