Hands-on Workshops: Many Paths to HĀ
March 10 from 1 – 3:30 pm
Participants can select from one of the workshops listed below.
Setting Sacred Space: HĀ Moʻolelo Framework for Assessment
Presenter: Kauʻi Sang, Director, Office of Hawaiian Education
This workshop will introduce participants to each other and to the context for strengthening BREATH. The HĀ Assessment Framework is designed to assess the learning environment rather than the learner. It includes a set of conditions and assessment practices for a school/community to evaluate its strengths and level of readiness for engagement with HĀ. It enables the school/community to design more optimal learning environments using the framework's principles, process and protocols. The presenter will provide background to the nature of the HĀ assessment project and then allow participants, in small groups and collectively, to practice using a culturally responsive assessment tool and a mo‘olelo (story-telling) methodology to deepen their understanding of a different context for assessment.
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke: Grounding Content and Curriculum in BREATH
Presenter: Māhealani Treaster, Project Coordinator, Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy
This workshop will focus on integrating HĀ into content and curriculum. It will include methods to connect what we already do in our schools and learning environments to HĀ, opportunities to connect with others who are utilizing HĀ in the field, and explore various way we can strengthen HĀ across content areas through place-, project-, culture-based learning. Connecting to place helps to ground us in a strong sense of self and requires that we connect more deeply to the communities in which we live and learn. Integrating HĀ in various content areas and curriculum can help to make learning more relevant and meaningful to students by focusing on strengthening pilina (relationship). It also allows educators greater flexibility to share what they are passionate about.
Cultivating a Sense of Place: Introduction to the Hawaii School Garden Curriculum Map
Presenters: Amanda Rieux, Program Director and Founder, Mālaʻai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School; Wendy Baker, Garden to Grinds Coordinator, Hawai`i Academy of Arts and Science PCS; & Debbie Millikan, Sustainability Specialist, ‘Iolani School and Oahu Farm to School Network Coordinator
In this workshop, participants will explore sense of place as a foundation for building relationship with environment, community and self. Found in 87% of Hawai’i’s public schools, school gardens serve as an opportunity to build connection and cultivate relationship to ‘āina as each school is nestled in a unique place with its individual history, culture, community, geography, stories, and ecosystem. The Hawai’i School Garden Curriculum Map will be presented as a framework for teachers and administrators to utilize the school garden in this context in order to strengthen BREATH.
I ka wā ma mua, i ka wā ma hope: Hawaiian Studies Program
Presenter: Kuʻulei Makua, Hawaiian Studies Program Education Specialist, Office of Hawaiian Education
The Office of Hawaiian Education, Hawaiian Studies Program (HSP), looks to celebrate program history and plan for future inclusion of Hawaiian language, history, and culture across all stakeholder groups in HIDOE. Come join us to learn more about the past work of HSP and provide input on the development of the Hawaiian Studies “Standards” intended to be used in all content areas, K-12. The workshop will provide opportunities to provide input into the future of the program.
Nā Honua Mauli Ola: Cultural Pathways for the Implementation of HĀ
Presenters: Paula De Morales, Education Officer, Kamehameha Schools; Walter Kahumoku, Director, Pueo Scholars Project, UH West Oʻahu; Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Director, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College, UH-Hilo; & Kananinohea Mākaʻimoku, Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College, UH-Hilo
ʻO Hawaiʻi ke kahua o ka hoʻonaʻauao sets a vision for education as framed by Nā Hopena Aʻo and implemented through Nā Honua Mauli Ola (NHMO) Hawaiian Cultural Pathways for Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments. NHMO offers nine cultural pathways or ala ʻike with support strategies for – learners, educators, families, schools and institutions, and communities – to foster culturally healthy and responsive places for learning and living. Join us in this interactive workshop that brings the HĀ framework together along with the implementation strategies of NHMO for elevating educator practice and instructional delivery grounded in the place, language and culture of Hawaiʻi.
Hulahula and Science: Indigenous STEM Practice and Education
Dr. Kiana Frank, Assistant Research Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Mānoa
Science is not separate from our culture and our identity; science is a strength of our indigenous culture. This workshop will explore an innovative approach to STEM education by utilizing culturally relevant dance expressions to showcase the science encoded in our moʻolelo, mele and oli as a means to increase the enthusiasm of, and engagement with science in learning communities. This learning model aligns with traditional modes of learning, acknowledges indigenous epistemology, integrates multiple knowledge structures, and shares educational content in a fun accessible manner. This workshop will include presentations of the #BOSSdancefriends content and methodology and will actively engage participants in creating their own dance videos. Come ready to hulahula!
bit.ly/2r6XDOt (youtube channel #BOSSdancefriends)
Building A Beloved Community: Theory and Practice
Presenter: Aunty Puanani Burgess, community building facilitator, trainer, consultant, poet and cultural translator
Aunty Puanani will lead a small group of participants through the theory and practice of Building Beloved Community - a community-building and conflict transformation process based on bringing people face to face for ceremony, storytelling, and healing circles of trust and respect. This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to experience interactive spaces in which people can have important conversations and tell meaningful stories about themselves and what they hold dear.
