Superintendent’s EDUCATION UPDATE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | MAY 2016

STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW & EXTENSION

Input sought on student success Opportunities The Hawaii State JOIN THE DISCUSSION the new flexibilities awarded to Department of Education states.” (DOE) and Board of Education • Blog, survey (thru 5/31): In addition to taking a survey EDUCATORS (BOE) are seeking the input of hiqualityed.tumblr.com and posting to the community students, teachers, school • Details: Click “Strategic conversation blog (see box), Free Code.org workshops for K- leaders and community Plan,” DOE website, at you can email input directly to 5 educators cover content for three courses and supplies to partners to help define student HawaiiPublicSchools.org [email protected], teach them. Learn how to teach success and support student or mail to Office of Strategy, computer science skills such as Innovation and Performance, aspirations. This valuable (the Every Student Succeeds critical thinking, logic, persistence P.O. Box 2360, Honolulu, HI, feedback will be reviewed and Act) to support that vision,” and creativity in problem-solving incorporated into the revised said Asst. Supt. Tammi 96804. The DOE is also aligned to all subject areas. Led Strategic Plan for presentation Oyadomari-Chun. “The state providing monthly Strategic by Code.org affiliate Shane to the BOE in December 2016. plan for ESSA will align with Plan progress updates to the Asselstine, curriculum/technology “We plan to lead with the this effort so the targets in the BOE; you can submit testimony coordinator at Momilani El. May vision in our state's Strategic Strategic Plan and our use of when it is on the agenda. 14 (Dole Middle), June 11 (Queen Plan, and use the input of federal resources meet the Join the conversation on Ka’ahumanu El), and June 18 stakeholders across Hawaii, and requirements under the new social media: #HIQualityEd. (Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation). Register: the flexibility granted by ESSA law, while taking advantage of STORY: bit.ly/DOEBOESP16 www.shaneasselstine.com/code

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camp Two principals hailed for leadership supports teachers who want to Waimea High Principal Art/Humanities, Math), which successfully teach with Mahina Anguay garnered the has pathways tasked with technology. Three days of hands- $25,000 Island Insurance creating a product or service to on learning with a mix of local and Mainland presenters. $239. Foundation’s Masayuki benefit the community. July 12-14, Seabury Hall, Tokioka Excellence in School Kapolei Middle Principal Makawao, Maui. www.cue.org Anguay Naguwa Leadership Award: a $10,000 Bruce Naguwa was named the /rockstar/rsmaui2016 personal award and $15,000 2016 National Distinguished rise, Complex Area Supt. Heidi school award. Anguay Principal for Hawaii, and will Armstrong said: “Principal Half-day implemented the STREAM join fellow nominees later this Naguwa doesn’t say ‘Go,’ he Workshops with program (Science, Technology, year in Washington, D.C. says ‘Let’s go,’ and what a Cardboard with the Janus Group Resources, Engineering, Citing his school’s academic difference that has made.” will introduce teachers to educational Virtual Reality Apps. Success Stories Learn how to take your students on amazing journeys using “Even though we’re competing against each other, there’s love and support.” — student at HSSEF Google Expeditions, and 360 video on ‘MARAMA FENUA’ — WHITE HOUSE NAMES STATE FAIR SHOWCASES YouTube, then learn how to A CULTURAL EXCHANGE KIRIO GREAT EDUCATOR TOP STUDENT RESEARCH create your own VR content and Tahitian teacher Richard Kapolei Middle School Winners at the Hawaii State lessons. You’ll receive five Deane hopes to foster librarian Carolyn Kirio has Science and Engineering Fair viewers worth relationships between schools been selected by The White (HSSEF) will represent the $75. Workshops at 7:30 and in Tahiti and Hawai‘i, citing the House as a great educator Islands at the Intel Inter- 11:30 a.m. on May 31, June 13, Worldwide Voyage's goal to and will be recognized at a national event May 8-13. June 20 and July 12 at UH- inspire communities to rethink White House ceremony in Roosevelt High and Kailua Manoa. $90. Register: and engage. early May. Intermediate took top spots. bit.ly/FRLVR Story: bit.ly/MaramaFenua Story: bit.ly/CKirio Story: bit.ly/HSSEF16

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Don’t Miss This! EVENTS, DEADLINES & FUN STUFF

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WE APPRECIATE TEACHERS! YOUTH XCHANGE RERUNS Show your appreciation for educators during Teacher Appreciation Week by sending a thank you card, volunteering in a classroom, and sharing to social media (#ThankATeacher). Because teachers do so much more than teach — they encourage, mentor, inspire, support, and challenge children to Watch the rebroadcast of the ‘Ōlelo reach for their dreams. Resources on Youth Xchange video competition on the Parent Teacher Association website Channel 53. View winners and watch (www.pta.org ) and the PTA Pinterest the Waianae High video that took the board. Expert Award: bit.ly/OleloYXC16

FREE MEALS AT MORE SCHOOLS ‹‹‹ MAY DAY & GRAD EVENTS

CEP EXPANDS TO 30 LOCATIONS SEND US YOUR PHOTOS! The number of schools served by the May is an eventful month at our schools, Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) with May Day events honoring our program will grow to 30 next school school communities and host culture, year after a successful run of this year’s and graduation events celebrating the seven-school pilot. CEP is a USDA end of an educational chapter and the program that allows schools to serve beginning of a new one. Share your free meals to all students even if they special moments with us! Send photos do not qualify for free or reduced-priced to [email protected] , or tag us lunch reimbursements. Visit on social channels or via #MayDay and HawaiiPublicSchools.org to see the list #Classof2016. We’ll be sharing some of schools and learn more about the favorites throughout the next few weeks. program. Supt.’s Corner

There is a shortage of strategies and you $60,000 to make your • We’re looking for certified teachers, not just in Hawaii, expanded outreach vacation your vocation! Strange teachers. That includes but nationwide. HIDOE is to five cities: Dallas, tales emerged in Travel + bachelor’s degree (minimum) making every effort to recruit Los Angeles, Portland, New Leisure, Woman’s Day, Yahoo! and a Hawaii state teacher’s new teachers and support them. York and Chicago. They joined Travel and others of getting paid license within three years. An ongoing priority is online job fairs. They promoted to soak in the sun complete with • We’re offering incentives to cultivating local talent for our all of it on social media. And, signing and relocation bonuses. qualified Special Education schools, leveraging deep ties local news organizations Photos of Lanikai Beach and teachers only. with Hawaii’s universities. There reported that we were strongly Waipio Valley accompanied Details are on our website: is great value in building our ramping up recruitment. them. The stories went viral. bit.ly/HIDOE-jobs . homegrown teacher pool — The efforts are paying off. Applications have soared — We’ll add top-notch educators teachers who understand our Qualified applicants are making more than 5,000 in April alone. to our applicant pool, and have unique communities have a their way through the system and We had 3,251 for all of last year. our Induction & Mentoring team natural edge in connecting with we are confident that we will be The influx of inquiries and bogus ready to assist teachers who are students, and are more likely to in a good position at the start of applications (many from other new to the profession and in stay. the school year. countries) has strained our need of place-based training. Still, we must look elsewhere However, the effort was also Teacher Recruitment Unit and I for hard-to-fill slots. This spring, picked up by many digital news applaud them for their hard work the Office of Human Resources properties that spun the story in search of qualified candidates. kicked up its recruitment beyond reality. Hawaii will pay To clarify:

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