Meet Our National Partner AESA

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of AESA in supporting educational service agencies across the US, featuring insights from its Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer.

What is AESA— the Association of Educational Service Agencies - and how does this innovative national organization support education across the US. In today’s conversation, you’ll meet Dr. Joan Wade, AESA’s Executive Director, and Shelia King, Chief Strategy Officer. They’re here to talk about how AESA supports more than 500 educational service agencies, including the WIU, and how this impacts how we operate and serve our regional schools.

People in this episode

Guests: Dr. Joan Wade, Shelia King

Topics covered

• educational service agencies
• AESA
• supporting education
• regional schools
• innovation in education

Keywords

• AESA
• educational service agencies
• Dr. Joan Wade
• Shelia King
• support education
• Westmoreland Intermediate Unit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AESA, Westmoreland Intermediate Unit

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