About Wayne RESA Enhancing Education in Wayne County.

Wayne RESA is a regional educational service agency that offers a wide range of services and support to the 33 school districts and 97 public school academies in Wayne County.



We provide personalized support that is essential to improving student achievement and advancing educational outcomes throughout Wayne County. Our comprehensive range of services includes professional development for educators, purchasing services, administrative support for school districts, and much more.

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Read our latest Wayne County RESA Services Report to learn about our impact in Wayne County and greater Michigan.

By the Numbers

13.11% Individualized Education Plans
14.8% Multilingual Students
262,197 County-wide School Enrollment
33 Local Education Agency (LEAs)
534 School Buildings
65.3% Economically Disadvantaged Students
88.20% Average Student Attendance Rate
97 Public School Academies (PSAs)

Wayne RESA Upcoming Events

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10/20/2025
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
8:30 AM
Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
Date: Oct 20
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
Please join us for an intensive eight-day training of Cognitive Coaching Seminars® facilitated by a Thinking Collaborative facilitator. Participants of the foundations seminar learn how to: develop trust and rapport; develop an identity as a mediator of thinking; utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving; develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community; develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence; apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating; utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions; distinguish among the five forms of feedback; and use data to mediate thinking. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching SM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.
8813 EC PBIS Community of Practice
3:00 PM
ONLINE
8813 EC PBIS Community of Practice
Date: Oct 20
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: ONLINE
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
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.
10/21/2025
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
8:30 AM
Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
Date: Oct 21
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
Please join us for an intensive eight-day training of Cognitive Coaching Seminars® facilitated by a Thinking Collaborative facilitator. Participants of the foundations seminar learn how to: develop trust and rapport; develop an identity as a mediator of thinking; utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving; develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community; develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence; apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating; utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions; distinguish among the five forms of feedback; and use data to mediate thinking. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching SM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.
8750 SEED (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) Cohort 10 (2025-
9:00 AM
ONLINE
8750 SEED (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) Cohort 10 (2025-
Date: Oct 21
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: ONLINE
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
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.
8248 Instructional Leadership Series
9:00 AM
Wayne RESA Room 223 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
8248 Instructional Leadership Series
Date: Oct 21
Time: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Wayne RESA Room 223 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
Instructional Leadership is an integral part of an educational leader’s repertoire.Join us for this four part series that will allow for collaboration from content area experts who will provide insight through school visit opportunities on what to look for during math, science, social studies, and literacy instruction walkthroughs and observations.In addition, leaders will analyze the key elements and skills of strong instructional leaders.Participants will also have time to identify and discuss time management tips to support making time for instructional leadership activities as well as how to foster a school culture focused on student achievement and best practices in instruction.
8121 A - CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training: Refresher Cou
9:00 AM
WCCCD-Downriver Campus Room 1 & 2 21000 Northline Rd. Taylor, MI
8121 A - CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training: Refresher Cou
Date: Oct 21
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: WCCCD-Downriver Campus Room 1 & 2 21000 Northline Rd. Taylor, MI
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
The Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) nonviolent Crisis Intervention training has proven effective in resolving violent situations. Refresher course participants will review knowledge and practice skills necessary to handle crisis situations in schools with minimal anxiety and maximum security. This refresher training will review safe ways to intervene when student behavior becomes dangerous without damaging any professional bond already established with students. In order to maintain an up to date CPI certification, this formal refresher course is recommended to be taken annually. Participants must have previouslytaken the CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Foundation Training and attended either the Foundation Training or Refresher Training within the past two school years.Please Note: Successful completion of this course addresses multiple required training components for Key Identified Personnel as described in the Michigan State Board of Education's Policy for the Emergency Use of Seclusion and Restraint.
8875 B MISTAR-Q Success Plan Setup
1:00 PM
ONLINE
8875 B MISTAR-Q Success Plan Setup
Date: Oct 21
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: ONLINE
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
The MISTAR Consortium is offering two hands-on training sessions (one virtual, one in-person) for districts/schools wanting to implement Success Plans.MISTAR Success Plans are used to determine student performance based on district-defined indicators in attendance, behavior, marks, and more. Rubrics are applied to indicators which calculate points determining students' status in meeting the Success Plan.Learn how to configure indicators and rubrics to define plans for your schools. This training session is intended for those who will be responsible for (and have permissions to access) the setup/configuration of Success Plans (MISTAR system administrators, etc).This course is free.
