About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

Join us for an enriching professional learning opportunity designed to enhance your social studies instruction! We invite K-12 educators and teams to participate in four dynamic sessions focused on creating inquiry-based lessons aligned with Michigan K-12 Social Studies Standards. Through hands-on collaboration with fellow educators, you'll experience and design inquiries using the C3 Framework's Inquiry Design Model. You will leave each session with an inquiry to implement in your classroom. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your teaching practice and connect with other innovative educators! Lunch will be included.

Strong systems require intentional leaders. This Leadership Series is designed to provide access to national speakers that will facilitate sessions that deepen administrators’ knowledge and sharpen the purposeful leadership practices that directly influence instructional quality, school and district culture, teacher performance, and student learning.District teams—comprised of central office and building-level administrators—will learn and grow together through structured reflection, collaborative analysis, and strategic planning. Participants will examine their leadership styles, identify areas for growth, and align practices to maximize collective impact.More than a series of sessions, this offering cultivates a professional learning community of committed, forward-thinking educational leaders dedicated to continuous improvement and long-term success.

The CTE Teacher Professional Learning Series provides ongoing professional development to strengthen instructional practices and enhance student success in Career and Technical Education programs.Sessions focus on evidence-based teaching strategies, curriculum alignment, industry standards, student engagement, assessment practices, and the integration of academic and technical skills.Participants collaborate to share best practices, analyze student performance data, and explore strategies that support career readiness and equitable access to high-quality CTE pathways. This series equips educators with practical tools and current industry insights to improve instruction, strengthen program quality, and support positive student outcomes.

The Secondary Coaching Network is designed to support middle and high school instructional coaches and teacher leaders to enhance their coaching skills, support equitable instruction, and develop their confidence and competence around the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials.In this year-long series, Secondary Coaching Network participants will:Engage in robust conversations about supporting adolescents and teachers of adolescents with secondary-focused coaches and teacher leaders.Develop a deeper understanding of the Disciplinary Literacy Essentials and strategies for teacher investment and implementation in middle and high schools.Grow their knowledge of adult learning principles to build literacy leadership capacity.Collaborate around humanizing and equitable ways to use data and assessment.Over the course of the year participants will have an opportunity to attend a kickoff session and quarterly meetings steeped in project, problem, and place-based disciplinary literacy and learning, as well as engage in at least one coaching consultation.

This session is for schools and districts participating in the WRESA PBIS contract process for 2026-27. The target audience is individuals identified at a District PBIS Coach or Coordinator

This session supports GSRP preschool teachers to intentionally teach behavioral expectations as a Tier 1 EC PBIS 'Big 6' practice. Through reflection, discussion, and hands-on activities, teachers learn why expectations must be explicitly taught, positively stated, and developmentally appropriate. Participants will analyze and revise classroom expectations, practice teaching them using modeling and visuals, and plan how to reinforce expectations throughout daily routines. This session emphasizes proactive instruction, active teacher engagement, and practical takeaways that teachers can immediately apply to strengthen classroom climate and prevent challenging behavior.

This intensive, full-day training equips Trusted Messengers (parent leaders, educators, coaches, leaders) to lead a transformative 3-part series in their center, school, or district. The content is focused on the needs of families with children from Birth to Grade 5. The series is designed to partner with parents and caregivers to reset children's health and well-being by addressing the challenges of a digital childhood.Participants will be equipped with the complete toolkit to facilitate this learning in their communities, including:The 3-Part Series Content:* Part 1: The Digital Glitch: Decoding 'The Great Rewiring' of the developing brain and why today's kids are 'wired but tired' (The Anxious Generation).* Part 2: The Dirt & Independence Exchange: The practical 'how-to' of trading screen-time for risky play, sensory development, and real-world independence (The 'Barefoot & Balanced' life).*Part 3: The Connection Reset: Navigating the transition by utilizing 'Play Therapy' secrets and 'Practical Anger Management' tools to handle 'big feelings.'*Ready-to-Use Resources: All Trusted Messengers receive the comprehensive Learning Library (Field Guide of mentor texts), presentation Slides, and Handouts for immediate use.Ongoing Support: Access to coaching and co-facilitation support from the MiFamily team.

Session 1 - This session will explore how motor development, crossing the midline, and playful, hands-on experiences build a strong foundation for early writing. Participants will learn how to support children before they even pick up a pencil by strengthening the physical, cognitive, and developmental skills essential for writing. Educators will also examine the developmental stages of writing and gain practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to support preschoolers’ writing readiness through meaningful, engaging experiencSession 2 - This session focuses on strengthening teachers’ use of interactive and scaffolded writing techniques to support children at all stages of early writing development. Participants will explore strategies for modeling writing, sharing the pen, and providing just-right support to help children build confidence and independence as writers. In addition, this training highlights practical ways to embed authentic writing experiences throughout the daily routine, so that writing becomes a natural and purposeful part of the classroom environment. Educators will leave with concrete strategies, examples, and planning ideas to intentionally incorporate beginning writing opportunities across the day.

Come learn how to use foundational strategies for creating a safe and healthy classroom culture. Participants will explore key ideas relating to supporting children’s social and emotional development.

This session supports GSRP preschool teachers to strengthen the use of clear, explicit directions as a Tier 1 EC PBIS practice. Through reflection, discussion, modeling, and hands-on practice, teachers learn how effective directions are brief, specific, positively stated, and developmentally appropriate. Participants analyze real classroom examples, practice delivering directions with peers, and plan how to apply these strategies during daily routines with visuals. The session emphasizes proactive instruction and consistent adult practices that increase child engagement, prevent challenging behavior, and support a positive classroom climate.

This Community of Practice provides behavior specialists with an opportunity to strengthen their knowledge and skills in implementing evidence-based behavior supports within school settings. Participants will collaborate to review current practices, discuss challenging behavior cases, analyze behavioral data, and share effective intervention strategies. The session will emphasize problem-solving, collaboration, and the application of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) principles to improve student outcomes. Participants will also identify resources and develop action steps to enhance behavioral supports, increase implementation fidelity, and promote equitable, safe, and supportive learning environments

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.