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PSS holds staff development workshop
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Posted on Jan 22 2001
Several teams from the Public School System held last week a series of staff development workshop aimed to revise the CNMI standards for various subject areas to meet the demands of the new millennium.
In Pacific Gardenia, teams for the Social Studies and Mathematics headed by Program Managers Nick Sablan and Jackie Quitugua held a three-day workshop to provide elementary and high school teachers, additional information on how to advance their instructional skills.
The team discussed probable measures on how to revise the CNMI Standards for Mathematics and Social Studies which was first drafted in May 1997.
After more than four years, the PSS saw the need to improve the materials to help the students cope with change.
According to Acting Associate Commissioner for Secondary Education Rita A. Sablan, the staff development program is part of the PSS’ effort to advance the skills of their educators and meet the standards currently employed by various education system worldwide.
Aside from the Mathematics and Social Studies workshop, different teams were dispatched at the Marianas High School to hold another session on staff development in areas of English, Arts, Science among others.
Sablan said the sessions, along with the Head Start first parent symposium were part of the PSS commitment to teachers and students, in hopes to improve their learning skills and develop a right curriculum to enhance students’ learning capacity.
The acting commissioner also explained that the PSS has lined up several other workshops for this year, not only to boost the advancement of the public school teachers but also to improve the education system.
