Dibisión Inestudion CHamoru yan Espesiǻt na Progråma Siha
CHamoru Studies and Special Projects Division, Department of Education
The successful execution of the CHamoru Studies and Special Projects Division mandate is of great importance to the Kumisión’s revitalization mission. Two Kumisión Board members are GDOE appointees who hail from the Division. As part of this essential partnership, the Kumisión is committed to developing tools and learning materials to be used by educators and students. Further, we hope to collaborate with the Division in aligning all of its instructional material with the CHamoru Orthography. The Kumisión periodically provides professional development for CHamoru teachers and works alongside the Division as members of the Nina’lafitme Planning Group and of the CHamoru Medium Education Consortium. Kumisión members also serve as mañaina to the Faneyåkan Sinipok, GDOE’s CHamoru Immersion program. Our Immersion Certificate Program at GCC was designed to assist the Division in building teacher capacity.