Type of Organization(s) [government or non-government organizations such as universities]:
Government
Organization Contact Information:
John F. Kennedy High School,
c/o Office of the Superintendent
P.O. Box DE Hagatna, Guam 96932
Email:artdeoro@yahoo.com
Web:www.doe.edu.gu
Contact Person: Art De Oro
Summary
The Guam Department of Education is a single unified school district consisting of grades Kindergarten through 12. Our twenty-five elementary schools, seven middle schools, four high schools and an alternative school serve over 30,000 students. The department is the largest government agency on Guam with 3,800 employees.
Description of Organization’s Work in CRE
Schools work directly with the NGO, “Inafa’Maolek Conciliation”, in establishing CRE programs such as restorative justice, peace education, bullying prevention, peer mediation, classroom management and others. The program users are faculty, administrators, staff, school counselors, schools nurses, parents, students, and community members.
Training in peer mediation and restorative justice is provided to students and staff involved in peer mediation programs. There are also workshops sponsored by Infa’Maolek on racism and violence prevention, anger management, peer pressure and cultural diversity. Schools also participate in other national programs sponsored by government agencies and NGO’s, provided through federal grants, such as Youth Crime Watch, DARE, Drug and Alcohol prevention, and after school programs.
Resources
The department recently established a “Safe Schools Task Force” which is responsible for researching and developing a plan for the Guam Policy Education Policy Board’s approval to reduce violence and crime in the schools. The Safe Schools Task Force completed the draft plan in April 2005, and has peer mediation as a required program in all of Guam’s public schools.
School administrators were also provided training in 2005 on Conflict Resolution Education, and they are now looking at ways in which this can be incorporated into the school curriculum through staff development training.
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