State Support Team - Region 8 offers free professional development to educators in Medina, Portage, and Summit Counties in the areas of special education, teaching and learning, school improvement, and early childhood. By providing high quality technical assistance, coaching and professional development, SSTs support districts in developing the capacity to fully implement research-based processes and educational practices using a connected set of tools and resources that result in data based decisions, learning across all levels of the system and sustained implementation.