Teachers may be non renewed without cause. Civil service employees have better job protection than CNMI teachers. Students have more rights to due process than teachers. Teachers have minimal say in their own evaluation and have no opportunity to evaluate their administrators. Changes of school calendar should not be made after the SY has started save in case of typhoon.
Many teachers attend summer school, or workshops, or travel off island to spend time with family.
ACT reorganized in NOV 2000. Officers elected are Pres. Actually the election would designate a person for the governor to consider for his appointment to this position. Currently it is a non voting position. The AG recently notified PSS that due to a low number of votes the BOE Teacher rep election was not valid, so this office is still vacant.