Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) is proud to name Evelyn Joseph to the position of Director of PREL’s Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC). Ms. Joseph served for many years as PREL RMI Service Center PIRC Coordinator.
PREL recently announced that it was awarded a 5-year grant, totaling $850,000 in the first year alone, to continue the work of its Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and RMI PIRCs. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) under a Parental Assistance Grant, the PIRCs work to establish strong partnerships between parents and schools, help parents increase their knowledge and confidence in child rearing, and ensure that children are well-prepared to begin school. A central part of this work is encouraging parents to be more involved in the schools and in their children’s education.
PREL is an independent, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation that serves the educational community in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific, the continental United States, and countries throughout the world. PREL bridges the gap between research, theory, and practice in education and works collaboratively with schools and school systems to provide services that range from curriculum development to assessment and evaluation. In addition, PREL administers the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Pacific, 1 of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories funded through the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. With a commitment to ensuring that all students have an equal opportunity to develop a strong academic foundation, regardless of circumstances or geographic location, PREL has service centers in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai‘i, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
For additional information about this media release or PREL and its work, please contact Javier Elizondo, Director of Communications, by telephone at (808) 441-1300 or by email at elizondoj@prel.org, or visit our website at www.prel.org.
(Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010)