Presenter:
Dr. Martha Brown,
President, RJAE Consulting
Dr. Martha A. Brown resides in Faribault, MN and is
president of RJAE Consulting andauthor of Creating Restorative Schools: Setting Schools Up to Succeed, available at Living Justice Press.
Dr. Brown received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and
Instruction from Florida Atlantic University. Her dissertation focused on
restorative justice in two Oakland middle schools. For the past three years, Dr. Brown has taught
a course in Circle Processes at Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer
Peacebuilding Institute. This summer, she joined the Graduate Teacher Education
program at EMU as an adjunct professor, teaching Circle Processes there
as well. In 2021, she facilitated an
eight-week online Circle training course for faculty and staff at James Madison
University Libraries. Dr. Brown has
been Lead Instructor for Simon Fraser University's Continuing Studies
Restorative Justice Certificate Program and was an adjunct professor at Florida
Atlantic University, where she taught a course in Educational Assessment.
Currently, she teaches and trains evaluators and
organizations how to implement trauma-informed practices. In 2019, she taught an eStudy to evaluators
through the American Evaluation Association and has continued this work with
evaluation firms, community-based organizations, and affiliates of AEA ever
since. A meaningful project Martha worked on with Hamai Consulting is TRISI –
Trauma-Informed and Resilience Systems Initiative. This unique model used the
Circle process and coaching to help organizations serving children and families
in San Mateo County to become trauma informed organizations. She has found a way to blend restorative
practices and evaluation/consulting methods by grounding all her work in trauma
informed practices.
In addition to her book, Dr. Brown has published numerous
peer-reviewed book chapters and articles on restorative justice and culturally
responsive evaluation, and has presented internationally at conferences
sponsored by the National Association for Community & Restorative Justice
(NACRJ), Restorative Practices International (RPI), American Evaluation
Association (AEA), the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), Visitor Studies
Association (VSA), and the International Conference on Conflict Resolution in
Education (CRE).
At RJAE Consulting, Martha assists non-profit, cultural,
community-based, educational, and correctional organizations with program
design, readiness assessments, strategic planning, student assessments, monitoring
implementation, and defining and measuring program outcomes. Some of her
current projects include the Rice County Blueprint for Safety, the Kravis
Center for Performing Arts Broadway Reach program and Mounts Botanical
Garden’s Ambassadors of the Wetlands program.
Description:
This Coffee Break will let
interested and registered workshop participants know what to expect from a
full-day workshop on trauma and trauma-informed evaluation practices. We will
talk about why self-preparation and self-care during and after the workshop are
important and explain various topics and activities in the workshop.
Learning Outcomes:
Attendees will know what to expect and be more emotionally prepared to attend the full-day workshop: Reshaping Our Role as Evaluators with Trauma-Informed Practices
Date: Wednesday, October 26th, 3:00 - 3:25 PM EDT