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Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives
MOEC represents the Commonwealth’s 24 educational collaboratives. MOEC and its member collaboratives have a successful 40-year history of extending capacity in over 300 member and non-member school districts with programs and services.
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Educational Collaboratives

The Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC) is the professional organization representing the Commonwealth’s educational collaboratives.
Massachusetts Collaboratives are a statewide network of educational service agencies that work together with school districts and schools to:
Implement direct educational services and programs to students and adults
Develop programs and services to enhance school districts’ operating efficiency
Provide high quality professional development and technical assistance
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MOEC Celebrates 50 Years of Special Education — Part 1: ‘It’s Mary’s world; we’re just living in it’
Shannon Perry poses for a photograph with her daughter Mary Beth, a “medically complex”...
Prioritizing Student Safety and Well-Being in Collaborative School Environments
As educational leaders representing the 24 educational collaboratives in Massachusetts, we, the...
Partnerships for Change
MOEC is the Commonwealth’s primary advocate for collaboratives and the critical role they play in the Massachusetts educational system.
Leading Statewide Initiatives
MOEC and its members have a history of working with districts, often in partnership with DESE, to support statewide initiatives.
Massachusetts Collaboratives
Serving Students with Specialized Needs
Bringing Expertise to Expand Capacity
Professional Development
How MOEC Supports Massachusetts Collaboratives

MOEC serves as the voice of its members and works to develop a full appreciation for and understanding of educational collaboratives at the state, regional, and local levels. As an influential facilitator and highly visible proponent of regional thinking in service delivery, MOEC is the Commonwealth’s primary advocate for collaboratives and the critical role they play in the Massachusetts educational system.
MOEC provides a forum to enhance the ability of collaboratives to promote leadership and direction to their organizations through professional development, information exchange, and advocacy for collaborative programming so that Massachusetts collaboratives may better serve their constituents.
MOEC continually strives to support and expand the capacity of its members to advance student achievement through:
- Leadership and direction
- Advocacy
- Professional development
- Information exchange and networking
- Resource sharing
- Field support and technical assistance
- Facilitation of interdistrict collaboration between education and other services
- Policy development and research
- Responsive consultation and planning
Our Mission
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LEADING EDUCATIONAL ACCESS PROJECT (LEAP)
Collaboratives offered training and technical assistance statewide for this DESE initiative, to help deepen educator understanding and address the impact of poverty on identification, placement and student outcomes.