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Supporting Your Mission … Meeting Your Needs
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About the Southeast Service Cooperative
The Southeast Service Cooperative (SSC) (ISD #921), created in 1976 and authorized under Minnesota School Law 123A.21, is a public, non-profit cooperative of over 80 public and private school districts, cities, counties, and other member organizations (42 Education Members, 12 Associate Education Members, 23 Cities/Counties/Other Government Agencies, 2 Non-Profit Members, and 6 Participating Organizations) dedicated to maximizing resources and increasing value through collaboration. We serve schools in Minnesota's southeast 11 counties and our member education institutions enroll almost 76,000 students and employ almost 5,000 teachers. Student enrollments range in size from 100 to over 16,000. The SSC Board of Directors is composed of an elected group of representatives and the Administrators Advisory Committee is comprised of school superintendents and offers feedback and guidance to staff and Board.
The SSC delivers numerous services to support administrative and instructional functions of our members. Some programs involve partnerships with other organizations, community. and private industry. Schools, cities, counties and other agencies in southeast Minnesota collaborate to maximize resources and improve learning opportunities. Our job is to help them do it! Providing great experiences for students and adults cost-effectively is the bottom line for us. Southeast Service Cooperative has been delivering innovative programs for administrators, educators, students, parents, and community members since 1976.
Our Vision
The Southeast Service Cooperative brings together ideas, information, resources, services, and solutions to help our members succeed. We strive to create a community that fosters partnerships that increase value, maximize resources, respond to common needs, as well as to save money and make things easier for our members. We leverage the expertise and knowledge found in our region to provide the best instructional services and administrative support for our current and future members. We are committed to staying abreast of the issues of concern to our members so that we can provide proactive support and offer research-based practices that will best address these areas of need. At our core, we exist to support a greater mission ... that of our member school districts, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations.
Our Mission and Aims
Driven by the needs of our members, we provide support, services, and solutions that increase value, maximize resources, and promote continuous improvement. To this end, we aim to be a:
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model of successful collaboration.
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purchasing network to save members money.
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regional resource to enhance learning.
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