CircleUp® Restorative Justice Training & Resources
Restorative Justice Training & Restorative Practices
Practical restorative justice training for schools, workplaces, universities, nonprofits, public agencies, and community organizations— including restorative conversations, relationship circles, conflict circles, live practitioner training, self-paced courses, and tools you can use after class.
About restorative justice at CircleUp
Restorative justice that moves from values to practice.
CircleUp’s restorative justice and restorative practices training helps people build stronger relationships before conflict, respond more thoughtfully when harm occurs, and develop repeatable communication and facilitation skills they can use in real settings.
Our training is designed for people who need more than theory: educators, managers, public employees, university teams, counselors, service providers, facilitators, community leaders, and organizations building restorative systems.
- 01 Build relationships before problems become crises. Use relationship circles, community agreements, listening, and intentional dialogue to strengthen trust and connection.
- 02 Address harm with accountability and dignity. Use restorative conversations, assessment, preparation, and conflict-circle processes to understand impact and identify meaningful next steps.
- 03 Practice skills people can actually use after the training. Pair training with CircleUp design guides, conversation tools, and facilitation resources that support continued application.
Find the right way to learn
Three ways to start your restorative justice training.
Whether you want an upcoming public session, a flexible self-paced course, or a customized training for your organization, the next step should be clear.
Register for an upcoming restorative justice training
Browse current live-online and in-person offerings, practitioner training, and registration options.
View current trainings →Build restorative justice skills on your own schedule
Explore online courses in restorative conversations, relationship circles, restorative justice foundations, and related practice.
Explore self-paced options →Bring restorative justice training to your team
Schedule a free assessment to identify the right starting point, format, audience, and restorative justice training pathway for your organization.
Schedule a free assessment →CircleUp’s #1 restorative justice training
OpenStep™ Restorative Conversations Practitioner Certificate Training
Go beyond a scripted list of restorative questions. OpenStep™ teaches a repeatable communication process for listening, paraphrasing, processing impact, identifying needs, reducing tension, and helping people move toward meaningful next steps.
- Strengthen active listening, empathy, validation, and reflective communication.
- Help people feel heard without rushing to give advice or “fix” the situation.
- Support low-to-moderate conflict de-escalation in workplaces, schools, public agencies, and community settings.
CircleCraft™ restorative circle training
Learn to design, prepare, and facilitate restorative circles with intention.
CircleCraft™ separates proactive relationship circles from responsive conflict circles so practitioners can choose, prepare, and guide the right process for the situation.
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CircleCraft™ Relationship Circles Practitioner Certificate Training
Learn how to design and facilitate community agreements, values exploration, team-building, and discussion circles that strengthen trust, communication, voice, and connection.
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CircleCraft™ Conflict Circles: Pre-Circle Assessment & Preparation
Learn how to assess an incident, prepare participants individually, explore impact and needs, and determine readiness before bringing people together for a restorative conflict circle.
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CircleCraft™ Conflict Circles Practitioner Certificate Training
Learn how to use pre-assessment information to design a structured conflict circle and facilitate reflection, impact, accountability, mutual understanding, and needs-based resolution.
View training pageRestorative justice self-paced courses
Learn restorative justice on your schedule.
Self-paced learning gives individuals and teams a flexible way to build restorative justice knowledge, practice skills, revisit material, and document successful course completion without waiting for a live training date.
CircleCraft™ Relationship Circles Practitioner Certificate Self-Paced Course
Current dates & registration
Ready to train live? Find the next restorative justice session.
Current dates and registration are maintained on the Restorative Justice Trainings page. Start with one of the core pathways below, then choose the session that fits your schedule.
- 01 CircleCraft™ Relationship Circles Proactive restorative circle design and facilitation for relationship building, agreements, values, discussion, and team connection. See current dates
- 02 Pre-Circle Assessment & Preparation One-on-one assessment, preparation, reflective listening, and readiness work before a responsive conflict circle. See current dates
- 03 CircleCraft™ Conflict Circles Advanced circle planning and facilitation for low- to moderate-intensity conflict, impact, accountability, and resolution. See current dates
Restorative justice tools & products
Put restorative practice in people’s hands after the training ends.
CircleUp’s restorative justice tools reinforce listening, relationship building, circle design, reflection, and conflict conversations long after a workshop is over.
Circle facilitation guide
CircleCraft™ Relationship Circles Design Guide
A reusable restorative justice facilitation guide for planning relationship-building circles, community agreements, team-building circles, and structured group dialogue.
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Restorative conversation tool
Restorative Conversations™ Card
A step-by-step restorative communication tool for navigating conflict, communication breakdowns, harm, impact, and difficult dialogue with greater empathy and accountability.
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Relationship-building prompts
Relationship Building CUE Cards™
A 70-card conversation deck designed to support communication, trust, reflection, connection, team building, classrooms, counseling, and restorative circle practice.
Shop CUE Cards™Restorative practices for real settings
Restorative justice training built for the places people actually work, learn, and serve.
CircleUp works across education, workplaces, public systems, service organizations, and community settings where trust, conflict, accountability, and communication matter.
Schools & Districts
Restorative practices for educators, administrators, counselors, student-support teams, classroom circles, relationship building, conflict response, and school climate.
Workplaces & HR Teams
Restorative communication, relationship circles, conflict circles, team agreements, difficult conversations, and practical approaches to workplace tension and repair.
Universities & Public Agencies
Training for staff, managers, service teams, public employees, university departments, program leaders, and organizations navigating complex relationships and community impact.
Nonprofits & Community Organizations
Restorative justice facilitation, community-building circles, conflict response, staff development, dialogue, and practical relationship-centered tools for mission-driven teams.
Field notes & reflections
Reflections from the NACRJ conference in New Orleans.
Explore CircleUp’s reflections, learning highlights, conversations, and ideas emerging from the NACRJ conference—and how those insights connect back to restorative justice training, facilitation, and practice.
Restorative justice resources & questions
Understand the training before you choose the pathway.
These quick answers cover common questions about restorative justice training, restorative practices, online learning, circle facilitation, and bringing CircleUp to your organization.
What is restorative justice training?
What is the difference between restorative justice and restorative practices?
Does CircleUp offer restorative justice training for schools?
Do you offer online restorative justice training?
What restorative justice certificate trainings are available?
Can CircleUp provide restorative justice training for our organization?
Talk with the CircleUp team
Find the right restorative justice training for your organization.
Schedule a free assessment to talk through your goals, audience, timing, training format, and the restorative justice skills your team most needs. You can also contact CircleUp directly by phone or email.
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