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Conditions for Learning and Development: Peer Collaboratives for Educational Leaders

Experience engaging and collaborative professional learning opportunities to build equitable conditions for learning and development.

The Peer Collaboratives are workshops, peer learning and networking, and direct coaching and consulting events designed for school districts, regional educational agencies, or state educational agency teams and are tailored to participant needs. Participants will explore and implement strategies to strengthen equitable conditions of learning, development, and well-being in their educational systems so that students and the adults who support them can succeed and thrive. 

How We Help

The following collaboratives can be developed in close partnership with participants to meet their specific needs.  

School Climate Data Use 

Supports district teams to improve their school climate data use practices.

Participatory Systems Change for Equity 

Centers the experiences of those closest to systemic challenges by transforming system conditions for equity and well-being.

Reimagining School Safety 

Promotes a comprehensive approach to school safety that considers factors such as belonging, voice, and well-being alongside traditional prevention measures.

Creating a Culture of Care 

Individuals and school communities can thrive academically, professionally, and personally only when we recognize the limitations of individual-focused approaches to address systemic issues. In this collaborative, participants will engage in a transformative journey that leads to collective action and systemic change.


Service Delivery

  • Online

Who Will Benefit

  • Community service provider 
  • County office administrator 
  • District administrator 
  • Staff developers 
  • State Educational Agencies 
  • Local Educational Agencies 

What was most useful was having the time and space to review the data, discuss with our teams, create goals, and start gathering ideas on how to execute and meet our goals. 

— LEA data use peer network participant

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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Natalie Walrond

Natalie Walrond

Natalie Walrond brings to her work 30 years of experience in K–12 education, finance, and strategy, working with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. In addition to project leadership, Walrond speaks and writes on social and emotional well-being, system alignment and coherence, academic excellence, and equity.
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Amber Valdez

Amber Valdez

Amber Valdez directs a body of work on systems change and leadership with a focus on designing and leading systems for equity. Her expertise includes strategic planning, cross-sector/interagency collaboration, systems of support, continuous improvement, human-centered design, complex systems change, and equity leadership.  
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Lauren Trout

Lauren Trout

Lauren Trout (they/them) is a restorative justice practitioner and subject matter expert who works in education, justice, and community sectors to provide training, coaching,…
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Rebeca Cerna 

Rebeca Cerna is an expert in school climate, health and wellness, and the strategic use of data and participatory approaches. As Director of the Resilient and Healthy Schools and Communities area at WestEd, Cerna is dedicated to creating and maintaining safe, supportive, and collaborative learning environments that are supportive of children and youth as well as the adults who guide them.
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Connecting Research With Practice

Using research-based best practices, we offer technical assistance and professional learning, surveys and measures, product and resource creation, and research and evaluation. Throughout this work, we support our clients in developing the mindsets, relationships, policies, and practices that result in equitable and just systems. 

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