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Home REL Pacific About REL Pacific The Republic of the Marshall Islands RMI Partnership to Support Foundational Teaching and Learning
RMI Partnership to Support Foundational Teaching and Learning
Acknowledging a need to strengthen students’ foundational learning opportunities, education leaders in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Education (MOE), Public School System (PSS), and College of the Marshall Islands (CMI) have partnered with REL Pacific to develop a culturally relevant and sustaining education framework that is grounded in Marshallese culture, language, context, and ways of knowing. Education leaders believe that students are unable to access the foundational learning they need to support their academic and life goals because of a number of systemic factors that are barriers to student learning. For example, current classroom materials and pedagogical practices reflect Western epistemologies and cultural values that do not necessarily sustain and nourish the rich cultural, historical, and linguistic diversity of teachers and students in the RMI. The purpose of the culturally relevant and sustaining framework developed by the RMI partnership is to provide educators in the RMI with a research-informed model that outlines culturally relevant and sustaining educational practices within the context of the RMI. As a part of these efforts, partnership members are pursuing the long-term goal of developing a systems approach to promoting culturally relevant and sustaining education.Current Projects
To support the development of a culturally relevant and sustaining Marshallese education framework, core partnership members have requested REL Pacific training and coaching support in collecting and analyzing qualitative data on Marshallese students’ ways of knowing. REL Pacific will also provide coaching support in the collaborative interpretation of qualitative findings. Key learnings will be used by partners to develop a culturally relevant and sustaining Marshallese education framework.
No completed projects at this time.
Product Type: Blog | Publication Date:
December 22, 2023
The RMI Ministry of Education, Public School System, and the College of the Marshall Islands have partnered with REL Pacific to develop a culturally relevant and sustaining education framework that is grounded in Marshallese culture, language, context...
Product Type: Blog | Publication Date:
April 21, 2023
REL Pacific partnerships are structured to support evidence-based and equitable decision making for education change in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific region. This structure, illustrated as a pandanus tree, honors the priorities of education entities in...
Product Type: Resource | Publication Date:
May 2022
REL Pacific is one of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. REL Pacific partners with educators and policymakers in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia...
REL Pacific Logic Model (File pending)
