About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

Join us for an empowering and eye-opening session designed to help educators foster resilience and create safe, supportive classrooms for every student. We will explore the fascinating connection between the neuroscience of trauma and its impact on brain development and learning. The research of epigenetics will be shown to explain how trauma can be passed across generations and gain a deeper understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their role in shaping student behavior and success. This session will equip you with practical, research-based strategies to build resilience in your students. You’ll learn how to implement trauma-informed practices in your classroom and school, ensuring every student benefits from universal precautions that promote emotional safety, connection, and growth.Key Takeaways:- Understand how trauma impacts the brain and learning.- Explore epigenetics and the generational effects of trauma.- Gain a clear definition and awareness of ACEs.- Learn resilience-building strategies to implement at the classroom and school-wide levels.

Administrators will meet and discuss the book Leading Student-Centered Coaching by Diane Sweeny and Ann Mausbach.Participants will also receive facilitation materials to work with their staff or colleagues in the future.

It’s time to stop doing it all. This session empowers principals to break free from the burnout of solo leadership by strategically distributing responsibility, building trust, and cultivating leadership in others. Learn how to “drop the mic” on outdated top-down models and lead a team that shares the mission—and the momentum.

Lifting Untold Stories: Pedagogies and Practices for Teaching a People's History of Wayne CountyWayne RESA, in partnership with Westwood Community School District, invites all Michigan teachers and pre-service teachers to the first Wayne County Teaching Diverse Histories Summit, focusing on the pedagogy and practice of teaching the fullness of history.This event will bring together participants from across the state and presenters from Michigan and beyond for two days of high-quality, professional learning seminars and hands-on workshops that utilize principles from culturally responsive, inquiry-based, and place-based pedagogy.These sessions will provide teachers with the pedagogy and practice necessary to teach the fullness of American history, including, but not limited to, the teaching of the history of communities of color and other marginalized communities, the teaching of local history, and the teaching of cultural competency.Day 1 will consist of a keynote featuring Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, professor of history and host of the Teaching Hard History podcast, followed by breakout sessions.For Day 2, participants will choose from one of several place-based professional learning experiences held at historic sites or cultural institutions around the county.

Schools today are seeing more students with health needs than ever before. Because medical emergencies could occur at any time, it is important to establish effective teams to respond to school medical emergencies with highly effective protocols. Training includes standardized emergency plans and current best practices and skills to care for students with asthma, allergies and other medical conditions including sudden cardiac arrest. Send a team from your building to receive this training to better ensure an appropriate response to all medical emergencies.

Are you ready to create a learning environment where students feel safe, motivated, and ready to succeed? Managing a classroom effectively is essential for fostering a positive and productive learning environment. This series provides educators with practical strategies to create a well-structured and engaging classroom. Specifically, we will explore key aspects of classroom management, including setting clear expectations, handling disruptions, building strong teacher-student relationships, designing an effective layout, encouraging active student involvement, and managing time effectively. This series is suitable for both new and experienced educators, aiming to create a safe, motivated, and successful learning environment.

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) is widely considered the best instructional model to support multilingual learners (English learners) in English proficiency development and academic achievement. SIOP is the only empirically-validated model of sheltered instruction.Do you have multilingual learners in your school or classroom? Students with disabilities? Students who have been historically disenfranchised? Students who may need extra support with content concepts and skills? SIOP components and features can benefit all of these learners.This virtual SIOP Training is divided into 9 modules: 3 are synchronous (live) and 6 are asynchronous (at your own pace). This training incorporates a wide variety of technology tools into the SIOP model to support learning for ALL learners. Participants will have two weeks to complete all modules.This is an online event.**All sessions and asynchronous work must be attended and completed to receive SCECHs**

Are you ready to create a learning environment where students feel safe, motivated, and ready to succeed? Managing a classroom effectively is essential for fostering a positive and productive learning environment. This series provides educators with practical strategies to create a well-structured and engaging classroom. Specifically, we will explore key aspects of classroom management, including setting clear expectations, handling disruptions, building strong teacher-student relationships, designing an effective layout, encouraging active student involvement, and managing time effectively. This series is suitable for both new and experienced educators, aiming to create a safe, motivated, and successful learning environment.

This professional learning aims to develop a shared understanding of the Early Math Essentials and best practices in mathematics. Additionally, we will use your i-Ready resources for planning to bring the Early Math Essentials to life within your classroom.

This session provides a foundational overview of Assistive Technology (AT) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Participants will explore what AT and AAC are, review the Communication Bill of Rights, and gain an understanding of the laws around AT and quality indicators that guide effective implementation. Designed for educators and support staff, this session highlights the importance of communication access and equips participants with essential knowledge to begin supporting students who may benefit from a variety of tools.

What is translanguaging, and how can we use it to support our multilingual learners–even if we do not speak the home language/s of our students? This session provides an overview of the benefits of translanguaging and practical strategies to help students make meaning using their full linguistic repertoire. When implemented well, translanguaging promotes healing, positive identity, belonging, and agency for multilingual students. Join us and take on a translanguaging stance, regardless of your role or how many languages you know.

Wondering about how to implement the Early Math Essentials within your classroom while using your district resource? Join us for a Kick off In August and sessions during the school year to develop an understanding of the Early Math Essentials in Action and use your district provided curricular resources for planning to bring the Early Math Essentials to life within your classroom.This in series you will:- Experience an Math Lessons that brings the shifts of the essentials to life- Reflect on videos of Michigan Classrooms highlighting the essentials practices- Make connections to where the essentials are embedded within your district math curricular resource- Plan for lessons that meet the needs of your students while implementing the essential practices- Reflect on strategies your students used within your classroom and next stepsWe encourage districts or buildings to send teams of teacher leaders, who can use these materials and strategies to facilitate similar learning within your districts. This training is great for districts who are implementing a new resource and developing teacher leadership within a building or grade level team.