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HAIS Learning Walks - Spring 2018
HAIS Member Schools are invited to participate in the Spring 2018 Learning Walks!
The goal of the Learning Walks is to improve practice through observation and reflection, while building collaboration among colleagues from HAIS member schools. Participants will spend a day observing at a host school, giving them the opportunity to reflect on their own practices and connect with like-minded educators.
Each participating school will follow a similar schedule, hosting a group of up to 12 educators from other HAIS member schools. The visit will last approximately 5 hours and HAIS will cover the cost of food and beverages up to $25 per participant. Please complete the
interest form by Friday, February 23, if you would like to participate in the 2018 Learning Walks. For a more detailed description about the experience, including a draft of the schedule, please
click here.
Once we have identified the host schools and dates, we will open registration for participation by educators from HAIS member schools. Educators will have the opportunity to select a host school to visit, based on their interests. Registration will open the first week of March.
Interest Form Due By: Feb. 23
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SOTF Call For Proposal Deadline: March 1
Be a part of the 10th annual Schools of the Future Conference! We are seeking proposals related to pedagogy and best teaching practices to help educators prepare student learners for the future.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 1, 2018 and notifications will be sent by April 27, 2018.
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HAIS Open House! - Mar. 15
Join us in celebrating our new office location! No need to RSVP, just stop by anytime during our office hours for snacks, coffee, and a quick tour of the new HAIS office.
Everyone who attends the HAIS Open House will also be entered for a chance to win dinner (wine included), with HAIS Acting Executive Director Phil Bossert! Please see the full invite for more details, including directions and parking instructions.
Date: Mar. 15, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Location: The New HAIS office! 200 N. Vineyard Blvd, #401
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CSEE at 'Iolani Pupus: Feb. 22
'Iolani School
is hosting an event
to coincide with the CSEE advising conference at Punahou. Attendees will gather on the Chapel lanai with Bob Mattingly from CSEE and, conference speakers, while they share in onolicious food, and talk story. RSVP today!
Date: 2/22, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: 'Iolani, St Alban's Chapel
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HAIS & HONOLULU Magazine Collaboration: Education Cheat Sheet
A new blog post was released on February 20, and is titled "
Education Cheat Sheet: Making With a Community Purpose."
Michael Fricano II shares how 'Iolani School establishes partnerships which benefit both the students and others outside the school campus.
You can also find this article (and past HAIS & HONOLULU Magazine collaborations) on
our website .
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HAIS Workshop by High Tech High
Concrete Tools for Unpacking Complex Problems: How to Lead for Equity and Other Challenges in a PBL Setting
How can we use improvement science to develop robust project based learning cultures in our classrooms and schools? In this interactive workshop, participants will use the versatile tools of Improvement science - including empathy interviews, fishbone diagrams, and interrelationship digraphs - to dig into a problem of practice. Participants will leave with protocols and tools they can use with students and colleagues to help foster a learning culture and guide systematic improvement in their own context. This workshop is designed for change-makers at all levels-teachers, school/district leaders.
The workshop will be led by Daisy Sharrock - Project Director, Mathematical Agency Improvement Community, High Tech High Graduate School of Education. Please visit the HAIS Website for more information.
Deadline to register: March 16
Date: April 30 & May 1 (2-day workshop)
Time:
8:30 am - 3:30 pm both days (continental breakfast, snacks and lunch included)
Location:
'Iolani School Sullivan Center, 4th Floor
Cost:
$350 HAIS Member Schools / $400 Non-Member Schools
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2018 Leading Schools of the Future Conference
April 5 & 6, 2018
Pre-Conferences: April 4
Location: The Ala Moana Hotel
Join heads of school, trustees, development directors, business and HR managers, communication directors, admissions directors, facilities directors, athletic directors, and other school leadership, as we design innovative learning environments of today and tomorrow. The program promises to engage and inspire, and will feature aspects of both traditional conferences and customized components, designed specifically to meet the needs of school leadership teams. For more information, please visit the
LSOTF Conference webpage.
Team discounts are available for 3 or more participants from the same organization, for both the Pre-Conference and Full Conference. Email
Megan Polak for more
information.
Keynote Speakers
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Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas
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Head of School at the Synapse School
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Stacy Caldwell
Executive Director of Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC)
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Conference Themes:
Innovation and Education - Explore innovative ideas about creating learning environments to propel schools beyond 21st century learning.
School leaders from across the world will share best practices and strategies for navigating change.
Mastery Transcript - This track aims to provoke thinking about what learning and assessment could be. Speakers will explore alternative models of assessment, crediting, and transcript generation, while focusing on how to create better learning environments for students.
Personalized Learning- This track will take a deep dive to better understand the passions and strengths of the individual child, aimed at shifting from traditional to a more innovative, student-centered approach.
