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these vans, the college’s Instructional programs can now offer a wider range of opportunities for their students. Internships and field trips, for example, can now be organized more efficiently, allowing students to gain real-world experience and explore new places.

eam from University of Guam: College of Natural and Applied Sciences – Agriculture and Life Sciences visited Yap Campus. In this team were Frank Cruz, a retired Horticulturist, a staff/research associate, and several Master’s degree/graduate students including Rennie Taiwerpal, from Yap. The UOG team had a forum with instructors Dr. Joy Guarin, Dr. Murukesan, and Mr. Francis Ruegorong and Dean of Academic Programs Kasiano Paul.

@Featured Program: ANRM

Their visit was organized by VPCRE Steven to work in cooperation with Yap CRE and the main purpose of the visit to Yap was to work with the

college in aligning

Agriculture and Marine

Sciences programs

between the two institutions

for a 2+2 pathway including

an online option. Discussions

were also on how their Master’s

degree program in Agriculture may be offered fully online.

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📌 Assessment Scope & Success Rates

737 CSLOs assessed across 34 programs (academic & technical).
Overall student success rate: 83% (Face-to-face: 83-84%, Distance learning: 80-81%).

📌 Top Performing Programs

Degree Programs: AAS Building Technology, AS Marine Science, AS Micronesian Studies.
Certificate Programs: Trial Counselors, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning.

📌 Recommendations for Improvement

Enhance student engagement & support (advising, tutoring, early intervention).
Strengthen Math & English skills through targeted workshops.
Improve LMS training, technology access, and course design.
Encourage faculty collaboration & regular content updates.

Fall 2024 Assessment Overview: CSLO Consolidated Reports for All Academic and Career & Technical Educational Programs

Harvesting Assessment Reports from the Nuventive Improvement Platform: Student Success Data

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📌 National Campus (82% overall success)

451 CSLOs across 18 programs.
Face-to-face: 85%, Distance learning: 78%.
Top program: AS Nursing.

📌 CTEC Campus (80% overall success)

245 CSLOs across 17 programs.
Face-to-face: 80%, Distance learning: 77%.
Top programs: CA Building Technology, CA Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning.

📌 Chuuk Campus (78% overall success)

167 CSLOs across 12 programs.
Face-to-face: 80%, Distance learning: 76%.
Top programs: BS Education, CA Trial Counselor.

📌 Kosrae Campus (87% overall success)

146 CSLOs across 10 programs.
Face-to-face: 89%, Distance learning: 84%.
Top programs: CA Electronic Engineering Technology, CA Public Health.

📌 Yap Campus (90% overall success)

152 CSLOs across 12 programs.
Face-to-face: 91%, Distance learning: 90%.
Top programs: CA 3rd Year Teacher Preparation, CA Agriculture & Food Technology.

Student Success Across Campuses

Harvesting Assessment Reports from the Nuventive Improvement Platform: Student Success Data

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Workshops and Development Days

📌 Workshop Overview

First Blended Learning workshop in Yap to integrate technology into elementary education.
Led by IQBE Coordinator Benskin Bergen with IT support from Fiji Phillip.
5-day training focused on Google Workspace for lesson planning & execution.

📌 Key Activities

Google Sheets: Digital grade books with formulas.
Google Slides: Creating classroom presentations.
Google Forms: Designing & analyzing quizzes/surveys.
Google Classroom: Setting up courses, assignments & quizzes.

📌 Final Outcomes

Educators developed & presented technology-integrated lesson plans.
Constructive feedback given for real-world classroom implementation.
Plans to acquire SMARTboards for interactive learning.

IQBE Reports: Blended Learning Workshop

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Kosrae Campus Report

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Stakeholder Collaboration

Meeting Date: March 12, 2025
Participants: UNICEF, COM-FSM (College of Micronesia - FSM), National Department of Education
Purpose: Finalize budget for Early Childhood Education Inclusive in-service Teacher Training project
Project Duration: 8 months
Goals:

Conduct a needs assessment for Early Childhood Education in the four states of the FSM
Develop and implement training modules for trainers of trainees at the Departments of Education (DOEs)
Evaluate training modules across all four states

Project Leader: Professor Pearl Habuchmai Olter-Pelep
Support Team: Three Education faculty members from the National Campus
Focus Areas: Early Childhood Education, teacher training, and evaluation strategies

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LRC Corner

Journal print subscriptions were renewed for the year 2025 for National Campus LRC

Maintenance on MITC building finished

Continued listing of Government and Document booklets. 1959 booklets and 402 volumes listed in February 2025

