About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

All secondary principals are invited to join us for this monthly, virtual session designed to keep school leaders informed of applicable state and county updates.We will discuss the latest in educational research, instructional strategies, and initiatives that help building leaders stay current, ensuring they are well-equipped to serve as strong instructional leaders in their schools.Additionally, we will explore the latest assessment and state accountability information and Wayne County initiatives and opportunities.This is a great opportunity to receive timely updates, ask questions, and stay connected with what's happening across the county and state.*Participants are encouraged to register whether they plan to attend the live meeting or prefer to watch the recording.

While students at all levels require explicit instructional support to advance literacy skills, their reading and writing identities also need nurturing, especially in secondary settings. This three-part series will delve into effective reading and writing strategies secondary educators can use to motivate and engage their students. The series will also highlight the Essential Instructional Practices for Disciplinary Literacy in the Secondary Classroom, emphasizing their role in developing critical thinkers, readers, and writers. Finally, participants will explore ways to integrate these practices into their teaching, thereby empowering students to navigate complex assignments with confidence. The intended audience for this series is secondary educators, including teachers, instructional coaches, building leaders, and central office administrators. All meetings will be virtual, and all participants will receive a copy of professional texts that speak to the needs of adolescent learners.

'Beyond Accommodations: Tackling Sneaky Ableism' is an interactive professional development session designed for educators to uncover and address the subtle, unintentional ways ableism shows up in schools. Through reflection, discussion, and real-world examples, participants will explore how socialization has shaped their perceptions of ability and learn actionable strategies to create a more inclusive, anti-ableist learning environment. This session goes beyond basic accommodations—it's about rethinking our mindsets, language, and teaching practices to ensure every student is truly valued and supported.

As a follow-up to Understanding Trauma: Embracing N.E.A.R. (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Adverse Childhood Experiences [ACEs], and Resilience), this session offers activities and strategies to foster a deeper understanding of the impact of trauma and the role that resilience plays as a natural counterweight to ACEs. An exploration of health-promoting practices throughout the session will reveal resilience-strengthening strategies that can be taught, learned, and practiced in the school setting.

All elementary principals are invited to join us for this monthly, virtual session designed to keep school leaders informed of applicable state and county updates.We will discuss the latest in educational research, instructional strategies, and initiatives that help building leaders stay current, ensuring they are well-equipped to serve as strong instructional leaders in their schools.Additionally, we will explore the latest assessment and state accountability information and Wayne County initiatives and opportunities.This is a great opportunity to receive timely updates, ask questions, and stay connected with what's happening across the county and state.*Participants are encouraged to register whether they plan to attend the live meeting or prefer to watch the recording.

This session will provide updates on the 2026-2027 GSRP enrollment process and a review of the latest forms.

This session will provide updates on the 2026-2027 GSRP enrollment process and a review of the latest forms.

ECS/ ECC staff will have the opportunity to participate in a book study of Unpacking the Pyramid Model to support their implementation of EC PBIS tier 1 practices throughout the county.

Want to learn more about The Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Essential Instructional Practice (EIP) 6? EIP 6 states- Engage children regularly in brief (5-15 minute) interactive number sense routines focused on developing mental strategies for seeing quantity and working flexibly with numbers. This course focuses on Whole Number Number Talks which are one type of a Number Sense Routine you might choose to implement within your classroom.This is a self-paced course in Edupaths. In this course, you will be introduced to a Number Talk and the teaching practices that support the use of a number sense routine in the classroom. You will watch videos, plan for a number talk, practice recording student thinking, and consider the questions to use to support students' conceptual understanding of mathematics.Once the course window has opened, you will receive access via an Edupaths link to the course content.The cost of this workshop includes a Whole Number Number Talk book and a complete set of images to be used to support student understanding of numbers.To receive SCECHs, the course must be completed in its entirety by the last date of the course you are registered for. You can expect the full course to take approximately 8 hours to complete and can be broken into subtopics to more easily fit your schedule.Please be advised that once the registration period has closed, course materials will be sent to the address associated with your Learning Stream account. Once the materials are sent, the course is non-refundable.

In this series participants will learn about the foundational elements of Early Childhood Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (EC PBIS). These essential practices make up the bottom layer of the Pyramid Model and support the social and emotional development of all children ages birth through five. The two key components of the model that will be discussed are the development of nurturing and responsive relationships and the creation of high quality supportive classrooms.

In this series participants will learn about the intensive intervention elements of Early Childhood Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (EC PBIS). These essential practices make up the top layer of the Pyramid Model and support the social and emotional development of the few children who need individualized plans and additional support to successfully develop social emotional skills. We highlight the use of functional behavior assessments, emergency support plans, and wraparound services in this training.

Learn how autistic people may communicate in ways that are different but meaningful. In this session, we’ll talk about common misunderstandings, explore ways to build stronger two-way connections, and practice using positive language that highlights student strengths.Session Objectives:Identify 2 key features of autistic communicationDefine the double empathy problem & identify ways it may relate to therapeutic support for autistic individualsApply a strengths-based, anti-ableist reframing to deficit-model language commonly used in reports and conversations with caregivers.