Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Adam Voigt, Self-published, $29.95.
A “brave, new frontier of work” is the way forward when it comes to the future of a respected teaching workforce. As Adam Voigt indicates, it starts with applying the principles of Restorative Practices to the contemporary school context – creatively and practically. Another words, how working restoratively unleashes the teacher within.
The founder and CEO of Real Schools, Voigt is a former successful school principal and system leader. By authoring this ground-breaking book, it aims at “restoring esteem for the role of educators through establishing strong, productive and restorative cultures around Australia’s schools”.
Restoring the pride, focus and community perception of our educators is now a national imperative that involves cultivating a positive account of teaching expertise in every Australian school.
More than ever, we need inspired and inspiring teachers and school leaders. Yet their status and morale have never been lower. It’s about doing teaching as we’ve never done it before.
Restorative teaching that restores our teachers is a noble, worthy and overdue cause. To create a better future through education, Adam believes unconditionally in unleashing the potential of every student, parent, teacher and school leader.
This book is all about how we can re-build community status and regard for teachers by adopting a new, student-centred level of expertise within our practice, igniting a grassroots revolution in education.
Restorative Practices do work. It’s a philosophy that sits neatly with almost every educator’s purpose for working with young people, but it hasn’t always been implemented well in schools. It’s time now to have a ‘truly restorative future’.
