Current Projects

Developing Partner Schools

Partner schools share with the University of Hawaii at Manoa the responsibility for preparing teachers.  The university shares with public schools of the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) the responsibility for the improvement of learning and teaching.  Partner schools are the crucibles in which teacher education and school improvement come together.  They are the critical link between the University and the DOE.

Mentor Teachers Appreciation Conference Spring 2005
Two mentor teachers.	Teachers receiving certificates.
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HIEP assists in establishing partnerships and supporting collaborative activities between schools and the preservice and inservice teacher education programs.  Currently, HIEP contacts over 90 partner schools on Oahu and outreach programs on the other Hawaiian Islands and in American Samoa.

Elementary Mentor Teachers Orientation Dinner September 2005
Mentor Teachers	Orientation Dinner
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Spring 2006 Mentor Teachers Appreciation Dinner
Thanking Teachers	Alice Kawakami & Gerald Okamoto
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Building Capacity

HIEP brings together university faculty, teachers, administrators and staff from the partner schools to discuss fundamental issues focusing on purposes and change processes in education.  Research and inquiry are supported by the partnership with a goal of influencing policy and practice across the state and nation.

Daeufer Lecture
Dr. David Berliner & Dean Randy Hitz	Reception After Lecture
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Strengthening & Sustaining Teachers (SST)
Hawaii SST Members and Johnson Foundation Staff	Making the Hawaii SST Lei
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A teacher picks a winning number from Gerald Okamoto for a door prize.	Georgiana Alvaro collects valuable teacher surveys.
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Experienced teachers and HIEP partners	Alice Kawakami Opening Remarks
Wish List SST Dinner 2.15.06	Wish List SST Dinner 3.15.06

Sponsoring Collaborative Activities

HIEP sponsors a wide range of educational activities including:

1. Attendance of teachers and faculty at national and regional conferences
2. Local partnership and school conferences
3. Conversations with NNER senior associates
4. Public lectures
5. Hawaii Educational Policy Center

Developing Networks of Responsibility to Educate America's Youth
Campbell Complex Network	Student Leaders
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Settings Renewal Session September 10, 2004
Dean Hitz & Pat Lopes	Ann Foster & Cori Mantle-Bromley
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Last Updated: May 9, 2006