The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) comprises four individual states—Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, and Yap—made up of numerous islands and atolls spread across 1,740 miles. Within each state, there are distinct cultures and languages, and state population size greatly varies.
Through a partnership with REL Pacific, FSM’s national and state departments of education are working to design and implement a high-quality instructional model that supports student learning and performance on national learning standards, while also meeting the contextual needs of local communities.
As part of the partnership, training and coaching activities will help education leaders and teachers build their knowledge and capacity to deliver high-quality instruction.
Partner Organization(s): FSM National Department of Education, Kosrae Department of Education, Pohnpei Department of Education, Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Current Projects
Completed Projects
REL Pacific worked with national and state education leaders in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to improve systemwide teacher planning and instruction by developing state-specific instructional models that can build a shared understanding of how learning works in their educational context and identify effective strategies teachers can use to support student learning. The goal of the project was to create instructional models for each state that elevate and sustain local practices while achieving academic standards and dual-language policies that are currently in development across FSM. Pohnpei State DOE participated in this project from October 2022 to June 2023, Kosrae State DOE participated from August 2023 to February 2025, and Chuuk State DOE participated from April 2024 to September 2024.
This project supported the FSM partnership and FSM state DOEs in their efforts to develop and implement locally-driven instructional models by reviewing research on systems change. In this week-long session, participants learned the components of education systems, organizational change theory, stakeholder engagement, designing effective professional learning, and monitoring implementation, while developing initial implementation plans based on their local initiatives and contexts. Kosrae State DOE participated in this training in June 2023, Pohnpei State DOE participated in July 2023, Chuuk State DOE participated in January 2024, the College of Micronesia-FSM participated in February 2024, and Yap DOE participated in March 2024.
REL Pacific supported FSM state DOEs’ to plan and pilot their implementation of instructional models that were developed in a preceding project. The project sessions will focused on using the Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) process to better understand and adapt the DOEs’ pilot implementations of the instructional models with their identified pilot schools. Pohnpei DOE participated in this project from September 2023 to April 2024. Kosrae DOE participated from November 2024 to February 2025.
No projects at this time.