Guam § 28704 - Selection Committee.

§ 28704. Selection Committee.

(a) There shall be annually established a Yamashita Teacher

Corps Evaluation and Selection Committee (the Committee)

composed of the following:

(1) the Executive Director of the Guam Commission

for Educator Certification;

(2) the Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and

Instructional Improvement of the Guam Department of

Education, or its successor in interest;

(3) a high school teacher from the Guam Department

of Education who has been a master teacher for at least one

(1) semester, appointed by the Superintendent of Education;

(4) a middle school teacher from the Guam Department

of Education who has been a master teacher for at least one

(1) semester, appointed by the Superintendent of Education;

(5) an elementary school teacher from the Guam

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Department of Education who has been a master teacher for

at least one (1) semester, appointed by the Superintendent of

Education.

The Committee shall conduct interviews for the purpose of

selecting scholarship recipients under the programs listed within

this Article. The passing of the oral interviews and the meeting

of established University of Guam entrance and academic

requirements shall constitute the primary criteria for selection of

scholarship recipients. The Board may prescribe additional

qualifications for admission to the scholarship programs.

(b) Applications for the Yamashita Teacher Corps

scholarship programs shall be received by April 30 of every year

and applicants shall be interviewed at a time and place

designated by the Committee prior to June 30. Awards shall be

granted prior to July 30 in a written notice to the selected

applicant, and the applicant’s school administrator, if applicable.