About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

Discover strategies to make art classrooms more inclusive for students with disabilities through accessibility and assistive technology. This session will explore adaptive tools, communication supports, and practical ways to modify materials to ensure all students can engage in creative expression. Art and special education teachers will gain hands-on ideas for fostering a more accessible artistic experience. Join us to learn how small changes can make a big impact on student participation and success in the art room!

Wayne County Counselors will receive information and resources that can assist them in working with neurodivergent students on postsecondary and career related goals. Counselors will learn how to navigate challenges of this population along with practical tools and techniques to reduce barriers to career success.

Explore Michigan's evidence-based Michigan Model for Health (MMH) curriculum! This training emphasizes comprehensive school health education within the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework. Participants will learn to facilitate student skill development aligned with National Health Education Standards and understand how these skills translate into meaningful behavioral changes, both in and out of the classroom. Curriculum units cover Social Emotional Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Personal Health and Wellness, Safety, and Alcohol/Tobacco/Other Drugs. HIV/STI prevention curricula for middle school and high school are separate and require separate training. Each participant will receive discounted two-year access to the digital curriculum for their selected grade level, as well as ongoing technical assistance

An Educational Benefit Review (EBR) analyzes a student's initial/triennial IEP and two subsequent annual IEPs to ensure they address the student's needs and promote progress. Participants learn the EBR process by reviewing these IEPs, focusing on services, goals, accommodations, and aids, to determine if the student is receiving meaningful educational benefits and to identify necessary IEP adjustments. Districts must bring a student's IEPs to the training.Participants will:Learn the purpose of the Educational Benefit ReviewUnderstand the process of the Educational Benefit ReviewApply knowledge about the Educational Benefit Review Process

The Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) Advisory Council in Wayne County provides a forum for Consortium members to meet, provide feedback and design activities to strengthen the experience for enrolled children and families. Membership includes administrators, owners, Early Childhood Specialists,parents/guardians of enrolled children, community, social service agencies, and the Great Start Collaborative-Wayne.The advisory council reviews program components and when needed, makes recommendations to promote high quality learning environments.This team sets goals for continuous quality improvement of the Great Start Readiness Program.Wayne RESA Early Childhood staff report out to the advisory council on seasonal topics: recruitment, full enrollment, budget, funding application, curriculum, MDE guidance and requirements, transportation, food service etc.

Join us for the Wayne County Community of Practice for Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists. This group will meet once in person and twice virtually throughout the year to connect, build a professional network, share resources, and engage in meaningful professional learning. Together, we will collaborate to enhance our practices and support the students and staff we serve.

You are invited to attend the Wayne County Social Studies Leaders meetings. Open to all social studies educators in Wayne County and beyond, these meetings allow teachers and leaders to find out what is happening in Wayne County Social Studies, learn about new resources and opportunities, and network and collaborate with other social studies leaders.The meetings will be held at cultural institutions around the county, providing leaders an opportunity to think about partnerships with those cultural institutions.The fall meeting will be held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the winter meeting will be at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the spring meeting will be at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.3 SCECH hours will be awarded for each meeting. Session Dates: 10/17/2025, 2/27/2026, 4/24/2026.Register for each session individually.

Please join us for an intensive eight-day training of Cognitive Coaching Seminars® facilitated by a Thinking Collaborative facilitator. Participants of the foundations seminar learn how to: develop trust and rapport; develop an identity as a mediator of thinking; utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving; develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community; develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence; apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating; utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions; distinguish among the five forms of feedback; and use data to mediate thinking. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching SM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.

ECS/ ECC staff will have the opportunity to participate in a community of practice in which they can dig deeply into the tier 1 pyramid practices that support their programs. Professional staff will be able to collaborate and problem solve together are implementation issues.

Please join us for an intensive eight-day training of Cognitive Coaching Seminars® facilitated by a Thinking Collaborative facilitator. Participants of the foundations seminar learn how to: develop trust and rapport; develop an identity as a mediator of thinking; utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving; develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community; develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence; apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating; utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions; distinguish among the five forms of feedback; and use data to mediate thinking. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching SM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.

This session is for Wayne RESA employees only. For others who are interested in participating in SEED for the 23-24 school year, please register for 5434 Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (County-Wide).SEED is a peer-led professional development program that creates conversational communities to drive personal, organizational, and society change toward greater equity and diversity.SEED’s unique methodology involves:Facilitating, ongoing, structured group conversations in which all voices can be heard.Examining how our own stories related to social systems.Learning from the lessons of our own lives as well as from texts.Turning oppressions and privilege into agency and action.SEED seminars help participants reflect upon and connect their individual experiences to the wider systemic context.Members of a SEED seminar gain new insights into how the world word and how they can make their schools more inclusive and fairer.Participating in a SEED seminar affords you the opportunity to becomes a part of a conversational community where open, authentic dialogue supports our mutual learning about diversity.Regular attendance promotes trust and builds a strong community.Participants who register for the SEED Seminar are asked to commit to ALL sessions in the series.

Instructional Leadership is an integral part of an educational leader’s repertoire.Join us for this four part series that will allow for collaboration from content area experts who will provide insight through school visit opportunities on what to look for during math, science, social studies, and literacy instruction walkthroughs and observations.In addition, leaders will analyze the key elements and skills of strong instructional leaders.Participants will also have time to identify and discuss time management tips to support making time for instructional leadership activities as well as how to foster a school culture focused on student achievement and best practices in instruction.