Northwest Education Services ("North Ed," formerly Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District, TBAISD) is an education service agency that serves 16 public school districts, six public school academies, and twelve private and parochial schools within Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Leelanau counties of northwest Michigan. Together, the ISD and its local school districts determine the services needed to improve student learning, serve children’s special needs, develop teachers’ expertise and work collaboratively to maximize services and resources on a regional scale.