Circle 2: Explore the Unseen Aspects of Circle Keeping While Enhancing Your Intuitive Abilities; June 12 and 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $165

Keeping a Circle can be organized and clear, until it’s not. We will explore the power of our own Intuition. How can we hold the rim of the Circle, so that all can explore what their heart calls to them in that moment? Join Circle Keepers to explore the unseen aspects of Circle Keeping: Intuition, Emotionality, Synchronicity, Spirituality, Quantum Physics, Morphogenic Fields, the Effect of Silence, Power of Story Telling and completely Trusting the Process. Participants will experience what Quantum Physics teaches us about the connections and entrainment of a group, that calls for following the energy of the Circle, rather than expectations of the Keeper. Participants should have at least one four-day training and some Circle Keeping experience.
Trainer: Jamie Williams
Jamie Williams is a Minneapolis Public Schools Graduate! And a Restorative Practices/Justice/Measures Consultant, Trainer, Teacher, and Peacemaking Circle Keeper. She first received Circle Training in 1999, the year Prince wanted us to party! She hasn’t left the Circle since. When she began this work, she partnered with Chuck Robertson Sr. and Oscar Reed, The Restorative Way is our business name. Some past experience includes being the Restorative Justice Coordinator at Bayfield School in northern Wisconsin, a support to Project Launch at Red Cliff Reservation Early Childhood Center, Circle-Keeper for the Amicus Radius Program (Restorative Justice Program for juvenile girls), Minnesota Department of Corrections Circle-Keeper, and Minneapolis Public Schools Community Partner. She has been a Circle Keeper and an independent consultant/trainer to schools and community organizations around the Country for the past 24 years.
Jamie’s master’s degree is in Restorative Justice/Restorative Practices/Peacemaking Circles. When Jamie heard the definition of a “calling” by F. Buechner: “When a deep gladness in your heart meets a deep need in the world,” she knew she was “called” to keeping the Circle strong and present in schools and communities for the rest of her life. [email protected]

CliftonStrengths for Educators – Tap Into Your Superpowers for Greater Effectiveness in the Classroom and Beyond; June 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $80

Join Stacy Crawford to embrace your superpowers through the lens of CliftonStrengths. A key element of Restorative Practices (RP) is recognizing and leveraging the unique strengths each practitioner brings to their work. The CliftonStrengths (CS) assessment provides a common language and data-driven insights to help individuals understand their natural talents and apply them effectively in teams, classrooms, and restorative work. By embracing our differences as strengths, we can foster deeper connections and create more supportive learning environments.
Key Outcomes:
• Discover how your unique strengths can enhance your approach to Restorative Practices
• Learn to apply a strengths-based mindset when working with students and colleagues
• Build confidence in implementing Restorative Practices with greater impact
Please bring your CliftonStrengths results if you have them. If you have not taken the assessment, bring a laptop, as you will receive an assessment code and dedicated time to complete it during the workshop.
This workshop is designed for educators and professionals looking to integrate a strengths-based approach into their restorative work.
Trainer: Stacy Crawford
Stacy Crawford is the founder and lead coach of Klear Water Coaching & Wellness LLC. She is a lifelong educator and learner and first generation college student. Much of her career has been spent in higher education where she created strengths-based programs that impacted student retention, improved staff morale, and enhanced staff and student engagement.
Stacy has worked with an array of diverse organizations including the Fond du Lac Ojibwe K-12 School, the University of Minnesota Duluth Chancellor’s Office, the University of Minnesota Duluth Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Mindset Consulting, the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Shoreview Natives, and 34 Strong.
She is a faculty member and mentor coach at the Awaken Coach Institute and has more than 10 years of coaching experience. Stacy co-facilitates intensive coach training sessions and retreats online and in person.
Stacy holds a Master of Science in Education (Counseling) degree and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She holds additional certifications as a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, a Certified Supervisor through the Center for Mind-body Medicine (with more than 300 hours of training), and a Certified Mental Health First-aider and former first responder. She is a featured monthly guest on the live talk show, The LIFT (weekdays on WDIO/ABC).