Fundraising and Development - The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will be leading breakout sessions geared towards engaging your entire school community in fundraising efforts. Learn how to create a game plan for building a fundraising team, utilizing board members as the most valuable players and how to encourage alumni, parents, and the community to support your school.
University President's Forum - The Presidents of Chaminade University, University of Hawai'i and Hawai'i Pacific University will come together for a panel discussion to discuss what our local universities have to offer and how they are shifting to better accommodate today's learners.
Board Relations - Bob Peters and Randy Moore will spend an hour discussing how to create partnerships with board members and establish productive relationships. They will also discuss how the board chair and head of school can effectively work as a team and where the board roles and responsibilities intersect.
Ask the Funders - Join the leaders from the Hawai'i Community Foundation, HKL Castle Foundation, and Sam & Mary Castle Foundation as they talk about what they look for in choosing to fund an organization.
HAIS Standard Application Rollout - The Enrollment Management Association (EMA) will be leading breakout sessions to further discuss the HAIS Standard Application, its benefits, how to use important features, and more.
International Student Recruitment - Yuanbo Education Group is a student recruitment organization based in Shanghai, China. For over 10 years Yuanbo has been working to provide children from China a high quality international education.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Both Pre-Conference Workshops will take place on April 4, at the Ala Moana Hotel. Full descriptions can be found on the
LSOTF Webpage.
- Full-Day Workshop with Dr. Yong Zhao
- Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Workshop
Conference Hotel Reservations
The Ala Moana Hotel is offering attendees special LSOTF Conference rates.
Use the
LSOTF Booking Link
to reserve, modify, or cancel your hotel reservations at any time. You may also contact the Ala Moana
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2018 SOTF Early Bird Registration is Open!
Registration is open for the 10th Annual Schools of the Future Conference, convening November 8 & 9, at the Hawai'i Convention Center. Join teachers and administrators from Hawai'i's public, private, charter and parochial schools as we focus on how to prepare student learners for the future.
SOTF X will explore a wide-range of topics, offering a variety of tracks as a means of illuminating content relating to best practices in 21st Century Education:
- Project/Design/Inquiry-Based learning
- Teaching & Learning with Technology
- Social & Emotional Learning
- Early Childhood Learning
- Education Research
- Place-Based & Culture-Based Learning
- STEM/STEAM
- Teaching & Instructional Best Practices
SOTF Early Bird Ticket Types and Costs
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Early Bird November 8 & 9 (2-Day)
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Early Bird November 8 (Day 1)
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$175 |
Early Bird November 9 (Day 2)
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$175 |
Please Note: On June 1, 2018 the Standard Ticket will take effect.
Group Discount
A group discount code is available for groups of 10 or more from the same institution/organization. To receive the code, please email
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Keynote Speaker
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Keynote Speaker
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Dr. Sugata Mitra
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Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times bestsellers "The Whole-Brain Child" and "No-Drama Discipline"
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Featured Speaker
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Dr. Christina Kishimoto
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Miki Tomita
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Kendall Zoller
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More to come...
Call for Proposals Deadline is March 1st
Be a part of the
10th annual Schools of the Future Conference!
We are seeking proposals related to pedagogy and best teaching practices to help educators prepare student learners for the future.
The deadline to submit a proposal is March 1, 2018 and notifications will be sent by April 27, 2018.
This collaborative event is presented by the Hawai'i Association of Independent Schools, the Hawai'i State Department of Education and the Hawai'i Community Foundation in partnership with Hawai'i Society for Technology in Education and the Pillars of Peace Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation to highlight the best practices that are taking place in our learning environments today and being planned for those of tomorrow.
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For Students, Parents and Educators
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Scholar's App Website Resource
Scholar's App is a website with a scholarship search engine that focuses on local scholarships, and allows students to apply for scholarships online. All the scholarships are verified by college counselors or by the Scholars App team before being posted to the website, to ensure the quality of scholarships. Students can create an account which allows them to be matched to scholarships. Once they find a scholarship they want to apply to they will be shown a simplified yes or no question form to double check they are a match and are eligible. They share the information on the student's qualification, application, and award status with the counselor at the school the student attends. Learn about their Mission to send 1 Million more students to college.
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Billion Trees of Aloha Project: Mar. 1
The Eco-Opps website has been launched, and with it comes the opportunity to participate in their Billions Trees of Aloha project, the brain child of the World Youth Congress hosted in Hawai'i last year. I
f every child and youth planted one tree in this world, we would plant and care for more than a billion trees in 2018. For more information on the project, and details on how to participate, please go to their website.
