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Additional Instructors Around the World

Ted Wachtel
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

Sandy George
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

Bruce Schenk
Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

Les Davey
Todmorden, England, UK

Vidia Negrea
Budapest, Hungary

Terry O'Connell
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia

… and others.

John Bailie supervises all professional development programs, non-credit offerings and related staff for the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) in the US and abroad. With the IIRP's SaferSanerSchools program, he has brought restorative practices to hundreds of schools, including those in at-risk areas of New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. John is a frequent presenter at international conferences and events and appears in several documentaries on restorative practices. His work in professional development also includes that with juvenile probation and children and youth agencies, as well as churches and religious communities. John is also an experienced restorative conference facilitator in adult and juvenile cases, including those involving felony-level offenses. John is currently completing a Ph.D. in Education and Adult Learning at Lesley University. Having performed graduate-level work in theological studies, John is well versed in the connection between restorative practices and faith. John spent many years as a counselor for troubled and at-risk youth at CSF Buxmont, an IIRP model program, a day treatment alternative school operating entirely according to restorative practices. He helped organize nationwide and community campaigns for economic and social justice in support of the rights of the homeless and the working poor, creating and mobilizing community networks and coalitions. John received his master's degree in youth counseling as part of the IIRP's first graduating class.

Henry McClendon, Jr. is Michigan regional representative for the IIRP. For more than three decades Henry has been an advocate for Detroit’s youth and at-risk communities. In his previous post as director of youth development for New Detroit he helped to bring millions of dollars in funding to Detroit youth and helped to build coalitions of support for Detroit schools. He also managed New Detroit’s Education Task Group activities. In 2008, he was chosen to serve as a No Child Left Behind Re-Authorization Hearing Officer. Henry was also the regional director for Prison Fellowship Ministries and worked as executive assistant to a previous mayor of Detroit.

Miguel Tello offers restorative practices professional development in Latin America. He is originally from Mexico, but has lived in the US, Brazil and Costa Rica. He speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese fluently. He has offered IIRP’s training in restorative practices to organizations in Chile, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica. He has also given presentations at international conferences in Latin America. Miguel began working with restorative practices at the Center for Justice and Reconciliation of Prison Fellowship International, an NGO based in Washington, DC. As the Program Manager for Restorative Justice Programs he offered training to affiliates in Latin America. He subsequently started his own organization in Costa Rica to offer training in the use of circles and other restorative practices. He has trained diverse organizations and has facilitated many circles. He is currently IIRP’s Representative for Latin America. He holds master’s degrees in public policy and international studies from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Steve Korr has been working with young people and their families since 1985. He worked for over a decade in several of the IIRP’s demonstration schools as both a counselor and a school administrator, employing restorative practices with students, families and staff. Steve has facilitated many restorative conferences, both formal and informal, to address the needs of all who have been impacted by crime and wrongdoing. He draws upon these experiences to instruct others in restorative practices as an instructor. He has provided professional development in restorative practices to thousands of professionals in education, criminal justice and social services from all over the world. Steve has extensive experience in the fields of mental health, drug and alcohol treatment, outpatient counseling and alternative education. He has also consulted with numerous leaders within faith-based organizations to facilitate restorative interventions for families dealing with the strain of an addicted family member.

Nino Nannarone has worked in the New York City public school system as a trainer, consultant, teacher, and PTA president over past 25 years. His goal has been to create community in elementary, middle, and high schools by collaborating with teachers and principals in the areas of conflict resolution, classroom management, mediation, and restorative practices. He has trained over 1,000 NYC students as peer mediators. He is an instructor in a master’s degree program at Columbia University’s Teachers College where he teaches a conflict resolution and mediation course for aspiring principals in its ‘Summer Principals Academy.’ He also teaches a course, ‘Conflict Resolution for Teachers’ at Bank Street College. He is a certified mediator at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, NY. Nino is a nationally known trainer who is often described by participants as an enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter. He has recently joined the IIRP professional development staff to further the work of restorative practices in our schools and communities.

Tanya Lewis-Kelly Principal of TSL Consulting, assists nonprofit organizaitons with strengthening their infrastructure and leadership capacity through consulting, training and program development.  Formerly the Regional Director of Volunteer Consulting Group, she has worked with nearly 60 nonprofit organizations -- from cultural and youth development organizations to including charter schools and community-based civic associations.  She also worked on the planning and implementation of several national demonstration projects, including the Center of Court Innovation's Harlem Community Justice Center, Youth Justice Project and Juvenile Reentry Court and the Children's Defense Fund's Black Community Crusade for Children.

Lee Rush is the executive director of justCommunity, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Quakertown, Pa., which provides training and consultation services to communities, schools and organizations in youth development, community mobilization strategies, student assistance programs and restorative practices. In 2004, Lee was appointed by Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA), as a member of the statewide Advisory Commission on Children and Families, an interdisciplinary group providing guidance to senior cabinet members on public policy issues involving families and child and youth issues. He was director of Project CARE, which has trained over 20,000 educators and counselors in prevention and intervention skills. He was also an administrator, counselor and teacher in a private school and day-treatment setting. Lee is a former Certified Addictions Counselor (CAC). He earned a BA in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.Ed. in education at Temple University, specializing in organizational dynamics, group processes and adult learning. Lee was certified as a national field representative for the New Games Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization that provided training and seminars throughout the country on cooperative play and community building.

Richard Cohen is a consultant and trainer in the fields of restorative practices, mediation, negotiation, conflict management and communication. He cofounded School Mediation Associates in 1984, and since then has trained over 11,000 educators and young people to be mediators in schools around the world. Richard has also facilitated countless restorative meetings involving administrators, teachers, parents and students. He is author of Students Resolving Conflict: Peer Mediation in Schools  (GoodYear, 1995), as well as a second book, many articles, and the e-newsletter, “The School Mediator,” with 2900 subscribers in 70 countries. Outside of education, Richard has worked with varied clients in the corporate (finance, technology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail), healthcare and governmental sectors. He also mediates workplace discrimination disputes for the US Postal Service’s REDRESS Program. Richard has served as Senior Adjunct Professor at The University of Massachusetts and Cambridge College, where he taught courses on negotiation, mediation and dispute systems design.

Beverly Manigo, Ed. S., a distinguished educator, has recently served as principal of a Transformation Charter middle school and a pre-K through 7th-grade charter school in the Baltimore City Public Schools system. She is the former coordinator of all elementary charter schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools system, providing support and training to principals and administrators. She coordinated and implemented onsite professional development workshops for schools. As a classroom teacher, she received extensive training in differentiation and integrating brain-based classroom teaching and learning strategies. She is an empowerment coach. A sought-after consultant, Beverly provides professional development on changing school culture through the International Institute of Restorative Practices. A retired Master Sergeant with the U.S. Army, she has 22 years of experience in administration and in training leaders.

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