An Organization of professional teachers and administrators committed to the enhancement of mathematics and science education in this region of Massachusetts with partial support from Salem State University, the Massachusetts Department of Education and the corporate sector.

The Collaborative Project, SB 117A, Salem State University,Salem, MA 01970. (978) 542-6068, FAX (978) 542-7215

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I hope that you had an enjoyable summer vacation. The Salem State Collaborative is in the final process of developing its fall workshop schedule. You will see a few changes in our programming this year. Some of the changes include: increasing the number of sharing conferences, more workshops for non-degree graduate credit, expanding our full day programs and providing meeting time with vendors that we feel will help districts in selecting quality material for their classrooms.

Attached you will find an invitation to participate in our first vendor program. We have invited ORIGO Education, a leading mathematics resource provider, to lead off this series on September 28th. Mark Levine, the local sales representative for ORIGO Education, has arranged to have the company’s president James Burnett speak to our collaborative. I met Mark at the ATMIN meeting this spring and was impressed with the quality of the products that ORIGO offers. I believe you will feel the same. We have limited space for this program and will need you to register by September 15th. If you have any questions regarding the workshop or ORIGO, please feel to email me kearnslhs@hotmail.com or Mark Levine (m_levine@origomath.com.)

In addition, we will be sponsoring an Elementary Teacher Sharing Conference on the same day. More details on the conference will be emailed to you next week.

Wishing you well on the opening of school.

Jim Kearns
Executive Director
The Salem State Collaborative Project
CPMSIE