Position: Restorative Justice Coordinator
Reports to: Dean of Students
Location: Aurora, CO
2026-2027 School Year
High Point Academy's Restorative Justice Coordinator is inspired to support and educate our
students to contribute to a better world.
At High Point Academy, we understand that powerful learning only happens with strong
relationships between students, staff, and families. Our mission is to provide a strong foundation
of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which everyone is
challenged to achieve his/her highest potential academically, socially, and personally.
High Point Academy is a public charter school serving students in preschool through 8th grade.
Located in Aurora, CO, just north of Green Valley Ranch, HPA serves an ethnically diverse
student population which includes 27% linguistically diverse students and 60% of our students
qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. HPA is an award-winning wellness school whose curriculum
and classes promote healthy lifestyle choices.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at High Point Academy. We are passionate about
building and sustaining inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all
students, staff, and faculty. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity by
exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify
challenges, and discover, design, and deliver solutions.
● High Point believes the role of every member of the community is to ensure our students
are known, cared for, and celebrated. That every member of the community respects
each other's race, gender, ethnicity, and all other differences we experience today.
● High Point Academy is committed to each child's growth and success, and we know
that creating an accessible, safe, and supportive environment are integral components
for academic excellence. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged
to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.
● Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
● Strengthens High Point Academy's climate for diversity, equity & inclusion. Demonstrates
skills in promoting and supporting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
● Ability to advocate for individuals of all ethnicities, races, genders, ages, and
backgrounds.
Summary:
All employees of High Point Academy work together to achieve HPA's mission. In addition to the
duties and responsibilities listed below, we seek staff who are collaborative with colleagues,
empathetic in their relationships with students and families, and willing to work above and
beyond their job description to ensure success for students. HPA teachers possess a school-wide
focus and can see beyond their classroom to create a unified HPA community.
As a representative of the school, the RJ Coordinator must present a professional, courteous,
and friendly attitude when interacting with students, parents, staff, and the public. This position
requires the counselor to remain calm and poised in stressful situations and work toward solutions
and possibilities. The RJ Coordinator maintains confidentiality and uses discretion in all aspects of
communication. The RJ Coordinator strives to enhance the programs and experience for all
students at High Point Academy.
Position Summary:
All employees of High Point Academy work together to achieve HPA's mission. In
addition to the duties and responsibilities listed below, we seek Restorative Justice
Coordinators who are collaborative with colleagues, empathetic in their relationships
with students and families, and willing to work above and beyond their job description
in order to ensure success for students.
The Restorative Justice Coordinator supports the development of a positive and
inclusive school culture by implementing restorative practices that strengthen
relationships, address conflict, and promote accountability.
This role works closely with students, teachers, families, and school leadership to build a
community where harm is addressed through reflection, dialogue, and repair. The
coordinator supports proactive culture-building practices while also facilitating
restorative processes when conflicts arise.
The Restorative Justice Coordinator collaborates with the Dean, counseling staff, and
MTSS teams to ensure students receive appropriate behavioral and social-emotional
support.
The Restorative Justice Coordinator focuses on culture & equity and is responsible for
supporting the needs of the students in the school and for working with students,
parents, and other teachers to achieve the goals set forth in the High Point Academy
Purpose and Equity Statements.
This person is responsible for supporting, implementing and reporting on adherence to
school rules, behavior plans, and any other documentation that supports our students
to successfully meet school behavior expectations and participate in a respective,
reflective learning environment. They bring knowledge of accountability, restorative
practices and social emotional learning to support all scholars to become reflective
members of our community.
Essential Responsibilities
The Restorative Justice Coordinator serves as both a restorative practitioner and a
student culture leader, supporting individual students, strengthening schoolwide
systems, and using behavior and culture data to identify needs, develop interventions,
and improve outcomes.