8190 NGSX Cohort 54 - Cancelled
4:00 PM
Hybrid - In-Person/Online
8190 NGSX Cohort 54 - Cancelled
Date: Oct 21
Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Hybrid - In-Person/Online
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
The Next Generation Science Exemplar (NGSX) is a workshop series designed to explore the major ideas found in the National Research Council Framework and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These documents are at the core of the 3-Dimensions of the Michigan Science Standards. NGSX participants experience 3-dimensional science learning as both student and teacher using the Disciplinary Core Idea of Structure and Properties of Matter. They experience an anchor phenomenon and then engage in 3 key Science and Engineering Practices: Modeling, Argumentation, and Explanation. The second half of NGSX is integrating three-dimensional learning into science classrooms. Teachers learn key strategies and structures to support students in using science and engineering practices to develop, apply, and refine disciplinary and cross-cutting ideas. Teachers engage in these practices and investigate classroom cases to explore how to bring these approaches into their own classrooms, evaluate newly aligned curricula, and contribute to more balanced assessment systems for science.To learn more about NGSX visit:www.ngsx.org.
10/22/2025
8481 Secondary Math Leaders: Transformative Learning Using Curricul
8:30 AM
Wayne RESA Room 223 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
8481 Secondary Math Leaders: Transformative Learning Using Curricul
Date: Oct 22
Time: 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Location: Wayne RESA Room 223 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
“Putting instructional reforms into practice is a process that requires a vision, support for change, leadership and collaboration among teachers [as they use resources to design learning experiences]” (Short & Hirsch, 2023) Join us as we embark on a new model for secondary math leadership in which we invite teachers, department leads, or coaches to bring their secondary math curricular resources as we engage in mathematical reasoning together, plan for your upcoming units, and practice our teaching moves collectively.As we collaborate, we will learn about motivation, engagement, scaffolds, differentiation, formative assessment, and feedback.Take away resources to replicate the learning and planning with teams of teachers in your school or district.
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
8:30 AM
Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
7732 Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar 2025-2026
Date: Oct 22
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: Wayne RESA Room 250 AB 33500 Van Born Rd. Wayne, MI 48184
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
Please join us for an intensive eight-day training of Cognitive Coaching Seminars® facilitated by a Thinking Collaborative facilitator. Participants of the foundations seminar learn how to: develop trust and rapport; develop an identity as a mediator of thinking; utilize conversation structures for planning, reflecting and problem resolving; develop teachers’ autonomy and sense of community; develop higher levels of efficacy, consciousness, craftsmanship, flexibility and interdependence; apply four support functions: coaching, evaluating, consulting, collaborating; utilize the coaching tools of pausing, paraphrasing, and posing questions; distinguish among the five forms of feedback; and use data to mediate thinking. Agendas for Days 1–4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching SM. Days 5–8 provide for skill refinement and understanding of the Problem-Resolving Map.
8720 Making Spaces: Leading Learning Through Making
8:30 AM
THE LOCATIONS LISTED
8720 Making Spaces: Leading Learning Through Making
Date: Oct 22
Time: 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Location: THE LOCATIONS LISTED
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
Are you an educator who wants to elevate their leadership in maker education, deepen their impact beyond the classroom, and engage in hands-on making and meaningful discussions? Participants will explore intentional design, documentation, and facilitation strategies that enhance student engagement and learning through maker-centered experiences.This four-part series offers a yearlong journey of inspiration and innovation, guided by keynote speakers who will spark new thinking and introduce emerging ideas. Participants will engage in hands-on activities and dynamic discussions to deepen their practice and leadership in maker-centered learning.
7768 Special Education Discipline in Focus Series
9:00 AM
ONLINE
7768 Special Education Discipline in Focus Series
Date: Oct 22
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: ONLINE
Calendar: Learning Stream PD Calendar
This Special Education Discipline in Focus Series comprehensively overviews student discipline procedures.Day 1: Establishes foundational knowledge, including student rights, relevant laws, and available resources.Day 2: This session focuses on identifying removals that may trigger special education protections and ensuring proper recognition and application of these protections.Day 3: Explores Manifestation Determination Reviews (MDRs), emphasizing the importance of team collaboration, parental involvement, and effective problem-solving strategies.Day 4: Addresses the crucial aspect of providing appropriate special education services to students during and after removals.Day 5: This session delves into Wayne RESA's specific forms and procedures, emphasizing the importance of accurate and timely documentation to ensure compliance and protect students and districts.

Wayne County School Districts

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What is an ISD? Intermediate School District

ISDs — which sometimes go by the name Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) or Educational Service Agency (ESA) — work with local school districts, the Michigan Department of Education, business and industry and community groups.



Each ISD works with its local school districts to develop the mix of products and programs to maximize benefits for that area. ISDs increase cost savings for schools, expand educational opportunities, provide professional learning for teachers, and much more.

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