Generalized Discussion of Meeting. The subcommittee remains focus to:

1. Obtain necessary growth planning factors (outside the fence) to assess the overall impact on the education systems. With KPMG signed as the contractor, effort will be made to coordinate for analysis information through them.

2. Identify vocational and technical training needs. A spreadsheet has been staffed with selected subcommittees to include DOL. This list is intended to record specific occupational skills so that the education subcommittee can assess how those training needs can best be met. General areas of focus are Construction, Allied Health, Technology, and Education.

3. Identify opportunities for island-wide educational partnerships, cooperative planning and management strategies, and teacher supply and demand issues.

4. Promote the development of a Guam Center for Education Excellence that would support island-wide teaching excellence initiatives, leadership development, cooperative long-term planning, improved student outcomes analysis, accountability and leveraged Federal grant acquisition.

Progress through the Month. The subcommittee accomplished or is in progress of accomplishing the following:

1. Added another new member to the team from GPSS. He is Mr. Paul Stremmelaar, Program Coordinator IV, GPSS Research, Planning, and Research. Mr. Stremmelaar will be the representative for GPSS and Mr. Castro in their absence.