Restorative Practices Implementation
● Facilitate restorative circles, mediations, and conflict resolution processes
● Lead restorative conferences following incidents of harm or conflict
● Support student reflection and accountability through restorative conversations
● Facilitate re-entry meetings for students returning from suspension or significant
behavior incidents
● Help students identify the impact of their actions and develop meaningful plans
to repair harm.
● Maintain documentation of restorative processes, agreements, and next steps.
● Provide proactive restorative supports that reduce repeat incidents and
strengthen belonging.
Student Support
● Provide targeted support to students needing additional behavioral or
social-emotional guidance
● Work with individuals or small groups of students to develop skills in conflict
resolution, emotional regulation, and accountability
● Support students in developing strategies for repairing harm and rebuilding
relationships
● Creates pathways for student leadership by ensuring that students have a way to
voice their concerns to work with adults to solve problems with peers and staff
● Assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of student behavior
support plans.
● Support students with repeated or elevated behavior concerns through
consistent check-ins, reflection, and intervention planning.
● Collaborate with counselors, teachers, and leadership to match students with
appropriate behavioral and social-emotional supports.
● Help students transition successfully back into the classroom and school
community following conflict or disciplinary action.
School Culture & Community Building
● Support partner in the implementation of the school's culture frameworks: EL
Education's Crew & LeaderInMe's 7 Habits
○ Help design restorative and SEL experiences within Crew
○ Support Crew Leaders in facilitating difficult conversations
○ Support Crew as a space for reflection and repair when harm occurs
○ Support the strengthening of student voice and accountability
○ Embody and promote the 7 Habits in conversations with students, staff
and families
● Facilitate proactive community-building circles and relationship-building
activities
● Promote student voice and leadership opportunities related to school culture
● Model and promote restorative language, respectful communication, and
relational problem-solving throughout the school.
● Reinforce consistent schoolwide behavior expectations and contribute to a
reflective, respectful, and inclusive learning environment.
● Support schoolwide initiatives that build belonging, accountability, equity, and
positive student culture.
Staff Collaboration
● Collaborate with teachers to address classroom conflicts through restorative
strategies
● Provide support to staff implementing restorative practices in classrooms
● Partner with the Dean and MTSS team to design and monitor behavior support
plans
● Supports the implementation and ongoing success of "Culture of Crew" among
students as it relates to both Restorative and SEL Practices
Data and Progress Monitoring
● Track, organize, and maintain accurate records related to student behavior,
restorative interventions, accountability plans, and relevant attendance or
culture data.
● Monitor student behavior trends across grade levels, classrooms, student groups,
time of day, locations, and incident types.
● Analyze data to identify patterns, root causes, and areas of concern related to
behavior, discipline, and school climate.
● Use data to inform decisions, prioritize supports, and recommend interventions for
individual students, small groups, grade levels, and schoolwide systems.
● Help ensure that restorative and behavioral data is used not just for reporting, but
for continuous improvement and problem-solving.
Family Communication
● Communication is timely and maintains appropriate professional boundaries
● Communication is aligned with both school and team expectations
● Communicate with families regarding restorative processes and student
accountability plans
● Partner with families to support student growth and behavior improvement
Preferred Qualifications:
● Associates or better
● Experience working with Pk-8 students specifically with exhibited behavior
challenges
● Experience with, and knowledge of, restorative practices
● Experience developing lessons based on student data, developing plans to
address behavior/SEL needs, and reflecting on the effectiveness of support
plans.
Required Qualifications:
● Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., the GED);
● Aptitude for the work to be performed, including knowledge of restorative
practices that are developmentally appropriate in a Pk-8 Context.
● Expert-level written and oral communication skills
● Commitment to HPA approved culture programming. (LeaderInMe and EL
Education's Crew)
● Entrepreneurial outlook and charter school commitment
● Ability to work collaboratively and communicate clearly
● Strong self-starter; able to work with limited direction, and ability to problem solve
● Ability to apply superb judgment
Compensation: This is a salaried position that offers competitive benefits. Salary is set
from 40,000-50,000 a year.