Feb 8, 2022

Building Coherence for Student Success

Emerson Odango

The Region 18 Comprehensive Center (RC18) was recently able to have project staff travel to Palau (Belau), from January 10 to 14, 2022, for our first face-to-face meeting with the Palau Ministry of Education (MOE) and school teams with whom we have been working remotely this past year for the project on the “Comprehensive Approach to Transformational Instruction for Student Success.” Three days were spent meeting with school teams, building their capacity to consider their needs, and identifying evidence-based practices to strengthen their instruction.

To read the full blog, click here. For more information about this and other RC18 projects, contact us at region18cc@prel.org

Type:
Blog
Associated Center:

Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Topics:

Education Systems & Federal Requirements
Related Link:
RC18 Blog: Building Coherence for Student Success

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