McREL Partnership
In 2022, McREL organized a training opportunity on teacher effectiveness in Palau provided by REL Pacific. Maris Stella School, along with the other private schools in the country were offered to join as partners at no cost to the schools, in a partnership with McREL/REL Pacific in this effort.
MSS joined the McREL/REL Pacific partnership with private schools in July 2022.
Year 1 (Aug 2022 - Apr 2023)
Coaching on Identifying and Measuring Indicators of Effective Teaching
REL Pacific worked with private school leaders in Palau to create systems to develop, coach, and retain effective teachers. Private schools serve a large portion of the overall Palauan student population, so through training and coaching, REL Pacific supported private school leaders to identify meaningful indicators of effective teaching, collect data to measure each indicator, and use the data for decision-making and continuous improvement. The project goal was to help the schools develop structures that support the development and retention of a qualified, effective educator workforce well-positioned to improve student learning outcomes. REL Pacific facilitated four training and coaching sessions between August 2022 and April 2023.
- Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART)
- Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
- School Improvement Plan
- Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA)
Year 2 (Aug 2023 to date)
Coaching to Support Effective Teaching in Palau
Building on the SY2022/23 project that supported school leaders’ in identifying meaningful indicators of effective teaching, this project is grounded in continuous improvement processes, particularly, the “study” and “act” phases of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. School teams will research their own school’s methods and processes for supporting literacy instruction as it relates to their school improvement plans. REL Pacific will facilitate four coaching sessions with school teams between July 2023 and April 2024.
- Implement PLC
- Implement Study and Act phases of PDSA