The Vermont Restorative Approaches Collaborative (VTRAC) is an inclusive community of trainers, coaches, researchers, Community Justice Center staff, youth, educators, administrators, and other partners committed to strengthening restorative approaches across Vermont. VTRAC is open to anyone interested in participating and learning alongside others engaged in this work.
VTRAC formed in 2019 through a Vermont Agency of Education grant initiative designed to expand restorative approaches in Vermont schools. The grant brought together people with diverse expertise and experience to provide professional learning, training, coaching, and resources to schools and districts.
While the original grant provided the catalyst, the relationships and shared commitment that emerged from that work have continued to grow. Today, VTRAC is a statewide collaborative that brings together trainers and consultants, educators and school leaders, higher education partners, state partners, Community Justice Centers, community organizations, youth, and others. Together, we work to build greater connection and coherence across the many people and organizations advancing restorative approaches in Vermont.
This work in Vermont represents a portion of what is happening all over the country and the world to change how schools meet the social, emotional, and ethical needs of their school communities. We are therefore deeply grateful to all those who are already doing this work and so graciously share their knowledge as well as to the First Nations people from whom the principles of this work originated.
As of July 2023, financial support for this website has been provided by the Conflict Transformation Collaborative at Middlebury College
UP for Learning is a Coordinator and fiscal agent of the VTRAC
