About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

This workshop series will guide participants through key sections of the CETA-R, a comprehensive tool designed to assess classroom practices for students with higher support needs. Each session will focus on one to two sections of the CETA-R, providing an in-depth exploration of the content. Participants will engage in problem-solving and goal-setting activities to enhance the implementation of effective strategies within their classrooms.

This workshop meets the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) requirement for implicit bias training for health professionals. This training will provide K-12 professionals training regarding the issue of implicit bias and how it relates to their areas of practice. In response to racism being named a public health crisis, the Michigan legislature has required all healthcare professionals to receive training on the topic of implicit bias. Specific areas to be covered by this training include how implicit bias is defined, how it exists and functions within systems and institutions, and how practitioners can notice, reflect on, and begin to redress their own implicit biases.Participants will learn about historical trauma and power structures, how they both manifest and perpetuate a culture of bias, and how doing internal work can begin to reverse the harm implicit bias causes in our school communities.CE Credits available for nurses and social workers.

The Boys College Summer Literacy Institute (BCSLI) is designed to advance literacy learning for boys throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties. This two-part educational series will serve both upper elementary teachers and their students. In part 1 of this series, school teams will participate in an intensive two-day professional learning with Dr. Alfred Tatum, a leading expert in the research of literacy development. Educators engaged in this series will:- Learn the tenets of the Multidimensional Reading Model (MDRM).- Design lessons that build upon the MDRM with the goal of moving students toward advanced literacy and knowledge development within the core disciplines.-Build upon the literate lives of Black boys and teaching practices that will accelerate literacy and knowledge development.- Prepare to teach using the Multidimensional Reading Model during the Boys College Summer Literacy Initiative.- Receive a set of classroom materials including award winning books, manipulatives, and science kits.The intended audience for this series is 3rd-5th grade teachers, literacy coaches, COSAs, school leaders and interested educators who support districts in Wayne and Oakland counties. We highly recommend district leaders consider sending an interdisciplinary team to this series.For more information, please contact Dr. Rosalyn Shahid of Wayne RESA or Dr. Ashelin Currie of Oakland Schools.

Join us for a day of learning designed to empower GSRP leaders with clarity, connection, and confidence as you close out the 2025–2026 school year and begin preparing for a successful 2026–2027 school year. Participants will leave with practical, actionable strategies to effectively conclude the current year and launch the next year with strong leadership, intentional planning, and a continued commitment to excellence across their programs.

In this course participants will learn the basics of early childhood developmental delays and disabilities as well as the kinds of supports and early intervention services available. In addition, participants will learn about universal supports and strategies that can be used with any child who might benefit from it. Finally, participants will learn how to work effectively as a co-teacher and a member of an IEP team.

The Boys College Summer Literacy Institute (BCSLI) is designed to advance literacy learning for boys throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties. This two-part educational series will serve both upper elementary teachers and their students. In part 1 of this series, school teams will participate in an intensive two-day professional learning with Dr. Alfred Tatum, a leading expert in the research of literacy development. Educators engaged in this series will:- Learn the tenets of the Multidimensional Reading Model (MDRM).- Design lessons that build upon the MDRM with the goal of moving students toward advanced literacy and knowledge development within the core disciplines.-Build upon the literate lives of Black boys and teaching practices that will accelerate literacy and knowledge development.- Prepare to teach using the Multidimensional Reading Model during the Boys College Summer Literacy Initiative.- Receive a set of classroom materials including award winning books, manipulatives, and science kits.The intended audience for this series is 3rd-5th grade teachers, literacy coaches, COSAs, school leaders and interested educators who support districts in Wayne and Oakland counties. We highly recommend district leaders consider sending an interdisciplinary team to this series.For more information, please contact Dr. Rosalyn Shahid of Wayne RESA or Dr. Ashelin Currie of Oakland Schools.

This series will cover the newly available K-12 Data Literacy and Data Science Learning Progressions!This national, flexible framework is designed to help education leaders bring data literacy and data science into every student’s learning journey. Built with input from educators, researchers, and the public, these progressions set clear expectations for what students should learn from the earliest grades through graduation.-Create activities that weave Data Literacy into your current curriculum using a hands-on, collaborative approach.-Apply Data Literacy and Data Science principles across all grade levels and content areas.-Lunch and additional resources included.

The purpose of these meetings is primarily to provide updates around multilingual education and Title III, including federal and MDE initiatives, best practices for multilingual learners and families, and opportunities for collaboration and professional learning for educators. We will also provide time for collaborative conversations around current topics and issues in the field.

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.

Participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and plans; and conduct building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and community provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed include media/social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. With updated research and strategies, this workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, and response.

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.

Participants will understand how to budget for staff salaries and benefits, and how to complete the staff information section of the budget, as well as requirements for Capital Outlay projects