Professional Development

​​We offer a range of short (1-2 day) professional development opportunities in youth development, which can be tailored to the needs of your organisation or youth worker network.

Please get in touch for more details about an upcoming workshop or if you’re interested in hosting one.

Response Ability Pathways (RAP)

  • Two days

  • Response Ability Pathways (RAP) is an application of the Circle of Mana, a model of youth development that places the mana of a young person at its centre.

    We recognise that meeting a young person’s needs to belong, to become competent, to exercise autonomy and act generously form a foundation that parenting, education, health and youth support are built on. 

    RAP participants learn skills to disengage from adversarial encounters, connect with adult-wary youngsters, restore bonds of respect, and create climates where young people can thrive. This interactive workshop has become a standard for youth workers, educators, parents and youth mentors in Aotearoa New Zealand.​

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Specialised Youth Work Supervision

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  • The second intake for 2026 is now closed. If you would like to express interest for 2027 please email lizzie@praxis.org.nz

  • This micro-credential covers a range of topics related to supervision, including definitions and functions of supervision, different types of supervision with an emphasis on cultural approaches, and the roles and tasks of a supervisor. It also explores reflective practice, building supervision agreements, and various supervision models and frameworks. Participants will engage in practical supervision activities and examine ethical and professional issues in supervision.

  • The entry requirements for this short course are: 

    1. Five years experience in youth work or working with people.

    2. Three years minimum engaged in your own supervision so you’re able to reflect on your own practice with a supervisor. 

    3. At least one person with whom you can practice supervision, focused their work (they will be the “supervisee”) – can be someone internal with your organisation and not a peer supervision arrangement (they must be over 18). 

    4. An endorsement letter from your supervisor. This needs to outline your character, your experience and your ability to start supervising others. The endorsement letter should also clearly attest to the entry requirement above. 

    5. Police check

  • The cost for this workshop is $1,200 - this includes all resources and lunch on both days of the noho.

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Group Facilitation

  • Working with groups to achieve collective goals is an essential muscle to grow for anyone working rangatahi today. Leading and facilitating groups in youth work encourages rangatahi to be conscious of others, achieve tasks as a group and become generous.

    Michael Smith, MEdLd, Co-leader of Praxis, has over twenty years of experience facilitating and leading groups of rangatahi to achieve collective goals and develop confidence and agency.

    Participate in the most interactive and workshop catered to your group’s needs. Built on the foundational frameworks of gurus such as Karl Rohnke and Mark Collard then contextualised to working with rangatahi in Aotearoa.

    If you would like more details about this workshop and how it could cater to your organisation’s needs, please email admin@praxis.org.nz for more information.

Community Educator (4098)

  • Two days

    Participants then need to complete the requirements for unit standard 4098 back in their own youth work context.

  • The Praxis Community Educator workshop enables experienced youth workers to incorporate the teaching and assessment of unit standards (towards NCEA) into their existing youth programmes and activities.

    The programme is designed for those who currently work alongside young people in: Alternative Education (AE), mentoring, youth transition/pre-employment, health, learning support in schools, and general youth programmes.

    Once 4098 is achieved participants can become a recognised Praxis Assessor, enabling them to teach and assess generic Level 1 and 2 standards (towards NCEA) as part of their ongoing activities with young people.

    For more information, contact maureen@praxis.org.nz

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Register here:

  • Get in touch with us if you're interested in a RAP workshop.

  • Express your interest for the next intake here

  • Get in touch with us if you're interested in hosting a workshop.

  • 19th and 20th May
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