Ethnomathematics: Using Culture as The Medium of Mathematics Instruction
Presenters: Kaipo Tam, Teacher, Math Educator, UH Lab School & Janel Marr, CTE Resource Teacher, Windward Oʻahu District
Ethnomathematics allows the environment to be at the forefront and showcase where mathematics can be applied for improved student-learning and equity. Through the workshop, participants will be exposed to various cultural contexts and then use that experience as an inspiration to design a math lesson. The second half of this presentation will demonstrate how educators can use their passions, ethnic culture, or social culture to inspire healthy, holistic lessons in the math classroom that is highly relevant to the learner.
Finding Evidence of Ancestral Learning Within Contemporary PreK-12 School Contexts
Presenters: Kelly Broadus, Kamehameha Schools Hoʻolako Like Department; Charlene Hoe, community member; Dr. Chelsea Keehne, Kamehameha Schools Hoʻolako Like Department; Dr. Meahilahila Kelling, Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau; Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Kanu ʻo ka ʻĀina; Michael Sarmiento, Ka Waihona o Ka Naʻauao; Allyson Tamura, Kanu ʻo ka ʻĀina; & Lydia Trinidad, Kualapuʻu Elementary
Hawaiian-focused Charter Schools (HFCS) are public schools that were created in the early 2000s to offer families innovative alternative learning environments comprised of conversion, start up, and Hawaiian language immersion programs. Each HFCS is unique, however, they collectively exist to perpetuate Hawaiian perspectives, culture, and practices in the 21st century. Join us for an interactive session to learn about how 17 HFCS incorporated HĀ into preschool-grade 12 culturally relevant assessments. Review School Assessment Profiles that summarize HFCS sense of excellence and belonging to their unique school missions and visions. Utilize the HFCS Kupukupu Framework to develop lesson or unit plans that convey a sense of Hawaiʻi and Aloha. Engage with the Hōʻike Capstone Project Continuum to reflect or develop performance assessments that foster a sense of Total well-being and Responsibility.
HĀ Learning Progression Test Sites Launch (Invitation Only)
Presenters: Cheryl Lupenui, President and CEO, Kohala Center & Puni Jackson, Program Coordinator, Hoʻoulu ʻĀina
Invitation only: HĀ Learning Progression Test Site cohort leads and HĀ Guides will convene to kick off planning. The HĀ Learning Progression is a contextualized, professional development pathway for adult learners to intentionally engage with the HĀ framework. The test sites will be partnering with the Office of Hawaiian Education to "test" the learning progressions in order to scale the process.
March 10 from 1 – 3:30 pm
Participants can select from one of the workshops listed below.
Setting Sacred Space: HĀ Moʻolelo Framework for Assessment
Presenter: Kauʻi Sang, Director, Office of Hawaiian Education
This workshop will introduce participants to each other and to the context for strengthening BREATH. The HĀ Assessment Framework is designed to assess the learning environment rather than the learner. It includes a set of conditions and assessment practices for a school/community to evaluate its strengths and level of readiness for engagement with HĀ. It enables the school/community to design more optimal learning environments using the framework's principles, process and protocols. The presenter will provide background to the nature of the HĀ assessment project and then allow participants, in small groups and collectively, to practice using a culturally responsive assessment tool and a mo‘olelo (story-telling) methodology to deepen their understanding of a different context for assessment.
Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke: Grounding Content and Curriculum in BREATH
Presenter: Māhealani Treaster, Project Coordinator, Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy
This workshop will focus on integrating HĀ into content and curriculum. It will include methods to connect what we already do in our schools and learning environments to HĀ, opportunities to connect with others who are utilizing HĀ in the field, and explore various way we can strengthen HĀ across content areas through place-, project-, culture-based learning. Connecting to place helps to ground us in a strong sense of self and requires that we connect more deeply to the communities in which we live and learn. Integrating HĀ in various content areas and curriculum can help to make learning more relevant and meaningful to students by focusing on strengthening pilina (relationship). It also allows educators greater flexibility to share what they are passionate about.
Cultivating a Sense of Place: Introduction to the Hawaii School Garden Curriculum Map
Presenters: Amanda Rieux, Program Director and Founder, Mālaʻai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School; Wendy Baker, Garden to Grinds Coordinator, Hawai`i Academy of Arts and Science PCS; & Debbie Millikan, Sustainability Specialist, ‘Iolani School and Oahu Farm to School Network Coordinator
In this workshop, participants will explore sense of place as a foundation for building relationship with environment, community and self. Found in 87% of Hawai’i’s public schools, school gardens serve as an opportunity to build connection and cultivate relationship to ‘āina as each school is nestled in a unique place with its individual history, culture, community, geography, stories, and ecosystem. The Hawai’i School Garden Curriculum Map will be presented as a framework for teachers and administrators to utilize the school garden in this context in order to strengthen BREATH.
