Nā Hopena Aʻo (HĀ) is a Department-wide framework to develop the skills, behaviors and dispositions that are reminiscent of Hawaiʻi’s unique context, and to honor the qualities and values of the indigenous language and culture of Hawaiʻi.
Kāpae
In 2013 former Board of Education member Cheryl Lupenui gathered various community and HIDOE representatives to participate in an audit and redraft of BOE Policy 4000, General Learner Outcomes. As a result of the process, recommendations were made to leave Policy 4000 intact, and instead create a new kind of policy. This new policy, E-3 (which stands for Ends Policy 3), would provide a framework for the Department to develop in its employees and students the skills, behaviors and dispositions that are reminiscent of Hawaiʻi’s unique context and to honor the qualities and values of the indigenous language and culture of Hawaiʻi. In June 2015 the policy was approved by the BOE.
Policy E-3: Nā Hopena Aʻo (HĀ)
Nā Hopena Aʻo (“HĀ”) is a framework of outcomes that reflects the Department of Education’s core values and beliefs in action throughout the public educational system of Hawai‘i. The Department of Education works together as a system that includes everyone in the broader community to develop the competencies that strengthen a sense of belonging, responsibility, excellence, aloha, total-well-being and Hawaiʻi (“BREATH”) in ourselves, students and others. With a foundation in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi values, language, culture and history, HĀ reflects the uniqueness of Hawaiʻi and is meaningful in all places of learning. HĀ supports a holistic learning process with universal appeal and application to guide learners and leaders in the entire school community.
Pono nā kumu alakaʻi ma lalo nei e alakaʻi i nā hana a pau e hoʻohana i ka HĀ ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā hopena.
- Pili nā hopena ʻeono a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana ʻokoʻa.
- Pono nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo a me nā kumuwaiwai kūpono no ka hoʻokō kūleʻa a me ka noʻonoʻo.
- Pono ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana e hui pū, hui a i loko o kahi manawa kūpono i nā pono o nā kula a me ko lākou mau kaiāulu.
- Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia nā laʻana o HĀ i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he kumu no ka ʻike.
- Aia nā lālā a pau o ke kaiāulu kula i ke alakaʻi o HĀ.
Kumu:
ʻO ke kumu o kēia kulekele ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi papa hana hopena e hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe e hoʻomohala nei i ka hoʻokō hoʻonaʻauao, ke ʻano, ke olakino a me ka pilikanaka-manaʻo maikaʻi o kā mākou mau haumāna a pau loa.
ʻO ka manaʻo HĀ
HĀ’s six outcomes contain values that are universal to all cultures. Educating students in an environment of HĀ will add value to and strengthen each and every person who engages over the course of a learning journey. Department faculty and staff should also be models of behaviors that direct students to what these outcomes might look like in practice. Those who are moved by the goals and intentions of HĀ are encouraged to use it in their everyday practice. The Office of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Education welcomes any moʻolelo (stories) of best practices and successes that you would like to share.
Nā kumuwaiwai kī
- Nā Hopena Aʻo (“HĀ”) Handout (PDF)
ʻEono mau hopena e hoʻoikaika ʻia i kēlā me kēia haumāna i ka wā o kā lākou huakaʻi aʻo K-12. - HĀ Assessment for Learning Project (PDF)
He pailaka makahiki ʻelua no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kaʻina loiloi moʻomeheu no nā hopena HĀ. - Request Nā Hopena Aʻo Support (Google Doc)
Please complete this form to request HĀ support and/or resources including presentations, facilitation, and HĀ handouts and posters. - ʻŌlelo HĀ (PDF)
Hāʻawi kēia palapala i ka ʻike a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo HĀ like ʻole.