Restorative Justice School Coordinator (Castlemont Campus)

Organization Background
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth's (RJOY) mission is to fundamentally shift the way we respond to youthful wrongdoing from punitive, zero tolerance approaches that cause more harm to restorative approaches that heal and repair harm. RJOY offers training and technical assistance, and seeds restorative practices in schools, communities, and the justice system.

Responsibilities
The Restorative Justice School Coordinator (RJSC) is responsible for implementing school program objectives and satisfying the deliverables related to RJOY’s restorative justice demonstration program based in the Castlemont schools and the surrounding neighborhood. The RJSC’s work will be supervised by RJOY’s Executive Director. Specifically, the RJSC will:

-Establish a collaborative working relationship with RJOY staff and with administrators, faculty, community-based organization staff, and others at the designated school site.
-Do administrative tasks such as data entry for reports, maintaining student files, writing progress notes, budget and invoice for and otherwise plan meetings and events.
-Offer training, and technical assistance and support to staff and students in facilitation of Restorative Conferences, Restorative Conversations, Peacemaking Circles, Community-Building Circles, Talking Circles, etc.
-Facilitate and co-facilitate Restorative Conferences, Restorative Conversations, Peacemaking Circles, Community-Building Circles, Talking Circles, etc. among students and staff.
-Together with the responsible site administrator, develop and implement a referral system for Restorative Conferences for youth involved in school discipline matters including a protocol for screening to determine appropriateness of case for referral to restorative methods.
-Collect consent forms from youth participants in intensive circle or conferencing processes.
-Prepare progress notes, and maintain participant files for each circle or conferencing process.
-For Restorative Conferences and Circles, conduct intake assessments, prepare participants, send confirmation notices, facilitate process, develop agreed-upon plan, and conduct follow-up.
-Prepare written reports and enter data into data base on an ongoing basis, to be completed by the end of each month.
-With Community Coordinator, offer training, technical assistance and support to parents and E. Oakland community and congregation members in facilitation of Restorative Conferences, Conflict Circles, and Circles of Support and Accountability.
-Review and maintain familiarity with staff policies and procedures, OUSD Disciplinary Hearing Process, the OUSD Parent Guide, and pertinent sections of the Education Code.
-Work with RJOY’s program research and evaluation team to implement program evaluation strategies, collect data (both verbal and written), and maintain database records.
-Engage in professional development, keep abreast of best school practices and research in the field of Restorative Justice.


Qualifications
A B.A. or higher degree and excellent writing and verbal communication skills are required. Also required are working knowledge of the principles and practices of restorative justice and training and experience utilizing restorative justice practices. Successful experience working with ethnically and socially diverse populations is further required. Experience working in a public school is preferred.

Salary
Depends on experience. Full-time with full benefits.

TO APPLY:
Email a cover letter and resume to Annie Hughes, annie@rjoyoakland.org, and include “RJ School Coordinator” in the subject line.