Date (Global BizzyB Earth Day Challenge day): Mar. 1
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The 61st Hawai'i State Science & Engineering Fair is coming up this March. Please see
the flyer
for details, and
this brochure
for the agenda and schedule. This year, the senior research projects advancing to the HSSEF 2018 include
students
from the following HAIS schools: 'Iolani, Kamehameha
Schools, Mid-Pacific Institute, Punahou School, and St. Andrew's Priory. The below image is of the Top 3 Finalists in the Senior Research Division from the HAIS Science Fair last weekend at Hawai'i Baptist Academy.
Date: Mar. 28 - 30
Location: Hawai'i Convention Center, Kamehameha Room
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2018 Hawai'i STEM Conference: Apr. 10 - 11
The Women in Technology Project (WIT) has announced the 2018 9th Annual Hawai'i STEM Conference. They invite teachers and students to register to attend, as well as organizations to participate through sponsorship, break-out session presentations, and interactive exhibitor playg
rounds. Contributing sponsors will allow over 1,000 students and teachers who are positively impacting communities to continue to be introduced to, and continue to be exposed to, innovative technologies.
The conference will be held April 10 - 11 at the Hawai'i Convention Center on Oahu. Please see the Save the Date and the attached for more information on
sponsorships
and
presentations;
to register online as a presenter, use
this link
. To register as a participant, please see
this form
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For any further questions, please contact
Mapu Quitazol, Program Manager, directly.
Sponsorship Application Deadline Date: Feb. 28
Registration Form Deadline Date: Mar. 1
Date of Event: Apr. 10 - 11
Location of Event: Hawai'i Convention Center
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Assets Parent Education Series: Apr. 14
Topic:
Mindset
Presenter: Sungalina Lee and Invited Panelists
This panel discussion will focus on growth mindset, which has become a popular concept and used to explain how success in school, work, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our abilities.
Date: Apr. 14,
9:30am-10:00am food, 10:00am-11:30am presentation
Location:
Assets School, K8 Campus
Cost: Assets parent/guardian: Free
Non-Assets community member: $10.00
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ASHG DNA Day Essay Contest: Apr. 25
National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix of DNA in 1953. This year's DNA Day will be on
Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Teachers and students around the world can celebrate by participating in the American Society of Human Genetics' (ASHG) 13th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest.
This contest is open to students in grades 9-12, and asks students to examine, question, and reflect on important concepts in genetics.
Submissions are now open; for more details and to submit an essay, please go to their website. For
any questions, please
Deadline Date: Mar. 9
Date of Event: Apr. 25
Location: Online
Cost: Free
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Letter Carriers' Food Drive: May 12
The 26th National Association of Letter Carriers Union Food Drive is coming up this May. Those who want to donate can do so by leaving non-perishable food/canned goods by your mailbox on May 12 for your mail carrier to pick up. The donated food will be delivered to the local Foodbank, which supplies multiple non-profits and feeding programs in Hawai'i. Canned protein is most needed. If you are 16 years or older and need a volunteer opportunity, please see
this form to register as a volunteer to help at the sorting event at the Foodbank Warehouse. See
this flyer for more detail.
Date: May 12, 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Hawai'i Foodbank Warehouse
2611 Kilihau St. Honolulu, HI 96819
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Kupu HYCC Summer Program: June 4 - July 21
Kupu is an environmental non-profit that provides opportunities to young adults across the state to get outdoors and connect with the land, and their Hawai'i Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) Summer Program application deadline is approaching. A few spots are still available for students aged 17-20 as
Team Members, and aged 21+ as
Team Leaders.
Those who participate can earn college credits through UH Manoa, achieve CPR/AED certifications, receive Volunteer Awards, and more.
Please see
the flyer
for more detail, or their full
website
.
Application Deadline Date: Feb. 28
Date: June 4 - July 20
Location: Statewide (work on any island as long as you have reliable housing and transportation)
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KS Education Technology Conference: June 5 - 6
The Kamehameha Schools Information Technology Division is hosting their 2018 KS Education Technology Conference. Registration is
now open, but space is limited to 400 participants. Please see this
Save the Date for more information; further details on keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and the conference will be coming out soon.
Deadline to Register: May 18
Date of Event:
June 5-6
Location of Event:
Neal Blaisdell Center
Cost:
$175 per person for 2 days (breakfast and lunch included)
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USDA & UH summer AgDiscovery Program: July 8 - 21
USDA and UH Mānoa 2018 AgDiscovery Program will be held July 8 - July 21. This is summer program is for students ages 14-17 who are interested in agricultural science. If selected, students get to stay at UH Mānoa Campus and explore agriculture through hands-on activities throughout Oahu Island.
The Program covers plant science, horticulture, entomology, wildlife sciences, veterinary sciences, traditional agriculture, dog detection, and more. See the
poster,
flyer, or
brochure for more information, and
the application and instructions are available
online. Additionally,
this video link on YouTube describes AgDiscovery.
