Introduction

The Educational Service Agency (ESA) Work Group is an entity within the Ed-Fi Governance structure and is intended to enhance ESA's engagement in, input into and use of the Ed-Fi data and technology standards as well as shaping Ed-Fi Alliance's best practice guidelines.

The ESA work group’s main purpose is to represent the perspectives of the ESAs operating in the Ed-Fi Community to the Ed-Fi Governance processes with the purpose of making the Ed-Fi data and technology standards more widely adopted and used. The ESA may make recommendations through the Ed-Fi Governance processes about investment in the Ed-Fi product roadmap and business strategies. 

Educational Service Agencies are defined by their regional support for multiple Local Education Agencies.  These agencies have many region specific labels.  Some examples of ESAs are collaboratives, service centers, counties of education, regional information centers, and educational consortia.

The organizing charter for this work group can be found here. 

Membership

• To join the work group, please consult:  Community Work Groups Operations Charter#Membership
• To see a list of current members, consult ESA Work Group - Current Members

Resources

• Meeting notes are published under the ESA Work Group Meetings sections.