Michael J. Savage, Ed. D.
(Project Director)

Executive Director
South Shore Educational Collaborative

Mike Savage has served as Executive Director of the South Shore Educational Collaborative in Hingham, MA for almost 30 years. He manages over 250 employees and a broad range of programs and operations. The South Shore Educational Collaborative provides educational programs and services to school districts on the South Shore of Massachusetts, that are more efficiently and economically provided through a collaborative effort. Examples include programs and services for special needs students and others unable to be served economically and efficiently in school districts, multifaceted educational offerings, to member districts through various programs and services, technology services, professional development programs, and others.

Prior to his work at the South Shore Educational Collaborative, Mike Savage worked in a variety of capacities at Massachusetts public school districts, mostly focusing on special education services. He also served as Director of the Massachusetts Center for Program Development and Evaluation, where his work also focused on special education program development and evaluation. He has also taught at the high school and college level. In addition, he worked for Heuristics, Inc., a research and evaluation firm, heading up its special education division.

Mike Savage has served leadership roles with several organizations including the Southeastern Special Education Regional Advisory Council, the Massachusetts State Advisory Commission for Special Education, and the Massachusetts Organization for Educational Collaboratives. He is also a member of the Administrators of Special Education (ASE) and the Council for Exceptional Children. He is the past president of the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives, and an associate member of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. He is certified at a Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent.

He received an Ed. D. in Special Education from Boston College in 1971, a CAGS Degree in Special Education from Boston University in 1967, a Ed. M. in Special Education from Boston University in 1964, and a B.S. in Education from State College at Boston in 1963.