Close to 80 CNMI public school administrators — principals and vice principals — along with their key staff are participating in a three-day School-Wide Improvement Plan Professional Development session led by the Public School System’s Office of Accountability, Research and Evaluation headed by Senior Director Rizalina Liwag. The three-day event began on Wednesday and will end Friday at Fiesta Resort & Spa. Also participating are CNMI education officials and Rep. Leila Staffler, a former Kagman High School principal who now chairs the House Education Committee.
CNMI education officials participated in a three-day School-Wide Improvement Plan Professional Development session held at Fiesta Resort & Spa. In photo, from left: Special Education Director Donna Flores, Federal Programs Officer Tim Thornburgh, Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction Jackie Quitugua, Board of Education Chairman Andrew L. Orsini, Senior Director for Accountability, Research and Evaluation Dr. Rizalina Liwag, BOE Vice Chairman Herman Atalig, Finance and Budget Director Arlene Lizama, teacher representative Phyllis Ain, Human Resources Officer Lucretia Deleon Guerrero, Commissioner of Education Dr. Alfred B. Ada and BOE member Antonio Borja. The development session discussed the improvement efforts of each public school in the current school year.


