Hawaii State Teacher Fellows bring courageous & committed hearts to serve Hawaii students. This tight community the fellows built makes for a very exciting Year 2 where our department moves forward w/ insights & thoughtful plans of 🌟teachers! ✨💖
Hawai‘i Public Schools Leadership Institute - Interim Executive Director

There will be a dedicated phone line to help answer questions from Hawaii DOE staff and families. Mental health supports - in person and telehealth counseling- are also being set up for employees and students. Resources can be found here sites.google.com/k12.hi.us/maui….

#MauiStrong

Find out how to support impacted teachers on Maui here hsta.org/news/recent-st…

bit.ly/givetokids808
Hawaii Public Schools Community liaisons on Maui are posting in real time what kids and families need and will deliver to them in shelters, etc
#mauistrong #808educate

We are all ʻĀina. We can be ʻāina for someone else.

Hawaii Wildfires Thrust Educators Into Disaster Response Roles edweek.org/leadership/haw…

#MauiStrong #aloha #aina #community #sel

Our hearts are with everyone on Maui right now. In response to the devastating #wildfires across the island, Hawaii Community Foundation is activating the #Maui StrongFund to provide flexible, quickly deployed resources to support #Maui residents. hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong #Maui Strong

Register by 8/19/23 for the next ten week H-PEP SPARK Aloha cohort for Hawaii educators and parents. #socialemotionalwellbeing #happyhpep #sparkaloha

Thank you Amy Feehan and Becca Flores of New Teacher Center for an engaging two days of deepening coaching skills for our mentors supporting teachers of multilingual learners. Thank you to HKLCastle Foundation for making this opportunity possible. #multilinguallearners #equity

Neʻepapa - Leading with Intention and kicking off the school year 2023-2024 with educational leaders at yesterday’s Educational Leadership Institute

Mahalo teachers for allowing me to guide you through your #movingmeditation . Keep it up and keep breathing throughout the school year. 🙏🏼

#wanderoftenwonderalways 🌞🌙 #outdooryoga #teachersonsummerbreak #justbreathe #educatorwellnessmatters #selflove #selfcare

Kicking off July by welcoming and orienting our complex area Special Education Full Release Mentors for the upcoming school year.

#specialeducation #instructionalcoaching #hawaiiteacherinductioncenter #mentoringmatters #teachermentors

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and of human dignity.”  - Herbert Hoover

I feel like a proud ML mama bear 🙏🏼🫶🏽

Always learning and growing when I see my fellow Project GLAD trainers and mentors in action. #guidedlanguageacquisitiondesign #classroomdemonstration #multilinguallearners #summerpd

Proud of you for taking this step Pinky Grace Francisco! Can’t wait to hear how it went!

How are we as educators embracing and cultivating joy as we disrupt inequities in the system? Mahalo Gholdy Muhammad for sharing the value of unearthing the need for genius and joy and to Derek Minakami, NBCT for inviting us to this opportunity. Grateful to connect with dedicated Hawaii State Teacher Fellows.

Read more about our PLC “Supporting Multilingual Learners to Success” and other stories of EL work happening in Hawai’i in the May 2023 issue of The Word hawaiitesol.org/wp-content/upl…

#hawaiitesol #multilinguallearners #808educate

Reinvigorated after a week of engaging learning with Dr. Aida Walqui and the WestEd QTEL leads. Insightful discussions with my colleagues to scale this work for teachers in efforts to improve student outcomes. #weareallteachersoflanguage #advocacy #mindsetshifts #qtel

Registration for Beginning Teacher Summer Academy for Years 2-4 teachers closes tomorrow, June 9th

Celebrating our amazing Induction Program Coordinators at our last professional learning network convening of the school year. #mentoringmatters #808educate #inductionandmentoring

Kamusta #808educate ! I’m facilitating the ML PLC with Pinky Grace Francisco & Jeremiah this summer. If you’re a 2nd-4th year T who is learning how to support your MLs, I hope you register by June 9th bit.ly/23MLLPLCreg

Kecia McDonald (she/her) Tanya Mau Nicole Heinlein, NBCT