Restorative Practices Coaches Online

support for your cohort's next-steps journey back at home

The ESSDACK Resilience team has created a unique year-long cohort program specifically designed to support you and your building as you move along your trauma-informed journey. This will include face to face training sessions throughout the summer and anchored with the opportunity for daily, in-house expert conversations during the school year, supported by the resources inside this website.

By joining the 2023 cohort group, you now have built a team of coaches/trainers who are informed and experienced in the five restorative skills your organization needs to be successful. And now you can take the included resources and supports back to trains and support other colleagues inside your organization

Working with the ESSDACK consultants and the included information here, you'll develop locally-based plans to best deliver the critical Restorative skills, tools, and practices into the hands of your staff and students for implementation:

  • utilizing community, academic, and restorative circles to repair harm and create accountability
  • respecting agreements
  • utilizing restorative dialogue
  • responding to vs reacting to students, colleagues, and families

We are so excited for your next step as a Restorative Practice Coach! Let the ESSDACK Restorative Practice Coaching Cohort help you along the way!


Your Instructor


Ginger Lewman
Ginger Lewman

Keynote speaker, Trauma Responsive Education, Education Redesign, Project/Problem/Passion-based Learning, Gifted & High Ability Learners, Instructional Technology & Integration

“There is nothing better than watching the face of a teacher, or a group of educators, or an entire school, as they watch their kids get excited about learning and doing things they never thought was possible. I know exactly what that feels like from the perspective of the learner, the teacher, and the school leader. It’s the most awesome thing in the world. Because in that moment, everything is possible. It’s the best feeling of possibilities for all involved and they will want to do it again.”

Ginger is a national consultant & keynote speaker with ESSDACK, a non-profit education service center based in Hutchinson Kansas. She inspires and helps all levels of educators figure out the in’s and out’s of teaching and learning. Some of her specialty topics:

  • Redesigning schools & learning environments
  • Building Resilience in staff & students (self-care and
    co-care)
  • Project/Problem/Passion Based Learning
  • technology integration
  • working with gifted and high-ability learners

Ginger is deeply passionate about helping educators rethink and revision what teaching and learning can be in today’s world.

Originally a social science teacher, then shifting to Special Education/Gifted, Ginger eventually was tapped to start a school from the ground up with the only directive being that it was to be 1:1 laptops and 100% Project-Based Learning. She describes the adventure of building the school with her students, their parents, and the staff she hired as a “baptism by lava,” learning so much about truly student-driven learning and how to rethink how to serve a variety of students and families. When she stepped away from that beautiful school to join ESSDACK full time as a consultant, it was K-8, both virtual and F2F, and they were in the process of building the high school.

Combining nearly 30 years’ teaching & leading experience with her childhood background, rooted in incredible abuse and addiction which caused her to have 7 ACEs, Ginger is well-suited to helping school and communities rethink their school systems and what we might do differently to better serve students from all backgrounds.


Course Curriculum


  3 Check Ups During the Year 9am - 11am
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  What is Restorative Justice and What isn't it?
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  🔑 The 7 RPC KEY STRATEGIES for Success in Restorative Practice Coaches
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  Big Idea 4: Restorative Language/NonViolent Communication (saying)
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  Big Idea 4a) Restorative Language: Empathy/The Art of Listening
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  Big Idea 4c) Restorative Language: The Art of Asking Questions
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  Section 5a) Restorative Strategies: Mindfulness
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  Section 5c) Restorative Strategies: Sensory Supports
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.

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