About Us

Wayne RESA provides training and support for local districts who lead in their communities. These services include:

• School board/Superintendent support
• Regular networking for Superintendents/Business Managers/HR Directors/Curriculum Directors/Special Education Directors/Principals

Wayne RESA also provides new teacher academies, Aspiring Administrator academies, and support for the Wayne County Association of School Boards.

Wayne RESA is a leading voice for education policy in Washington and Lansing by employing resources to track policy and coordinate positions among our schools so our voice is heard by policymakers with the clear purpose of advocating for our children.

Wayne RESA provides support to local schools for specific programs and services including:

• Oversight of State GSRP four year-old preschool program
• Direct services to students who are multilingual language learners
• Consulting services to help districts address the medical and health needs of students
• Support to school library programs and services
• Support to local schools who are using technology tools in classrooms for instruction
• Career counseling for high school seniors so they will have a plan leaving high school

Wayne RESA provides several support service programs to help local districts with their business and HR needs. This includes:

• Bus Driver Training
• Cooperative purchasing options
• Transportation and food service technical support
• Pupil accounting technical support and audits
• Consulting service for energy and facility management
• School business manager in training program
• Criminal history and fingerprinting services
• Substitute teacher and other employee consortium
• Online job application system
• Teacher certification and SCHECH support
• And more

Wayne RESA has a significant role in ensuring that all students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education. Services Include:

• General supervision of the implementation of federal and state requirements
• Coordination of the county special education plan
• Coordination of the Act 18 programs and funding for districts who work together to provide regional programs for students with disabilities
• Professional development and other services to build capacity for supporting students with disabilities

For more information, visit our special education page.

The Wayne County Computer Consortium has long been a leader in providing local school districts with technology software programs and the infrastructure backbone needed to operate school systems. This includes:

• Connection to the internet and filtering
• Access to the state education network
• Backup capabilities for school data
• Software for key needs - payroll, finance, accounting, student records, report cards, food services, state reporting requirements, transportation routing, retirement system reporting
• Parent/staff calling and contact systems
• Video service
• Technician Support
• And more

Wayne RESA's largest budget line item in its general fund is a $5 million contribution to reduce computer service cost to local districts.

One of the core missions of Wayne RESA is to support local schools in their work to improve teaching and learning. This includes professional development session at Wayne RESA and also direct interaction with local school district and school teams in their districts in the following areas:

• Curriculum content (math, literacy, science, social studies, etc...)
• Improvement (strategic planning, school improvement planning, use of instructional coaches)
• Assessment (how to get student achievement data, how to use it, state requirements)
• Support for low performing schools (State Partnership schools, comprehensive schools, etc...)
• Superintendent's Literacy Initiative

Wayne RESA trains over 20,000 school employees each year.

Wayne RESA works to garner resources for our locals schools so they can improve services to students. This includes passing through to local districts federal and state grants in excess of $130 million each year, coordinating a regional enhancement millage that generates over $70 million passed through to local districts each year, coordinating Medicaid reimbursement for local districts, coordinating a Special Education millage for Act 18 programs in excess of $160 million annually, advocating for statewide school finance reform, and other efforts.