Resilient Communication in the Classroom & Beyond; June 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $80

A full-day workshop on Resilient Communication – the ability to communicate effectively, clearly, and constructively, even in difficult situations. This approach starts with brain-body awareness to support self-regulation and prepare for challenging conversations, conflict, uncertainty, and adversity.
Resilient Communication also strengthens the foundation for Restorative Practices (RP) and builds confidence in applying RP skills.
Key Outcomes:
• Develop self-care strategies to improve self-regulation
• Recognize behavioral triggers in yourself and others
• Gain confidence in handling difficult conversations and navigating adversity
This workshop is designed for educators and professionals looking to foster stronger, more resilient communication in their classrooms and beyond.
Trainer: Stacy Crawford
Stacy Crawford is the founder and lead coach of Klear Water Coaching & Wellness LLC. She is a lifelong educator and learner and first generation college student. Much of her career has been spent in higher education where she created strengths-based programs that impacted student retention, improved staff morale, and enhanced staff and student engagement.
Stacy has worked with an array of diverse organizations including the Fond du Lac Ojibwe K-12 School, the University of Minnesota Duluth Chancellor’s Office, the University of Minnesota Duluth Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Mindset Consulting, the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Shoreview Natives, and 34 Strong.
She is a faculty member and mentor coach at the Awaken Coach Institute and has more than 10 years of coaching experience. Stacy co-facilitates intensive coach training sessions and retreats online and in person.
Stacy holds a Master of Science in Education (Counseling) degree and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She holds additional certifications as a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, a Certified Supervisor through the Center for Mind-body Medicine (with more than 300 hours of training), and a Certified Mental Health First-aider and former first responder. She is a featured monthly guest on the live talk show, The LIFT (weekdays on WDIO/ABC).

Mental Health and Wellness Strategies; June 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $80

A full day workshop to deepen your understanding on the intersectionality of mental health, wellness strategies, and nonexclusionary discipline. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on their own current systems of supports and to identify ways to foster deeper connections/relationships with students, staff, and caregivers.
This is an interactive session facilitated by a nonexclusionary discipline specialist from the EDI center of the Minnesota Department of Education. It is geared toward building leaders, mental health professionals in schools, and all support staff.
Trainer: Jordan Samejima
Jordan brings more than a decade worth of experience and leadership in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion. He holds a B.A. in Psychology from Augsburg University along with his M.A. in Educational Leadership from Saint Mary’s University and has spent time in a variety of education roles at the elementary, middle school and high school level across the state of Minnesota. Currently, Jordan works for MDE helping support the work of nonexclusionary discipline across the state of MN.

Deepening Our Peacemaking Circle Facilitation Skills; June 16 & 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $165

The peacemaking circle brings us continuous learning from those we sit in circle with and from one another as keepers. Join us for sharing with other keepers and celebrating the work we do as we learn from one another.
This training will focus on circles for building community, processing community stress or trauma and problem solving in schools. Circles are based on an assumption of positive potential – that something good can always come out of whatever situation we are in. Circles also assume that no one of us has the whole picture – that it is only by sharing all of our perspectives that we can come closer to a complete picture. Prior training in circle facilitation or experience as a circle facilitator recommended.
Trainer: Kay Pranis
Kay Pranis teaches and writes about the dialog process known as 'Peacemaking Circles.' From 1994 – 2003 Kay held the position of Restorative Justice Planner at the MN Dept of Corrections. Since the initial exposure to the use of Peacemaking Circles in the criminal legal system, Kay has been involved in developing the use of Peacemaking Circles in schools, social services, victim support, churches, families, neighborhoods, museums, universities, municipal planning and workplaces. Since 2003 Kay has been an independent trainer sharing the peacemaking circle process.
Kay has authored or co-authored several books about Circles: Peacemaking Circles - From Conflict to Community; The Little Book of Circle Processes – A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking; Doing Democracy with Circles – Engaging Communities in Public Planning; Heart of Hope – A Guide for Using Peacemaking Circles to Develop Emotional Literacy, Promote Healing & Build Healthy Relationships and Circle Forward – Building a Restorative School Community.

Apology as Restorative Practice; June 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee: $80

What makes an apology “good” or “bad”? Should anyone ever be required to apologize? Does receiving an apology compel a person to forgive? Who decides? Those and other questions about apologies come up every day in the work Chris Godsey does while co-coordinating the Minnesota Department of Corrections Restorative Justice Program’s apology letter process. When he joins us, Chris will describe what he has learned about apologies while thinking about and discussing them every day and initiate dialogue that helps us start exploring apologies in our professional and personal lives.
Trainer: Chris Godsey
Chris Godsey has worked in the Minnesota Department of Corrections Restorative Justice Program since January of 2022. A primary part of his job is helping incarcerated people write apology letters for actions that have caused severe harm including death. From 1998 until 2019 he taught writing and cultural-studies courses at the University of Minnesota Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica. From 2010 until 2024 he co-facilitated change-based conversations among men arrested for using violence against women. And from the middle of 2019 until the end of 2021, he co-coordinated the Men as Peacemakers Domestic Violence Restorative Circles Program. He maintains his own evolving practice of accountability (apology, amends, and change). And he lives in Duluth’s Chester Park neighborhood with his wife, Shannon, and their brindle super-mutt Mocha.