Journal print subscriptions were renewed for the year 2025 for Yap Learning Resource Center
LRC Yap received 90 books

LRC Highlights: National Campus

Journal print subscriptions were renewed for the year 2025 for National Campus LRC
Maintenance on MITC building finished
Continued listing of Government and Document booklets. 1959 booklets and 402 volumes listed in February 2025

Journal print subscriptions were renewed for the year 2025 for Kosrae Learning Resource Center
Lucy Oducado conducted a workshop with the Kosrae Department of Education School librarians from January 20-24, 2025 on Setting up and running a library, Cataloguing fundamentals, Library classification systems, In-depth Dewey Decimal classification, and Practical Cataloging and classification

Hired two work study students to help Chuuk Campus librarians with workload

LRC staff continue to assist and guide students on how to use Moodle
Visits from Mr. Andrew Trigg, Australian Volunteer, and Erica Billen, PPL staff
LRC CTEC continue to receive new subscribed journals
LRC CTEC cataloged 16 new periodicals

LRC Highlights: Yap Campus

LRC Highlights: Kosrae Campus

LRC Highlights: Chuuk Campus

LRC Highlights: CTEC

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Academic Advising:

Challenges::

The low attendance rate (42.6%) of students who seek academic advising indicates that a significant number of students did not participate in the Advisor-Advisee Meeting. This may limit the effectiveness of the service, as many students might miss critical information about midterm deficiencies, academic support resources, and success strategies. Lack of engagement in such meetings can lead to students being unaware of their academic standing and failing to take necessary corrective actions.

Recommendations: .

To improve participation, consider implementing multiple engagement strategies, such as:

Mandatory Attendance Policy – Link participation to an incentive, such as extra credit, priority advising, or early registration access.
Flexible Scheduling – Offer multiple session times to accommodate students with conflicting commitments.
Interactive Sessions – Incorporate engaging activities, such as peer discussions, success stories, and real-life case studies, to encourage participation.
Advance Communication & Reminders – Use email, Moodle and faculty/SS staff announcements to remind students about Academic advising sessions and emphasize its importance.

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A Spotlight on Issues

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Yap and FMI Campus Reports

Employee of the Month - January – March (to foster team cohesion / teamwork) Celebrate monthly birthdays
POW WOW sessions – academic advisement continues; challenges: increase attendance, improve tutoring sessions to target those on At Risk & Early Warning Lists
COMET was administered to 156 high school students
New activities:

Founding Day
College & Career Fair, April 11
Anticipate 17 students to graduate in May

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FSM FMI

Classroom & dormitory buildings continue on schedule
Shipboard training for cadets
Recruitment visits to all states

Chuuk (300+ students) & community groups (Pollap, Weito, FSM PC , etc.)
CTEC Expo with FMI graduates to assist
Kosrae high school & agencies

Meetings for collaboration & partnerships
(possible employment opportunities)

National Oceanic Resources Management Authority, NORMA
National Fisheries Corp. NFC
FSM Surveillance Division
FSM TC&I:

Maritime regulations, etc.
Need for a seafarers’ database
Certification of competency
Designate FMI faculty as oral examiners

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FMI, continued

JICA Expert (Engineer) Katsuki san departs FMI
Nippon Foundation approved funding for the bridge simulator software upgrade (sometime this spring or summer)
FMI Expo, April 29^th – high school students invited
NORMA – Observer training 8 weeks (June – August)

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Chuuk Campus Reports

Basic Smart Training provided to 10 out 15 Instructors
Micronesian Red Cross U-Report Training to allow both students & employees collect date
CRE EFENP, Aquaculture and Agriculture Trainer out reach in 3 Islands ( Piis Paneu, Udot and Eot)

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February 15^th (SBA 1^st Spring 2025 Walkathon

March 7- SBA Got Talent with all Regional Students and 22 COM-FSM Chuuk Campus Female employees celebrates International Women’s Day

SBA Trashathon on Campus and Outside the Campus

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CTEC Campus Reports

PCD_AUO_5. Establish and Maintain Partnership with stake holders

CTEC and National Campus Exhibit: 329 students on 3/20 and 137 on 3/21 for a total of 466 & with National and State DOE staff (5) = 471