I ka wā ma mua, i ka wā ma hope: Hawaiian Studies Program
Presenter: Kuʻulei Makua, Hawaiian Studies Program Education Specialist, Office of Hawaiian Education
The Office of Hawaiian Education, Hawaiian Studies Program (HSP), looks to celebrate program history and plan for future inclusion of Hawaiian language, history, and culture across all stakeholder groups in HIDOE. Come join us to learn more about the past work of HSP and provide input on the development of the Hawaiian Studies “Standards” intended to be used in all content areas, K-12. The workshop will provide opportunities to provide input into the future of the program.
Nā Honua Mauli Ola: Cultural Pathways for the Implementation of HĀ
Presenters: Paula De Morales, Education Officer, Kamehameha Schools; Walter Kahumoku, Director, Pueo Scholars Project, UH West Oʻahu; Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Director, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College, UH-Hilo; & Kananinohea Mākaʻimoku, Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College, UH-Hilo
ʻO Hawaiʻi ke kahua o ka hoʻonaʻauao sets a vision for education as framed by Nā Hopena Aʻo and implemented through Nā Honua Mauli Ola (NHMO) Hawaiian Cultural Pathways for Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments. NHMO offers nine cultural pathways or ala ʻike with support strategies for – learners, educators, families, schools and institutions, and communities – to foster culturally healthy and responsive places for learning and living. Join us in this interactive workshop that brings the HĀ framework together along with the implementation strategies of NHMO for elevating educator practice and instructional delivery grounded in the place, language and culture of Hawaiʻi.
Hulahula and Science: Indigenous STEM Practice and Education
Dr. Kiana Frank, Assistant Research Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Mānoa
Science is not separate from our culture and our identity; science is a strength of our indigenous culture. This workshop will explore an innovative approach to STEM education by utilizing culturally relevant dance expressions to showcase the science encoded in our moʻolelo, mele and oli as a means to increase the enthusiasm of, and engagement with science in learning communities. This learning model aligns with traditional modes of learning, acknowledges indigenous epistemology, integrates multiple knowledge structures, and shares educational content in a fun accessible manner. This workshop will include presentations of the #BOSSdancefriends content and methodology and will actively engage participants in creating their own dance videos. Come ready to hulahula!
bit.ly/2r6XDOt (youtube channel #BOSSdancefriends)
Building A Beloved Community: Theory and Practice
Presenter: Aunty Puanani Burgess, community building facilitator, trainer, consultant, poet and cultural translator
Aunty Puanani will lead a small group of participants through the theory and practice of Building Beloved Community - a community-building and conflict transformation process based on bringing people face to face for ceremony, storytelling, and healing circles of trust and respect. This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to experience interactive spaces in which people can have important conversations and tell meaningful stories about themselves and what they hold dear.
Ethnomathematics: Using Culture as The Medium of Mathematics Instruction
Presenters: Kaipo Tam, Teacher, Math Educator, UH Lab School & Janel Marr, CTE Resource Teacher, Windward Oʻahu District
Ethnomathematics allows the environment to be at the forefront and showcase where mathematics can be applied for improved student-learning and equity. Through the workshop, participants will be exposed to various cultural contexts and then use that experience as an inspiration to design a math lesson. The second half of this presentation will demonstrate how educators can use their passions, ethnic culture, or social culture to inspire healthy, holistic lessons in the math classroom that is highly relevant to the learner.
Finding Evidence of Ancestral Learning Within Contemporary PreK-12 School Contexts
Presenters: Kelly Broadus, Kamehameha Schools Hoʻolako Like Department; Charlene Hoe, community member; Dr. Chelsea Keehne, Kamehameha Schools Hoʻolako Like Department; Dr. Meahilahila Kelling, Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau; Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Kanu ʻo ka ʻĀina; Michael Sarmiento, Ka Waihona o Ka Naʻauao; Allyson Tamura, Kanu ʻo ka ʻĀina; & Lydia Trinidad, Kualapuʻu Elementary
Hawaiian-focused Charter Schools (HFCS) are public schools that were created in the early 2000s to offer families innovative alternative learning environments comprised of conversion, start up, and Hawaiian language immersion programs. Each HFCS is unique, however, they collectively exist to perpetuate Hawaiian perspectives, culture, and practices in the 21st century. Join us for an interactive session to learn about how 17 HFCS incorporated HĀ into preschool-grade 12 culturally relevant assessments. Review School Assessment Profiles that summarize HFCS sense of excellence and belonging to their unique school missions and visions. Utilize the HFCS Kupukupu Framework to develop lesson or unit plans that convey a sense of Hawaiʻi and Aloha. Engage with the Hōʻike Capstone Project Continuum to reflect or develop performance assessments that foster a sense of Total well-being and Responsibility.
HĀ Learning Progression Test Sites Launch (Invitation Only)
Presenters: Cheryl Lupenui, President and CEO, Kohala Center & Puni Jackson, Program Coordinator, Hoʻoulu ʻĀina
Invitation only: HĀ Learning Progression Test Site cohort leads and HĀ Guides will convene to kick off planning. The HĀ Learning Progression is a contextualized, professional development pathway for adult learners to intentionally engage with the HĀ framework. The test sites will be partnering with the Office of Hawaiian Education to "test" the learning progressions in order to scale the process.
