Bonny Eagle, Gorham, Raymond, Scarborough, Westbrook, & Windham
The Sebago Alliance, founded in the fall of 2004, is a collaborative of six school districts established as the result of discussions among six superintendents who seek to enhance teaching and learning and attendant educational and business services in their respective district. These superintendents and their colleagues understand that inter-district cooperation and the sharing of expertise, experience, and resources is required to successfully the address the myriad of expectations and requirements emanating from professional judgment, contemporary society, and legislative fiat. Meeting the needs of all children, a charge basic to the responsibilities of public schooling, also requires that this task be met in a fiscally accountable manner.
The Sebago Alliance is a voluntary covenant, sanctioned by the respective district school boards, an agreement of understanding that recognizes, appreciates, and advances the critical importance of collaboration between and among the six respective districts. Each member district retains complete sovereignty and governance, one from the others, rather, on a purely voluntary basis; each district has opted to enter into a collaborative, known as the Sebago Alliance. Each district may or may not choose to participate in the myriad of initiatives, projects, and programs that may be developed and forged by the Alliance.
Each district realizes that there is a need to provide basic funding for the Alliance on an annual basis, monies that will be used to generate and advance the planning and the components that will provide critical educational programs, services and business operations that each district, standing alone, may not be able to do as well, or as cost-effectively.
The parameters of the collaborative as embraced by the Alliance must be comprehensive, focusing on all aspects, which contribute to teaching and learning, and to the services that support that enterprise. The Alliance recognizes that the climate for the improvement and enhancement of public education presupposes that the element of systemic reform must be an integral component of the discourse and the resultant initiatives of the collective engagement of Alliance professionals. Certainly, that focus will include curriculum development, assessment, and analysis; instructional practices; research and theory; alternative and unique programs; professional development; and business and financial services and operations.
The Alliance further recognizes and embraces the importance of working with the University of Southern Maine, the State Department of Education, as well as various organizations and institutions that are dedicated to educational excellence.
The Sebago Alliance of Technology Integrators are proud to announce Tech Camp 2010!
It's that time of year to start thinking about your professional development opportunities for Summer and this year's Tech Camp is bigger and better than ever! We have 42 sessions to sign up for and have a guest speaker currently on the National speaking circuit presenting on Tuesday!
Tech Camp is still a FREE opportunity for ALL Administrators and Staff in the Sebago Alliance and we're excited to include the Poland School District this year!
This is a great time to work on integration ideas, tech skills and network with other colleagues in and around the Alliance while earning FREE professional development credit hours toward re-certification.
Join us for LunchBytes, a FREE 1 hr Round Table luncheon on Monday where we will discuss your technology needs and learn new resources available to you on the web while you enjoy Lunchbytes on us!
The TECH CAMP Brochure is attached to this email and includes the online Registration link, Information and Tech Camp Schedule! Registration will be open till May 14th! Sessions have limited seating- so act now!
Let's review: Registration cost . . . $0
Lunchbytes cost . . . $0
Sessions cost . . . $0
Learning opportunity . . . priceless.
Hope to see you at Tech Camp 2010!
Check out the Sebago Alliance Integrators Wiki Pages.