5770 Fagatogo Pago Pago, AS 96799 Web site: http://www.aspirc.org Hours: 9 am - 5 pm

Director: Ms. Sandra King Young Phone: 684-633-6094 Fax: 684-633-6098 Evaluator: Gail Makuakane-Lundin, UH Hilo

State PIRC Board:

Dr. Claire Poumele
Mrs. Fainu’ulelei Utu
Mrs. Tao Suani
Mrs. Loreta Ainuu
Mrs. Sandra King Young

The mission of ASMobilePIRC is to be a clearinghouse for parental information resources and to provide support for a partnership with parents, the community and the Department of Education, dedicated to nurturing the individual potential of all children. ASMobilePIRC will meet its goals and objectives by helping to provide a safe, nurturing environment at home to encourage children to become self-motivated, self-directed, life-long learners.

Parental Engagement & Early Childhood Model
ASMobilePIRC has adopted the Parents As Teachers program for its parental engagement and early childhood model.

Major Activities
The major activities for the ASMobilePIRC in early childhood and parental involvement is the implementation of the PAT program, state-wide public outreach and education over the radio, and engaging policy-makers to legislate local requirements of parental involvement policy in the school system.

How the Work Plan Meets the Needs of Parents
The work plan meets the needs of the parents by ensuring that parents receive training and follow-up on the PAT program. Parents will be administered surveys on a regular basis to ensure that their changing needs are adequately addressed by the ASMobilePIRC. The outreach, training and follow-up schedule for engaging parents is convenient for parents work schedules.

Unique Characteristics
The first unique characteristic of ASMobilePIRC is the fact that PIRC services are delivered across the territory by a mobile vehicle--thus “ASMobilePIRC”. ASMobilePIRC has a home base housed at the sponsor organization’s headquarters, the Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development (PICED). The second is the fact that all programs and services are customized for relevance based on the delicate cultural norms of fa’a-Samoa, “the Samoan way”. Materials used in the ASMobilePIRC will be translated in the Samoan language.