For schools, districts & organizations

Repair the harm. Restore the relationship. Rebuild the community.

We help schools and organizations build cultures of safety and belonging, where people are connected and accountable to one another.

Beyond the Circle: we engage, empower, and excel.

Restore2Rebuild logo: a tree formed by three people reaching upward

People|Practices|Possibilities

Our story

Born in 2020, when schools needed a bridge.

Where it started. Restore2Rebuild’s first virtual session, supporting Teach For America educators.

When the pandemic moved school online, the restorative and social-emotional supports students relied on were suddenly out of reach. Restore2Rebuild was founded to carry that work across the gap, wherever students and families were.

Today our mission is the same: to connect restorative practices, social-emotional learning, trauma-sensitive practices, and family engagement into a culture of safety and belonging, in the building, at home, and online.

Our approach goes beyond the traditional circle. Students, families, and staff all have a voice in how a community heals and grows.

Discipline asks what rule was broken. Restorative practice asks who was harmed and what it will take to make it right.

What we do

Support for schools and organizations

Whether you lead a school, a district, a nonprofit, or a workplace team, every engagement is built around your data, your people, and the culture you want to grow.

Restorative Practices

Circles, restorative conferences, and repair-of-harm processes, with coaching for coordinators and staff to sustain them.

Social-Emotional Learning

SEL strategies and routines that help students and adults name emotions, build relationships, and make responsible choices.

Trauma-Sensitive Practices

Training and coaching that help staff recognize the impact of trauma and respond in ways that build safety, trust, and healing.

Family Engagement

Ways to bring families into the circle as true partners, through workshops, communication plans, and shared problem-solving.

Culture & Belonging

Climate data review, MTSS alignment, and voice strategies for students and staff that turn survey results into action.

Professional Learning & Keynotes

Workshops, leadership cohorts, and keynotes for educators, administrators, organizations, and community partners.

Signature program

Life Literacy & Leadership

An afterschool program that gives students the practical skills and leadership habits they need for life beyond the classroom.

  • Afterschool, on your campus. Delivered as a vendor service directly to schools.
  • Mentored by college students. Sessions are run with interns from Bowie State University.
  • Full program or à la carte. Choose the complete program or select the components that fit your students.
  • Rooted in restoration. Built for every student, including young people returning to school and rebuilding their path.
In partnership with 3E Smart Solutions

Now enrolling partner schools

Talk with us about bringing Life Literacy & Leadership to your school this year.

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Meet the founder

Tracey Battle, M.Ed.

Founder & CEO, Restore2Rebuild, LLC · Safety & Belonging Specialist · Creator of Beyond the Circle

Tracey Battle is a nationally recognized education leader, speaker, facilitator, and Safety & Belonging Specialist with more than 16 years of experience helping schools and organizations create environments where people feel safe, connected, valued, and equipped to thrive.

Her work is grounded in a fundamental belief: people cannot fully learn, lead, or thrive in environments where they do not feel safe or where they do not believe they belong.

TeacherInstructional CoachAssistant PrincipalSchool Culture & Climate LeaderAdjunct ProfessorDistrict-Level Leader
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She is the Founder & CEO of Restore2Rebuild, LLC, a school culture and organizational development consultancy that partners with schools, districts, universities, nonprofits, and community organizations to strengthen the systems, practices, and relationships that shape culture.

Throughout her career, Tracey has served as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, school culture and climate leader, adjunct professor, and district-level leader within a large urban school system. These experiences have given her a unique perspective on school culture, from the classroom to school leadership to district-level systems change.

Her approach to safety and belonging extends beyond traditional discipline or school climate initiatives. Tracey integrates restorative practices, social-emotional learning, student voice, trauma-sensitive practices, MTSS, conflict resolution, leadership development, and data-informed culture strategies to help organizations address both the relationships and systems that influence how people experience their communities.

Through Restore2Rebuild, Tracey helps leaders move from reacting to problems to intentionally building the conditions that prevent them. Her work includes professional learning, leadership coaching, culture and climate strategy, restorative systems development, conflict resolution, youth empowerment, family engagement, and organizational consulting.

As a national speaker and facilitator, Tracey challenges audiences to think differently about what it means to create safe and connected communities. Her approach combines research, strategy, lived professional experience, and practical implementation, bridging the gap between what organizations aspire to become and what people actually experience every day.

Tracey also serves in higher education as an adjunct professor and has supported the development of educators, administrators, and emerging leaders through restorative justice, equity, school culture, and workforce development initiatives.

B.S., Electronic Media JournalismNorth Carolina A&T State University
M.Ed., Urban EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Connect with Tracey on LinkedIn

Has spoken at SXSW · NACRJ · national innovation summits

Signature framework

Beyond the Circle

Restorative practice is more than circles, scripts, and isolated interventions. Beyond the Circle was built from the gaps and needs Tracey saw across districts and schools. It gives educators a system for the restorative work they are already doing, and a way to monitor it so it lasts.

  1. 01

    Identify the gaps

    Drawn from patterns and needs across districts and schools: where restorative work breaks down, stalls, or depends on one person.

  2. 02

    Systematize the work

    Turns what educators already do into clear, shared practices embedded in everyday interactions, decisions, and leadership.

  3. 03

    Monitor and sustain

    Tracks implementation over time so leaders can see what is working, adjust, and keep the practice consistent.

Grounded in the five core principles of restorative practice

Relationships

Respect

Responsibility

Repair

Reintegration

The Beyond the Circle branch

Relatability

The added principle that makes the other five work in real life. Relatability means seeing the whole person beyond their role, so students, families, and staff can connect, be understood, and take part in the work of repair.

Safety is more than the absence of conflict. Belonging is more than being included. Both must be intentionally designed, practiced, and sustained.

Tracey Battle, M.Ed.
Beyond the Circle in practice

One practice at a time

Short, practical prompts from the Beyond the Circle series for leaders, educators, and teams to try this week.

Beyond the Circle graphic: Respect shows up in how we listen.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Accountability needs a next step.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Make room for the person.
Beyond the Circle graphic: A return needs a plan.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Belonging includes access.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Take the learning into Monday.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Listening is a leadership practice.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Make room for the full story.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Curiosity comes before conclusions.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Let voice shape the next step.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Turn listening into daily practice.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Beyond the Circle: School culture starts with adult practice.
Beyond the Circle graphic: School culture starts with adult practice.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Belonging is built in everyday interactions.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Accountability needs a path to repair.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Take the conversation beyond the headline.
Beyond the Circle graphic: Bring Beyond the Circle to your community.
Educator community

Flip the Algorithm

A community where educators from different school districts connect, share what is working, and support each other through the real work of building safe, connected schools.

  • Connect across districtsMeet educators facing the same challenges in different schools and systems.
  • Virtual and in-person eventsGatherings, conversations, and learning sessions hosted online and in person.
  • Newsletter and weekly reflectionsEvent invitations, practical resources, and Tracey’s weekly reflections on Substack.
Where we've worked

In schools and communities from coast to coast

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Our work in action

Keynotes, trainings, and classrooms

A look inside the sessions, trainings, and programs we lead with schools and organizations.

In their words

What educators say

The scenarios were relevant to our day-to-day responsibilities. The compass of shame was a great way to gain self-awareness and learn how to effectively interact and communicate with others.
Training participantHouston, TX
Tracey did a great job engaging us, modeling the behaviors, and addressing critiques.
Training participantHouston, TX
I enjoyed the activities that had us talking and interacting with peers, especially with partners or in smaller groups.
Training participantKansas City, KS

Shared from anonymous participant surveys.

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