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.

This Initial Mindset Train-the-Trainer Course is designated for behavior leads and administrators. MindSet provides a common language to assist those in conflict. The purpose of MindSet Safety Management training is to facilitate insight, raise awareness, enhance skills, and ultimately certify professionals in a system of preventing and managing aggressive behavior. The training emphasizes the development of collaborative partnerships among all stakeholders to promote positive outcomes for students. Participants will learn age- and size-appropriate communication and physical strategies to ensure safe, respectful, and effective interactions. The course also supports the development of documentation systems aligned with legal requirements and program evaluation needs.In addition, the training addresses strategies for understanding and responding to oppositional and defiant behavior, including its connection to aggression, as well as practical approaches for supporting students with communication In addition, the training addresses strategies for understanding and responding to oppositional and defiant behavior, including its connection to aggression, as well as practical approaches for supporting students with communication deficits. The MindSet Learning Model integrates the lived experience of participants with the expertise of the facilitator, allowing for meaningful discussion, reflection, and real-world application.

The Special Education Discipline in Action Series moves beyond the basics with interactive scenarios, real-world conversation strategies, and practical tools to strengthen team decision-making and elevate teacher voice in discipline and MDR processes.This series is designed for participants who have already completed the Discipline in Focus series (either by attending live or viewing the recording presentations) and are ready to move from foundational knowledge to real-world application. This advanced series focuses on the nuanced, day-to-day challenges teams face when making discipline decisions that are both legally sound and student-centered. Across 3 sessions, participants will “choose your own adventure” and work through a realistic discipline scenario, practice navigating difficult discipline conversations, and explore strategies to ensure teachers’ insights meaningfully shape MDR discussions. By the end of the series, participants will feel more confident analyzing complex discipline situations, advocating for appropriate supports, and collaborating with teams to make thoughtful, defensible decisions that prioritize students and relationships.

This insightful workshop focuses on addressing compassion fatigue and promoting self-care among school health professionals. In this session, we will explore the concept of compassion fatigue, discussing its prevalence and impact on caring professions like school social work, school nursing, and school counseling. Participants will learn to recognize the common signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue and understand how it can affect their well-being and effectiveness in their roles. Additionally, we will delve into the importance of self-care and provide practical strategies for implementing self-care practices in daily life. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your well-being and effectiveness in your role.Participants must use a computer or tablet with a working camera and microphone; audio and video must stay on with each participant's face visible for the entire session.

This training aims to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) within the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Participants will learn how to create inclusive educational settings that maximize access, minimize restrictions, and provide equitable opportunities for students with disabilities in an integrated environment.Through this training, participants will:? Gain a clear understanding of the purpose and importance of FAPE in the LRE? Explore the key components and fundamental principles of LRE? Apply their knowledge of LRE to plan inclusive classrooms and make informed decisions about educational placements

This professional learning series is designed for new instructional coaches to come together for three lunchtime sessions. Coaches will meet for one hour per session to learn about effective coaching practices, engage in discussion, and build community with fellow new coaches.

All curriculum leaders are invited to join us for these monthly, virtual sessions designed to keep you up to date on pertinent local and state matters. We will spend time exploring legislative updates and delving into assessment and state accountability information. Information regarding Wayne County initiatives and opportunities will also be shared. This is a great opportunity for curriculum leaders to receive current information, ask questions, and find out what's happening around the state and within our county. All registrants will receive a recording of each session, regardless of live attendance. Recordings will be shared after each meeting.

Instructional leadership is at the heart of effective school leadership. This four-part series is designed to sharpen your lens, strengthen your feedback, and elevate your influence on teaching and learning.Participants will collaborate with content-area experts and engage in school visit opportunities focused on what to look for during math, science, social studies, and literacy walkthroughs and observations. Together, leaders will identify high-impact instructional practices, analyze the core competencies of strong instructional leaders, and refine their ability to provide meaningful, growth-oriented feedback.The series also addresses one of the greatest challenges principals face—time. Leaders will explore practical time-management strategies that protect instructional leadership priorities while fostering a school culture grounded in student achievement and research-based best practices.If you are ready to move beyond compliance walkthroughs and deepen your instructional impact, this series is designed for you.

PREPaRE Workshop 1 participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop, developed by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), 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.Important Notice: This course requires the completion of pre-work prior to the first day of training. Access to materials will be provided via email a minimum of 7 days prior to the start date. Once training materials have been accessed the participant is no longer eligible for a refund. However, under certain circumstances rescheduling to another session within the academic year can be accommodated.

Explores the critical intersection of Executive Functioning (EF) and PBIS. We will examine how deficits in self-regulation, working memory, and cognitive flexibility often manifest as behavioral challenges

Participants will receive training on the updated features and design of Follett Destiny. The session will cover challenges highlighted by library staff, as well as innovative ways to utilize Follett Destiny within library media centers.

Resource Program and general education Co-Teaching Pairs will learn about the basics of Co-Teaching.This will be geared towards new Co-teaching Pairs and staff new to Co-Teaching. The training will have a greater impact if participants participate with their co-teaching counterparts.Participants will explore:define the purpose/use of the CASLLS* practice language sampling and discover its significance as a means for selecting appropriate listening, language, and speech goals* analyze language samples and plot data onto CASLLS* examine data on CASLLS to select appropriate IEP goals, short-term goals, and weekly goals* acquire strategies/techniques to utilize in a classroom or therapy setting* explore methods to involve the parent/caregiver in carry-over of CASLLS targets into the home* examine CASLLS structures more thoroughly, incorporating them within activities to develop or enhance listening and spoken language* observe and compile strategies when working with children of varying ages, infants - elementary* discover resources appropriate for use when working with children, infants - elementary* obtain a list of therapy/classroom activities that embed CASLLS structures: Pre-Verbal, Pre- Sentence, Simple Sentence, and Complex Sentence