Develop and advance circle facilitation skills and competencies through self-reflection and practice.
Sharpen your skills for the facilitation of all circles, including proactive community building circles and responsive circles that address tensions and conflict.
This collaborative online professional learning community explores what works, what doesn’t, how and why.
Four live weekly Zoom sessions provide opportunities to practice the full range of restorative practices:
- Session 1 — Examine the dynamic competencies of circle facilitators and self-reflect on current facilitation competencies.
- Session 2 — Effectively use circles to build and advance relationships, team, and communities, including using circles to manage conflict and tensions.
- Session 3 — Explore applications of circle approaches in various aspects of work, such as projects, programs, procedures, and curriculum.
- Session 4 — Determine how to be an effective circle facilitator when addressing serious situations.
During each live session, participants may ask relevant questions, share their experiences, receive valuable feedback from their instructor and peers, and develop strategies for effective circle facilitation skill development and experience.
Learning format
Designed for circle facilitators in any field or industry, each session is facilitated by one of our engaging instructors — experienced restorative practitioners who clearly articulate key concepts and field your questions. You will join them in a professional learning community with up to 20 passionate circle facilitators over four 2-hour live Zoom sessions.
A basic familiarity with restorative practices and facilitation of restorative circles is expected of participants.
Price: $595
Certificate of Participation
A general Certificate of Participation indicating 8 hours of instruction time will be provided by email at the completion of this online professional development event. Participants are welcome to submit this Certificate of Participation to their accrediting body for Continuing Education Credit consideration.
Terms and Conditions
Join Individually (Online Events)
In order to help create the best learning experience for all learners attending, each registrant agrees to be logged in to their own individual device in a dedicated workspace while participating in this event.
Privacy and Intellectual Property
Registrants agree to respect the privacy of event participants and instructors by not recording video or audio or capturing still images of these learning experiences without participants' express permission.
The IIRP agrees to restrict its sharing of any recordings solely within the specific learning experience. Recordings will not be used for any other educational experience or public purpose. The IIRP’s free webinars, however, may be recorded and made available to the public.
Registrants agree to protect the IIRP's intellectual property by not recording audio or video of any part of the event or capturing still images of the IIRP's learning materials for anything other than a reference for personal use.
Cancellation Terms
We understand that emergencies happen and there are extenuating circumstances that may require you to cancel or change your registration. If an emergency arises and you need to cancel your registration:
- Up to 14 days before the event, you may submit your cancellation following the personalized link within your confirmation email. A $35 cancellation fee will be deducted from your refund.
- If you need to cancel within 14 days of the scheduled event, we are unable to offer a monetary refund or credit to use for a future event.
A request to change your registration to another event is considered a cancellation and a new registration. Therefore, the above cancellation terms and conditions apply.
If your registration is paid in full and you encounter an emergency, in certain circumstances you may substitute a registrant up to 10 days before the event. Due to the prework required and/or tasks related to managing our events, we are unable to accept substitutions within the 10-day window. If you would like to request a substitution, please email the details to
If you are owed a refund and registered with a credit card, the refund will be automatically credited to your card. If you registered with a purchase order or another method, please contact our finance team at
