Georgia’s largest service region
The shared-services agency for 19 school systems across 18 counties of Southeast and Coastal Georgia.
What we do
A system of two thousand students gets the same specialists as a system of ten thousand — that's the point of a shared bench.
Comprehensive support services for students with diverse learning needs across Coastal and Southeast Georgia, and for the educators and families around them.
GATAPP, professional endorsements, and APEL leadership certification — routes into and up through the classroom for career changers and experienced educators alike.
Training, resources, and coaching within the GaMTSS framework — addressing academics, wellbeing, and behavior so schools can build a climate that lasts.
Hands-on technology training, artificial intelligence guidance, and consulting on the projects your team does not have the capacity to take on alone.
Professional development, curriculum resources, and coaching that help educators put evidence-based literacy practices to work in every grade.
Math consultants who bring the resources, strategies, and professional learning teams need — including classroom observations and targeted feedback.
The region
From the Ogeechee to the Florida line, one agency stands behind every classroom.
Rural, coastal, and everything between — different places, the same standard of support.
Alternative certification
From a first thought about teaching to leading a school — start at the stop that matches where you're standing today.
The Georgia Department of Education's hub for becoming a teacher: certification pathways, job openings, salary and benefits.
GATAPP
Earn your initial teaching certification while you work, alongside experienced educators from day one.
Endorsements
Add specialized endorsements to the certificate you already hold — new subject areas, new grade levels.
APEL
Advance Professional Educational Leadership — preparation for leadership roles and the impact that comes with them.
Whichever route you take, you won't walk it alone. Coaching, cohorts, and certification guidance from the RESA team, start to finish.
Explore the programWho we serve
19 school districts and 2 GNETS programs across 18 counties of Southeast and Coastal Georgia.
Also serving
How is the region doing? See its Georgia Milestones results, CCRPI scores and early literacy report.
Contacts for every system
