{"id":240356,"date":"2016-11-11T06:06:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=240356"},"modified":"2016-11-11T06:06:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:06:59","slug":"new-pss-chief-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/new-pss-chief-named\/","title":{"rendered":"New PSS chief named"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cynthia Deleon Guerrero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Public School System Board offered current Human Resources director Cynthia Deleon Guerrero the position of Commissioner of Education last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Guerrero accepted the offer yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have received an offer to serve as the commissioner of education beginning on Nov. 21. I will be accepting the offer and I have already communicated my acceptance of the offer to the Board of Education chair,\u201d said Guerrero.<\/p>\n

Guerrero said that there are only a few things that she wishes to address such as the recruitment of teachers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely have our challenges with recruitment of qualified teachers. One of the things that I would like to look at to address that particular concern would be the recruitment and what we offer to our teachers,\u201d said Guerrero.<\/p>\n

Guerrero said the retention of teachers in the CNMI must also be addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is not only recruitment but also retention\u2014what we can offer to new teachers as well as those who have been serving with us. Typically, we\u2019re talking about salary, so those are definitely what we\u2019d really like to visit with the management team and the [BOE] board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the growing manpower problems of the educational system, Guerrero does not plan to make any severe changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that I have shared with the leadership team this morning is that we are going to continue the work that we are doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several strategic priorities that have been identified by the team and we\u2019re not removing any of them. We\u2019re moving forward and remaining steadfast in our focus to accomplish our goals for the system. As of right now, those are still our primary goals,\u201d said Guerrero.<\/p>\n

Guerrero succeeded former Education commissioner Dr. Rita Sablan, who retired from the position last Aug. 19.<\/p>\n

Guerrero has been PSS\u2019 director of human resources since November 2013. Prior to working for the PSS, Guerrero was teaching at the Northern Marianas College\u2019 School of Education. She also has served as a member of the NMC Board of Regents since October 2015.<\/p>\n

Guerrero got her Master of Education in International Teaching at the Framingham State College, with a GPA of 3.97. Guerrero also has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary Education as well as associate degree in both Liberal Arts and Early Childhood Education from NMC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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