Application Deadline: Mar. 12
Dates of Event: July 8 - July 21
Location: UH Manoa
Costs: for Program, room, and board, will be covered
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Mahalo to our HAIS Supporting Member
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Please reach out to
Gina Di Prima
, your Hawai'i Account Executive for assistance with your individual school's needs at 303.434.4006.
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MIE Minecraft Teacher Academy Training: Mar. 2
Kamehameha Schools is hosting a free MIE (Microsoft Innovative Educator) Minecraft in Education Teacher Academy Training on Friday, March 2 from 9:00am - 4:00pm. Those who attend will have a day of free PD, and get ideas of how Minecraft can be used in the classroom or in school. If interested, please see this flyer, or register here.
Date: Mar. 2, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Kamehameha Schools Middle School Learning Center
Cost: Free
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Grade 4 Teachers Workshop: Mar. 3
Moanalua Gardens Foundation (MGF) and DLNR's Division of Forestry and Wildlife are offering a free workshop for fourth grade teachers on their Huaka'i o Kamananui, Aloha Aina Moanalua place-based environmental education curriculum
.
The curriculum meets Common Core and HCPS III Standards
and Nā Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiian Guidelines. Attendees
will get a turnkey curriculum, learn about teaching opportunities in Kamananui Valley, and receive free bus transportation for their students.
Date: Mar. 3, 8:30am - 4:00pm
Location: Moanalua Middle School Library
Cost: Free (materials and refreshments provided)
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HaSTA Spring Conference: Mar. 10
Hawai'i Science Teachers Association (HaSTA) is a member of the National Science Teachers Association and strives to provide professional development and collaboration for science educators in Hawai'i. They will be holding a conference focusing on "Next Generation of Science Teachers." The keynote speaker will be Buffy Cushman-Patz, Founder and Principal of School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability. The conference will include break-out sessions with practical applications for teachers, drawings and door prizes, a science supplies swap meet and refreshments. For more information or to register, please go to
their website.
Date: Mar. 10, 7:30am - 12:00pm
Location: McKinley High School
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Ethnomathematics Graduate Certificate: Mar. 15
An invitation to all teachers, not just math, to earn a graduate certificate in Ethnomathematics from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Education in 11 months. Ethnomathematics is the integration of Indigenous wisdom and 21st century technology through real-world applications of mathematics that are relevant, contextualized, and sustainable. Discover interdisciplinary pathways that foster multiple approaches to teaching and learning mathematics in project-based and place-based experiences. Please see
the flyer and
brochure for more information. If interested in applying, learn more about the program and requirements
here. For any questions, please email
Linda Furuto.
Application Deadline Date: Mar. 15, 2018
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The 2017-2018 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) program seeks to recognize outstanding mathematics or science teachers at the elementary level (grades K-6) in a
public, private, or charter school.
Nominations close on
April 1, 2018, and all application materials by K-6 teachers must be submitted by May 1, 2018. Nominations, application materials, and application requirements can all be found on the
PAEMST website.
Nomination Deadline: Apr. 1
Application Deadline: May 1
Location: Online
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Omidyar Fellows Cohort VI: Apr. 26
Those who participate in the program will connect with like-minded change agents, develop the skills needed to foster cross-sector collaborations, amplify the effects of your work by engaging the skills you've gained from the curriculum and the relationships you formed in your cohort and the Forum, and utilize the variety of available supports (content expert coaching, facilitation, seed funding, systems mapping, meeting and co-working space, and learning workshops).
Application Deadline Date: Apr. 26, 12:00pm
Location: Online
Cost: Program covers all costs for participants
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Hawai'i TECC Teacher Job Fair: Apr. 28
The Hawai'i Teacher Education Coordinating Committee (TECC) Teacher Job Fair provides DOE, charter, and independent school administrators with the opportunity to meet with and/or interview teacher candidates who are seeking employment for the 2018-2019 academic year. Each school that participates will be provided with a table and chairs. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to school administrators/staff. Administrators should plan to arrive at 8:30 a.m. to sign in and set up their tables; if interested, please see their flyer, or register here for the event.
Registration Deadline: Apr. 1
Date: Apr. 28, 9:30am - 1:30pm
Location: Waipahu High School Gymnasium
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Responsive Classroom Training: June 12 - 15
Registration is now open for Responsive Classroom training for elementary or middle school. This is designed for educators to create a safe and positive classroom community where students build their social-emotional competence through consistent teacher language, energizers, student choice, and interactive learning structures. Training will take place at Le Jardin Academy in Kailua. All registrations are handled through
this link.
Date: June 12 - 15, 8:00am - 3:30pm
Location: Le Jardin Academy
Cost: $729
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Links and Resources
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HAIS Website
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