Henry W. Perrin, Ed. D.
(Ex-Officio Member)

Executive Director
South Shore Educational Collaborative

Henry Perrin was appointed the Executive Director of the South Shore Educational Collaborative of Hingham, MA, in July, 2009. In this role, he is responsible for providing leadership and strategic planning for an organization that delivers intensive and specialized services for students and adults with a diverse range of cognitive, physical, emotional, psychological and learning needs. Approximately 350 individuals are served in educational and vocational programs. Students are referred to the collaborative by 10 member school districts (Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Weymouth) and other towns throughout eastern Massachusetts. The programs at the collaborative provide instruction and therapies for students when it is not economically practical to develop a program for a small number of students in their town. Many of the students have complex needs that could not be met in any other school in this geographical area. The educational and therapeutic services are provided at three excellent self contained facilities in Hingham and many individual classrooms integrated within elementary and high schools in the South Shore area. Years of employment in public and private schools as a teacher and administrator have prepared Henry for this challenging leadership role.

Henry has served on Parent Advisory Councils, Human Rights Committees for Adults with Disabilities and is a Trustee for The Way (youth ministry for troubled adolescents). He is a member of the Administrators of Special Education and Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives.

Dr. Perrin has attained Massachusetts certification as Superintendent of Schools, Director of Pupil Personnel, School Psychologist and Special Education Teacher. He received a B.S. and M.Ed. from Bridgewater State College, C.A.G.S. from Boston State College and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Massachusetts.