by Toneshia Harris | Jan 7, 2019 | ALUTIIQ (DODEA Bus Operations), Announcements, Customs & Quarantine, DPW (Bus Operations), GCC Support Staff, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center, Guam Fire Department, Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Guam Police Department, Guam Port Authority, Guam Waterworks Authority, Local News, UOG Support Staff
GFT Members, union leaders and representatives look forward to working with the appointments by the new administration. GFT hopes that together with the new leadership, we can improve the working conditions of our employees and the quality of life for working...
by Toneshia Harris | Dec 28, 2018 | AFT, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, National News
In a new article for American Educator’s Winter 2018-19 issue, researchers Nell Duke and Heidi Mesmer discuss seven common instructional missteps in phonics instruction and how to correct them. The need to explicitly teach letter-sound relationships in U.S. classrooms...
by Toneshia Harris | Dec 21, 2018 | Announcements, GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Local News
GFT – GDOE Union Chair, Doris Terlaje, was presented a resolution by Senator Joe S. San Agustin on her retirement for thirty (30) years of service to the Guam Department of Education. Terlaje was a Kindergarten teacher, Chamorro Studies Curriculum Writer, and...
by Toneshia Harris | Dec 17, 2018 | AFT, GDOE Teachers, Local News, National News
A growing body of research confirms what AFT educators have known all along: Students are the real beneficiaries when teachers have real professional input and latitude. But a new report from the Rand Corp. finds that the majority of principals surveyed believe...
by Toneshia Harris | Dec 3, 2018 | GDOE Support Staff, GDOE Teachers, Local News
AFT Share My Lesson is a free resource for educators all across the nation where they can access content and share ideas to provide the best education for students everywhere. Educators can access lessons from early childhood to high school and also access...
by Toneshia Harris | Dec 3, 2018 | GDOE Teachers, Local News
Calling all Pre-K through 12th grade teachers in Guam! Help shape 2020 Census classroom materials. The U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools program needs your help to create interactive lessons that show students the importance of the 2020 Census and encourage...