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The document summarizes the goals and processes of the Peer Jury program at ETHS. The Peer Jury aims to help referred students recognize the consequences of their actions, repair any harm done, and develop alternatives through positive influence from other students. The referred student chooses to participate in Peer Jury rather than typical consequences like suspension. In Peer Jury, students discuss the incident, create an agreement for the referred student to make amends, and identify a juror to ensure the agreement is completed. The goal is to address wrongdoing through restorative justice and keep students engaged in school.
The document summarizes the goals and processes of the Peer Jury program at ETHS. The Peer Jury aims to help referred students recognize the consequences of their actions, repair any harm done, and develop alternatives through positive influence from other students. The referred student chooses to participate in Peer Jury rather than typical consequences like suspension. In Peer Jury, students discuss the incident, create an agreement for the referred student to make amends, and identify a juror to ensure the agreement is completed. The goal is to address wrongdoing through restorative justice and keep students engaged in school.
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The document summarizes the goals and processes of the Peer Jury program at ETHS. The Peer Jury aims to help referred students recognize the consequences of their actions, repair any harm done, and develop alternatives through positive influence from other students. The referred student chooses to participate in Peer Jury rather than typical consequences like suspension. In Peer Jury, students discuss the incident, create an agreement for the referred student to make amends, and identify a juror to ensure the agreement is completed. The goal is to address wrongdoing through restorative justice and keep students engaged in school.
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Peer Jurors at ETHS want to keep students • Help the referred student to recognize the in school by using the power of positive peer influence and understanding to encourage referred students who have violated school rules to repair the harm done and prevent results of their actions and repair the harm. • Find out why they did it, who they harmed, and explore alternatives to their decision. • Try to identify positive strengths of the ETHS future harm or violations.
• Youth can relate well to other youth.
referred students. • Come to a specific, attainable, and measurable agreement to repair the harm. Peer Jury • Youth can influence each other in • Keep peers in school and restore justice. positive ways. • Youth can develop fair and balanced agreements in place of a suspension. • Peers might have had similar situations happen to them. • Youth want to help peers to get a second chance and learn from their mistakes. • Jurors can refer students to resources in the school and in the community.
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“The Loudest Voice” ETHS Peer Jury Evanston Township High School 1600 Dodge Ave. Youth helping to keep their peers Evanston, Illinois 60201 in school and develop fair, Phone: 847-424-7203 balanced, and restorative Email: cortesic@eths.k12.il.us approaches for youth offenses. What is Restorative Choosing Peer Jury Agreement Justice? • The referred student is given a referral • The referred student and the jury will and sent to his or her Dean. discuss how he or she can make better A social justice movement which seeks to • The Dean may offer the referred student choices. engage those who are harmed, those who either a typical consequence or Peer Jury. • The referred student and the jury will cause the harm, and their affected communities • Peer Jury is always a choice. It is never develop a solution to repair the damage in search of solutions that promote repair, forced on the referred student. caused by the student’s actions. reconciliation, and the rebuilding of relation- • If the referred student agrees to go to • The referred student will be asked to take ships. Restorative Justice seeks to build Peer Jury, he or she will receive a pass in accountability for his or her actions. partnerships to re-establish mutual responsibility one of their classes indicating to them when • The referred student must show proof of for constructive responses to wrongdoing within to attend. agreement completion. our community. It utilizes a balanced approach • The referred student will go to E332 at the • The jury will go over the agreement with that considers the needs of the victim, offender, very beginning of the period assigned. the referred student to be sure everyone and community in a process that preserves the • If jury is during the student’s lunch, they approves. safety and dignity of all. Peer Jury is one form may eat during jury. • The referred student is then able to of Restorative Justice in action at ETHS. identify a juror to follow up with him or her on an agreed upon date, time, and Purpose of Peer Jury In Peer Jury location to ensure he or she has completed • The room is set up with chairs in a circle, the agreement. To provide a positive outlet in which with one chair outside of the circle for students can resolve school related conflicts the adult advisor. with the assistance of their peers and avoid • The adult advisor is there to observe, but Commitment of Jurors a possible suspension. Together, students the students will do the talking. • Jurors will inform facilitators of a free negotiate an equally acceptable resolution • Everyone will introduce themselves. period or lunch in which he or she is to their conflict through the creation of • The jurors will explain Peer Jury. available for jury each week. an agreement which seeks to transform • The jurors are NOT allowed to talk about • Each jury will meet approximately one to the negative behavior into a positive goal. what is said in circle with anyone unless two times per week during this period. Through this program, the referred student there is a risk of harm. • Students will take turns being the will hopefully develop self-esteem, confidence, • In the circle, everyone has an equal voice follow-up juror and will ensure the and skills necessary for a positive and productive and must respect each other. referred student has completed his or adult life. • The jurors will talk to the referred student her agreement. about what led him or her to get a referral • Students will be notified when they have and how to make amends to all who were a jury at the beginning of the week by harmed. email and/or text message. • The student and the jurors will come up • Peer Jury meets as a group once a month with an agreement together. at 8:00 a.m.
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