2. Curriculum Alignment for Vocational studies with NDOE

4. UNOPS ELV Grant $119K

3. UXO and collaboration for UN evaluation team and relocation of bunker

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Kosrae Campus Report

Kosrae Campus Reports

Objectives	Results	Outcomes	Remarks
KCD_AUO_1. Provide leadership and guidance of the delivery of instructional programs and learning support services	Moodle training sessions: series of Virtual sessions carried out by the Learning Design team. Report on the courses scheduled for Spring 2025. Actual # of classes being offered this semester (Spring 2025): 39 (20 F2F and 19 DL). ESL089 and ESL 099 for Spring 2025 offered to 10 Dual enrollees from Kosrae High school.	-Moodle sessions enabled the faculty to have a better transition in the LMS process. They are now more comfortable using the LMS compared to their initial experience of using the Moodle LMS. -Offering courses allows students to complete program requirements in time. Online courses were offered to give access to students from other campuses as well as sharing the load with other faculty members across sites. -Increases enrollment for Kosrae campus. This program sets a good example to motivate future seniors to begin with college courses early or gaining a head start on college course works. -The dual enrollment also strengthens COM-FSM collaboration with our stakeholders. -Experiencing college life before full-time enrollment.	-The faculty still requesting face-to-face training which is scheduled for the first week of April. -With the collaboration between ICs and instructors across the campuses, online courses were offered for both students at all campuses. -The enrollment for Spring 2025 has slightly increased from 2024.1 by 40% (2024.1-81, 2025.1-121) -This is the first time that this new initiative is implemented at Kosrae Campus
KCD_AUO_2. Provide leadership and guidance of the delivery of student services	Student Orientation during Spring 2025 Semester, Collaboration between IA Learning Design team and SS office to provide Moodle training for students. All the 10 dual enrollment students participated in the Moodle orientation, including other students in the other classes. Collaborated with SS on the students who were on Early Warning Deficiency. There were 57 students that were reported from four of KC faculty members. There were 26 from Kosrae, 12 from NC, 12 CK, and 4 YC. No idea how many were assisted from CK, NC, and YC, but of the 26 students from KC, 13 or more were assisted.	-Students were able to use the new LMS. -The lists of students with deficiencies that came from 4 instructors were disseminated to all the ICs and academic advisors (KC) to provide some assistance to the students. -Few of the academic advisors indicated that after their meetings with the students, the students started working on the assignments and class activities that they did not complete.	-Moodle training (F2F) for students scheduled for April 19 and 21 (2 hours each session) The ICs at the other campuses were provided with the deficiency lists to work with these students.

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Kosrae Campus Report

Kosrae Campus Reports 2^nd

Objectives	Results	Outcomes	Remarks
KCD_AUO_3. Provide oversight of administrative services and operations.	Reassigned the temporary Bookstore clerk to be acting Fiscal officer. Repairing of doors on Building 2. Replacing of AC Units in IC’s office. Pending request for training for the IT staff w/limited skills.	-The Acting Fiscal Officer is now carrying out the duties of the fiscal officer, so purchases for the campus are going smoothly now. -Maintenance staff, Byrnis Siba, changed all the doors that need changing on Building 2. -1 aircon unit was replaced in the IC’s office. -IT continues to provide technical assistance with technical issues with faculty computers.	-The Acting Fiscal Office is doing her work while in the learning process at the same time.
KCD_AUO_4. Provide leadership and guidance of the evaluation of programs, courses, operation, and services.	Classroom observations of 4 (3 full-time and 1 part-time) faculty members. Public Health instructor (Dr. Frehiwot Teshome) who was assigned to coordinate the Public Programs has submitted a program modification for AS in Public Health to be reviewed by her counterparts at the other campuses. Report on the Tropical Ecology (SC 117) fieldtrip to the National Aquaculture Center in Kosrae. (Note: Insert your link)	-Four instructors observed-3 FT and 1 PT -Program modification for AS in BPH sent out to PH instructors to review & provide feedback. -The field trip was implemented on Feb. 19^th. Payment for field trip issued to the Director of the NAC.	-More classroom observations have been scheduled for mid-April. -The new program coordinator is expecting feedback from her counterparts. -There’s an increase collaboration between the college and agencies/community.
KCD_AUO_5. Establish and Maintain Partnership with stake holders	SBA meeting with COM-FSM alumni on the Founding Day celebration. Reaching out to the schools to announce the registration timeline for spring 2025 & courses to be offered. CRE implemented, based on CRE’s report, 20 extension trainings from Dec. 2024 to March 2025 with a total of 378 participants. Some of these extension trainings include: Grafting of citrus plants, Fafa bounding, Carving skills (local canoe)	-Increased collaboration of COM-FSM alumni & other stakeholders on the college events/activities. -School principal responded to our emails and phone calls -The participants were able to demonstrate the skills they learned during these trainings.	-There’s an expectation that more college alumni will participate in this event on April 1^st. -More extension trainings will follow these trainings to the stakeholders.

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