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Safe and Supportive Learning Environments

Strengthening and integrating efforts to build and sustain accessible conditions for learning so that everyone in the education system can learn, grow, and thrive.

Through expert facilitation, coaching, and consultation, our multidisciplinary team helps K–12 education staff and leaders reflect on and adapt practices to build conditions for improved learning outcomes. 

How We Help

We help you implement, scale, and improve initiatives related to safe and supportive learning environments (SSLE) using an approach that meets your specific goals.  

Safe and Supportive Learning Environments Essentials 

The SSLE Essentials course is a professional learning series for K–12 staff and leaders. It provides practical and manageable insights to create and sustain safe and supportive learning environments. This series can be delivered onsite or virtually and includes synchronous learning and peer collaboration plus asynchronous practice and reflection.  

Safe and Supportive Learning Environments Deep Dives 

We offer a virtual series of Deep Dives designed to benefit educators in local educational agencies (LEAs), state educational agencies (SEAs), or related agencies wishing to explore the topics covered in Essentials in more depth.  

Each Deep Dive includes six 90-minute sessions via Zoom with approximately one hour of practice and reflection between sessions.  


Service Delivery

  • Online and onsite

Who Will Benefit

  • Teachers  
  • School and district Leaders (administrators, coordinators, directors)  
  • Supports and services personnel (counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses)  
  • Regional and state educational agency leaders 

I got to witness healing happen in smaller groups, and that was really powerful. [The method of facilitating affinity groups] has become the way we converse with our team as we move forward.

— Participant of SSLE Deep Dive on Race and Healing

Featured Experts

Christina Pate

Christina Pate

Christina Pate is a people and culture strategy leader with over 20 years of experience directing data-driven, people-focused change within complex organizations. She specializes in strategic planning, learning and development, change management, organizational culture, and well-being.
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Krystal Wu

As a program manager, Krystal Wu delivers technical assistance, designs professional learning, and develops resources to support school, district, and state leaders to be more reflective, culturally responsive practitioners. 
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Jenny Betz

Jenny Betz is a senior program associate with WestEd’s Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities, leading coaching, training, and technical assistance to support clients’ efforts to assess and improve school climate and wellness.
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Timothy Ojetunde

Timothy Ojetunde

Timothy Ojetunde supports local, county, and state educational agencies in centering equity and improving educational outcomes for all. Timothy’s expertise is grounded in school culture and climate, data, restorative practices, social–emotional learning (SEL), trauma-informed practices, and mental health.
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Nakanya Magby bio photo

Nakanya Magby

Nakanya Magby is a senior program associate with WestEd’s Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities, where she focuses on advancing equity and inclusion in school climate improvement efforts. Her work centers on creating safe, supportive, and healing-centered learning environments for students, staff, and families.
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Connecting Research With Practice

Our offerings are designed to help you synthesize and apply research-based content. Our team develops our curriculum iteratively with subject matter experts and field professionals alongside districts and state educational agencies. 

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