Restorative Practices Facilitation Certification (Students)

A selective training program for Duke undergraduate and graduate students that prepares participants to lead restorative processes across fields and career paths.

Restorative Practices Leadership Certification (Professionals)

A professional training program that equips Duke employees with facilitation skills and leadership approaches for building positive team and organizational cultures, managing employees, and resolving workplace conflict.

Both certifications develop the practical skills needed to guide dialogue across difference, support learning-centered accountability processes, and facilitate restorative group conferencing—a structured approach to resolving conflict and rebuilding trust.

Participants progress through a four-stage learning pathway that combines foundational theory, guided practice, supervised facilitation, and reflective mentorship through a semester-long Practice Lab.

Graduates of ReWork Lab certification programs demonstrate competency in:

• Facilitating restorative circles and structured dialogue
• Leading group conferences to address conflict and rebuild trust
• Navigating difficult conversations with fairness and emotional intelligence
• Communicating effectively across differences
• Supporting accountability processes in teams and organizations
• Strengthening civic discourse and collaborative decision-making

These skills are highly transferable to careers in education, public service, healthcare, human resources, nonprofit leadership, and business—and can be applied in any environment that depends on strong communication and healthy organizational culture.