Updated 07/20/06...wl

Services Summary

Name	ALLTech
Contact Information	The Spurwink Institute 60 Pineland Drive New Gloucester, ME 04260 www.alltech-tsi.org 866-688-4573  x 150
Subject areas and grades served	Reading K-12 Math K-12
Location of tutoring	Spurwink Institute in New Gloucester, various schools in Maine
Experience with diverse populations	Students from high poverty schools Minority students Special education students
Time when tutoring delivered	Before School After school Summer
If tutoring is not offered at student's school. Is transportation provided, and if yes, is there a separate fee? (Note: Districts are not required to provide or pay for transportation.)	Transportation not provided
Mode of instructional delivery	Individual tutoring Small group instruction Web-based
Length of tutoring session	60 minutes
Number of tutoring sessions per week	2 to 10
Student/Instructor ratio	Up to 4/1
Service Area	statewide

Program Description- written by ALLTech

ALLTech provides instruction, technical assistance, assessment, and consultation in the use of assistive and learning technologies so that students can achieve the Maine Learning Results. These technologies enable students to read, write, compute, and communicate and to lead full and independent lives. To enrich all communities, ALLTech works collaboratively with individuals, families, educators, service providers, employers, agencies, and institutions to promote access and meaningful participation. ALLTech serves individuals with a wide range of disabilities including persons who have cognitive, communication, motor, and vision difficulties.

ALLTech's experienced staff members hold the Assistive Technology Practitioner credential of the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Staff members include experienced educators who are credentialed by the Maine Department of Education. Four instructional staff members hold master's degrees. One staff member has a doctorate in special education.

ALLTech's program and strategies are based on current research in education, as disseminated by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Educational Research Association, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Data on the effectiveness of ALLTech's programs have been collected and reported to the Maine Department of Education for the past 15 years. On-going internal and external evaluation studies ensure program quality and effectiveness.