For Faculty Advisors
Faculty advisors are one of the biggest factors in whether a student club succeeds. We’re excited that you’re taking this on, and we’re here to support you as you help your students lead in your school.
What SafeBAE is, and how a chapter works
What SafeBAE is
SafeBAE is a national, survivor-founded organization working to end sexual assault among middle and high school students. We provide free education on consent, healthy relationships, digital safety, bystander intervention, and Title IX rights.
Everything we make is designed to be delivered by students, to students — because that’s who their peers actually listen to.
How a chapter works
It looks different at every school. Some chapters are their own SafeBAE club. Others are clubs that already exist — student council, a wellness or service club, an affinity group, a leadership council — that fold SafeBAE programming into what they’re already doing.
Both count, and both get the same support. Your students decide what the chapter actually does; we supply the training, the curriculum, and a real person to call.
The role of a faculty advisor
Your students lead. You open the doors they can’t open on their own. You never have to teach the content or be an expert on the topic.
The adult ally
Be a sounding board, help them think decisions through, and be in the room when your school requires an adult. Most of what a chapter needs from you is mentorship and access — to a space, a form, or the right person.
Continuity
Chapter leads graduate every year. You don’t. You’re the one person who remembers what worked last year, which teacher said yes, and where the materials ended up. An active advisor keeps things consistent, so your chapter isn’t rebuilding from scratch every single year.
Helping your peer educators lead
This is the most important thing you can do as the adult with access. Certified students are ready to run real sessions, but nearly every opening runs through an adult — a class period, an advisory block, an introduction to another teacher.
A certified student who never presents loses the skill and the confidence within a semester. One who leads even a single session becomes noticeably more confident, more credible with their peers, and far more likely to keep the chapter going.
We encourage the faculty advisor to be present in a supporting capacity whenever a peer educator is presenting. Your students lead the session — but it matters that a trusted adult is in the room if a difficult question comes up, a student makes a disclosure, or anyone needs additional support.
What your students have to work with
Here are the tools and resources we provide to your students. Feel free to explore them for yourself!
Resources for you
For you as an educator.