2006-2007 Certification Council Members
Doreen Swanholm, Chairperson	Mount Ararat Middle School
Kate Greeley, Co-chair	MSAD 75 Central Office
Carole Grimm	Mount Ararat High School
Claudette Brassil	Mount Ararat High School
Dennis Edmondson	Mount Ararat High School
Carol Wells, Co-secretary	Mount Ararat Middle School
Barbara Linnehan-Smith	Mount Ararat Middle School
Jill Snyder, Co-secretary	Woodside School
Sandra Horrocks	Woodside School
Beth Brackley	Bowdoin Central School
Mel Banton	Bowdoinham Community School
Julie Gaudet	West Harpswell School
Debbie O'Neil	Harpswell Islands School
John Anagnostis	Williams-Cone School
Administrators:
George Jenkins, Principal	Bowdoin Central School
Michael Wilhelm, Superintendent	MSAD 75 Central Office

The Certification Council exists to assist you in your efforts to obtain or maintain your teaching certificate. The council acts as the local certifying agent for the Commissioner of the Department of Education. It has two important functions: to recommend to the commissioner whether or not certification should be renewed and to assist all teachers in developing professionally.
Teachers on the Certification Council are elected by their peers with the administrative member being appointed by the superintendent. In order to serve on the council, a teacher needs to have at least five years of continuous experience with a minimum of two years in M.S.A.D. 75 and hold a Professional Level Certificate or higher. Administrators must have at least a Professional Level Certificate. All members are elected for a two year term. Elections for the chair, co-chair, secretary and technology support person are held annually at the June Certification Council meeting.