This Winter/Spring, 2023, it feels like there are an unlimited number of possibilities for professional educator learning. Never has there been a time where choice and individualized learning were more possible as teachers seek to innovate their practice and step up in pay. From my vantage point, here in Hawaiʻi, but also keeping my eye on the national/global scene, interesting providers of all sorts are jumping in to offer ways to develop one's practice, engage students and move beyond traditional education conference models . All the hyphenated approaches to teaching and learning are in play right now (project-based, problem-based, challenge-based, essential question-based, product-based, place-based, culture-based, intentional design-based, personalized, individualized, multiple intelligences-based, inquiry-based), which is fantastic! And, in all my years I have not seen such a shift towards really listening to our students, our young learners, that we might know what calls them and helps them find their purposes. If you have ideas to share, dial me up at josh@whatschoolcouldbe.org.

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Kupu Hou Academy

In-person Summer Workshop

Designing PBL, May 31st -June 2nd at Mid-Pacific Institute

Save the Date! We will be having our flagship “Designing for Project Based Learning” workshop on Mid-Pacific’s campus. Enrollment will be limited - more details and registration info coming soon...

The mission of the Professional Development Center at Hanahau‘oli is to build upon the school’s rich progressive education tradition to support the development of school communities that promote a better future society for today’s children.