ESSDACK provides technical support for PROMISE's virtual classroom software.

Based in Hutchinson, Kansas, we offer a variety of services and support to our member districts and to other educators in our area. We are an educational service center and are dedicated to providing the highest quality staff development activities for educators, bringing to our area many nationally renowned speakers. In addition, we provide a host of other services for our member districts, ranging from group health insurance to technology support. Explore our site to learn more about us!

www.essdack.org

NeoTech Incubator

The incubator provides offices as well as advisory services for PROMISE.

The NeoTech Incubator was created in 1999 to assist start-up firms in the areas of computer hardware, software development, telecommunications, the Internet and Web development.

NeoTech Incubator's Mission is to establish an environment such that small companies, start-up companies, and first-time entrepreneurs can grow, prosper and create jobs in Howard County.

NeoTech Incubator's goal is to accelerate the formation of investable, sustainable technology-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with the specialized infrastructure, guidance and networking contacts necessary to launch and realize their vision.

9250 Bendix Rd., North
Columbia, Maryland 21045
www.hceda.org

Great Books Foundation

PROMISE uses the GBF Junior Great Books curriculum and methodology in many of its classes.

The Great Books Foundation is an independent, nonprofit educational organization with a mission to help people think and share ideas. Towards this end, the Foundation offers workshops in Shared Inquiry discussion and publishes collections of classic and modern texts for both children and adults.

The Great Books Foundation was established in 1947 to promote liberal education for the general public. In 1962, the Foundation extended its mission to children with the introduction of Junior Great Books. Since its inception, the Foundation has helped thousands of people throughout the United States and in other countries begin their own discussion groups in schools, libraries, and community centers. Today, Foundation instructors conduct hundreds of workshops each year, in which educators and parents learn to lead shared inquiry discussion.

The Great Books Foundation
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60601-2205
www.greatbooks.org

Handong Global University Incubator

The Handong Incubator houses PROMISE's Korea offices.

Handong Global University exists to prepare graduates for key leadership roles throughout the world - graduates who understand and thrive in the global marketplace of both business and ideas; graduates whose leadership includes the ability to build bridges and form partnerships with diverse people working together in a globalized world.

Handong Global University also recognizes that success in an increasingly global economy requires a new approach to education: Education itself must become a global enterprise, seeking to build bridges across the traditional boundaries of diverse cultures and academic disciplines.

www.handong.edu

Promise Cyber School is a member business of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.