HONOLULU — Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi (HIDOE) i nā kumu he 21 a puni ka mokuʻāina i loaʻa i kā lākou National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certificates – he hōʻoia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa no ke aʻo ʻana.
"ʻAʻole nā kumu hoʻonaʻauao wale nō kā mākou Papa Lahui; he mau kumu aʻo, alakaʻi, a me nā poʻokela o ka maikaʻi," wahi a Superintendent Keith Hayashi. “Loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻike hohonu i kā lākou kumuhana a me ka ʻike nui i nā pono a me nā ikaika o kēlā me kēia haumāna. …
Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ka National Board Certified Kumu (NBCT) e Gov. Josh Green, Superintendent Hayashi, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Hope Poʻo Kumu (Vice Principal) Keola Silva, Joan Lewis, pelekikena o ka ʻAhahui Hoʻonaʻauao Hawaiʻi a me ka Papa Kūlana Kumu o Hawaiʻi ma kahi hui i ka Pōʻaono, me nā luna kānāwai a me nā ʻelele o ka ʻAhahui Kumu o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi.
No ka loaʻa ʻana a mālama ʻana paha i kēia palapala hōʻoia, pono nā mea hoʻonaʻauao e ʻike i nā hoʻolālā hou a me nā hana maikaʻi loa i ka hoʻonaʻauao. He hana koʻikoʻi ia e hiki ke lawe i kēlā me kēia wahi mai hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau makahiki a pili i nā mea noi e waiho ana i kahi kōpili piha.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Gov. Green i ka hui hou i hōʻoia ʻia no ko lākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o nā kumu hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe i ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kā lākou kūpaʻa i nā haumāna ke kau nei i ke kumu no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
Ma waho aʻe o nā kumu i hōʻoia hou ʻia he 21, ua hōʻano hou nā kumu aʻo 83 i kā lākou palapala hōʻoia NBCT. Aia ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka helu 12 o ka lāhui no ka pākēneka o nā NBCT, a ke kaena nei ʻo ia kekahi o ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā poʻe kumu aʻo NBCT. He 789 kumu o Hawaiʻi i kēia manawa.
Hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kumu Hawaiʻi i loaʻa kā lākou palapala hōʻoia:
Mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi
- Kristal Blacksmith, Waikoloa Elementary & Middle
- Nekia Mahzad-Nolan, Hilo High
Kauaʻi
- Sarah Kern, Kamakahelei Middle
Maui
- Tai Baird, Wailuku Elementary
- ʻO Abigale Prock, Keʻena o ka Curriculum & Design Instructional, Extended Learning Branch
Oʻahu
- Janice Avellana, Hahaʻione Elementary
- Shely Chang, Kaʻimiloa Elementary
- Lauren Collier, Kāneʻohe Elementary
- James Inamasu, ʻEwa Makai Waena
- Riley Jaeger, ke awāwa o Niu Waena
- Melissa Lee, Kāneʻohe Elementary
- Kiani McBean, ʻAikahi Elementary
- Abigail McClellan, Kamiloiki Elementary
- Kai Morrell, Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama Campus
- Shelby Oshiro, Waiʻanae Intermediate
- ʻO Kathryn Parsons, Jarrett Middle
- Jade Pham, Kawānanakoa Waena
- Kehaulani Piiohia, Kula Hoopaa Aupuni o Malama Honua
- Lahui Vanessa, Dole Waena
- Bryan Silver, Kalani High
- Ernescia Torricer, Puʻu ʻulaʻula Elementary
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka palapala hōʻoia a me ka National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, e kipa nbpts.org.
