Time: 1:40 p.m.–2:40 p.m. (Chamorro time)

Location: Hyatt Regency, Guam

Description: In 2018, members of the Northern Mariana Islands Alliance for College and Career Readiness, together with REL Pacific, launched a joint Northern Marianas College and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Public School System project to co-design and implement a mathematics transition course to help high school seniors become better prepared for credit-bearing college coursework. This presentation will focus on how REL Pacific is supporting CNMI in developing a mathematics transition course, and will describe key activities and processes used to bring college faculty and high school teachers together to codesign a mathematics transition course and identify major design features of college preparatory mathematics.

Research Alliance: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Alliance for College and Career Readiness and Success

Audience: The primary audience for this event is participants at the 43rd Annual Pacific Circle Consortium. This annual event is widely attended by a range of educators, including teachers, administrators, SEA and LEA staff, college faculty and administrators, and researchers from across the Pacific Region. The audience will be recruited by the conference sponsors, through the IES event page, and via REL Pacific social media.

Speakers: Mr. Leo Pangelinan, locally based consultant, REL Pacific
Ms. Jackie Quitugua, associate commissioner, CNMI Public School System
Mr. Donovan Tudela, teacher, Saipan Southern High School
Ms. Cynthia Deleon Guerrero, vice president, Northern Marianas College

Report Citation: Herman, P., Scanlan, S., & Carreon, D. (2017). Comparing enrollment, characteristics, and academic outcomes of students in developmental courses and those in credit-bearing courses at Northern Marianas College (REL 2017–269). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs.