HAIS Learning Walks Spring 2018
HAIS Member Schools are invited to participate in the Spring 2018 Learning Walks. The Learning Walks are an opportunity for your school to showcase best practices, while focusing on a specific theme related to teaching and learning.

The HAIS office will close on Monday, January 22 to begin the moving process and will re-open at our new location on Monday, January 29. We expect to be fully operational by Monday, February 5 and appreciate everyone's understanding and patience during this time.

Please note that we will be unable to accommodate Criminal History Background Check appointments between January 22 and February 5. Please visit the HAIS website for updates. We can also be reached at the same number: 808-973-1540.

Join heads of school, trustees, development directors, business and HR managers, communication directors, admissions directors, facilities directors, athletic directors, and other school leadership, as we move beyond 21st Century Learning by creating learning environments for tomorrow. The program promises to engage and inspire, featuring aspects of both traditional conferences as well as customized components, designed specifically to meet the needs of school leadership teams.

Registration is now open! 

Click Here to Register

Team Discounts are available for 3 or more participants from the same organization for botht the pre and 2-day conference! Email Megan Polak at mpolak@hais.us for more information. 

2018 Global Issues Network Conference

Ka Po'aiapuni Wai (The Water Cycle)

Date: March 9-11, 2018

Location: Le Jardin Academy - Kailua, Hawai'i 

Cost: $35.00 Per Person

Registration Is Now Open: 

Questions or Concerns? Please contact the students at Le Jardin Academy

Registration is now open for the 10th Annual Schools of the Future Conference, convening November 8 & 9, at the Hawai'i Convention Center. Join teachers and administrators from Hawai'i's public, private, charter and parochial schools as we focus on how to prepare student learners for the future. 

SOTF X will explore a wide-range of topics, offering a variety of tracks as a means of illuminating content relating to best practices in 21st Century Education:

• Project/Design/Inquiry-Based learning
• Teaching & Learning with Technology
• Social & Emotional Learning
• Early Childhood Learning
• Education Research
• Place-Based & Culture-Based Learning
• STEM/STEAM
• Teaching & Instructional Best Practices

SOTF Early Bird Ticket Types and Costs

Please Note: On June 1, 2018 the Standard Ticket will take effect and the 2 day ticket will increase by $100 and the 1 day ticket price will increase by $50.  

Group Discount

A group discount of 10% is available for groups of 10 or more from the same institution/organization. To receive the code, please email Megan Polak at mpolak@hais.us.

Register Today!

Interest in a particular school? Check out the list of HAIS Member Schools' Open Houses to learn more about a school that you are intersted in? http://www.hais.us/p/424104_Open_Houses.asp  

RULER Phase 1: RULER Program Information

Training Dates: December 6 & 7, 2017

Time: 8:00am - 3:30pm (lunch will be provided) 

Location: St. Andrew's Schools

Cost: $6,000 (needs-based grant funding is available)

Number of participants per school: 3 (additional participants may be added at $1,500 per person)

Additional RULER information and scholarship application: 

http://www.hais.us/p/424125_Yale_RULER_Training_.asp 

Hawai'i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) and the Educational Foundations Department of the College of Education, of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, jointly offer a master’s degree program that focuses on educational leadership in the unique setting of the private school.  The program is designed to meet the needs of leaders and aspiring leaders in independent schools - locally, nationally and internationally - be they administrators, teachers or other types of educators.  The program’s curriculum blends research-based knowledge with the wisdom of experienced private school leaders. 

Students in the PSL-MEd (Private School Leadership - Masters in Education) will complete work in residence for two consecutive summer terms, each five weeks, and engage in field work during the two intervening semesters at their homes schools. 

Interested in Applying? Click here for more information: http://www.hais.us/p/42428_MEd_Programs.asp 

Accreditation Training for School Heads and Self-Study Coordinators with Visits: Spring 2019 or 2020 

http://www.hais.us/p/4246_Events.asp?event=147 

Accreditation Visiting Committee Training for Spring 2018 Visits

http://www.hais.us/p/4246_Events.asp?event=148

Deanna Torres D'Olier was featured on Island Focus, Wednesday, May 17, 06:30 pm on OLELO53! http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=20&clip_id=61219 

http://www.hais.us/p/42484_Summer_Programs_and_Camps_.asp 

Institute and Registration Information 

This is a 2-day institute designed for teachers, and practicing or aspiring grade level leaders and/or department heads, who want to enhance both their leadership skills and their understanding of quality curriculum as the basis of effective learning.

Course Description:

Facilitating curriculum committees, or developing curriculum, is often part of the role of the teacher leader. Working with teams to make curricular change in a school setting, demands both skills and knowledge. This one-of-a-kind course will help teachers and team leaders hone skills in this vital area.  Using actual units of study, case studies, and other practical curriculum tools, participants will develop skills in:

• Analyzing the current state of curriculum in their school
• Determining the essential components of a curriculum that focuses on quality student learning
• Discovering how the teaching and learning cycle relates to curriculum, assessment, and instruction
• Utilizing the steps in developing a quality curriculum
• Developing assessments that reflect student learning of the intended curriculum
• Understanding factors that lead to sustainability of the written curriculum
• Determining strategies for facilitating a curriculum development project in their school
• Supporting teams and enhancing curriculum approaches as a teacher leader

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Join 1800+ teachers and administrators from Hawai‘i’s public, private, charter and parochial schools as they focus on how to best transform our existing schools and create new learning environments for the 21st Century.

Regular Registration: June 1 - September 15

Ticket Prices: 

Register Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-schools-of-the-future-conference-registration-31173627158 

NEW!! Education Cheat Sheet: Helping Your Child with Math​

Released: April 16, 2018

http://honolulufamily.com/blogs/education-cheat-sheet-helping-your-child-with-math/​ 

Editor’s Note: The thing I had feared since Cassera started elementary school happened in second grade. She asked me to check her math homework and as I stared at what appeared to be a timeline with jumps, backwards calculating and images, I had no idea what was going on. The way math is taught and calculated has changed since I was in school. So, if I don’t understand how my child is figuring things out, how can I help? Island Pacific Academy’s Stephanie Capen, Ph.D. has some advice. 

Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual "It's Great to be a Teacher in Hawaii" event at Leeward Community College on April 22. Who should attend?

• Substitute Teachers, Emergency Hires, Educational Assistants, Para Educators from any Hawaii public, private or charter school.

• Anyone interested in learning how to become a substitute or full-time teacher in a Hawaii public, private or charter school.

• Hawaii’s 4000+ substitute teachers to receive complimentary PD. 

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-great-to-be-a-teacher-in-hawaii-tickets-31363859147

ʿŌlelo is pleased to announce that the 2017 Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition OmniContest site is live and ready for your use.  

Teachers/Educators and College/University Students (ONLY), when you have a moment, please register as a primary Entrant by clicking on this hyperlink Olelo-2017YXC Once registered, then you may complete the online Entry Form and Upload & Submit entries by 11:59 p.m. HST on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. 

Teachers/Educators, to expedite the submission process, you may provide your students with your OmniContest username and password and have them complete the online Entry Form and Upload & Submit their respective entries.

NOTE:  The online process allows for a paperless workflow. Therefore, instead of having to print and sign the entry/cablecast release form, you need only acknowledge understanding of the release prior to submitting each entry. Also, it is important to note that the system will not allow you to submit an entry until it has created a compressed file for streaming and judging. 

Just a reminder, you have until 11:59pm HST on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 to submit entries

Again, visit www.olelo.org/YXC for more information.  If you have questions, please send an email to youthxchange@olelo.org.

HOW TO CREATE AN ENTRANT ACCOUNT (Teachers and College Students ONLY):

Step 1: Review competition rules and regulations by clicking on the Rules tab.

Step 2: Click on the Register hyperlink (next to Login Now button), type your email address and press Submit button, and then proceed to completing your Entrant profile. Be sure to save and submit your Entrant form. 

HOW TO UPLOAD AND SUBMIT ENTRIES:

Teachers and College students, once your Entrant profile has been successfully set-up, you will then be able to:

Step 3: Create an entry by clicking on the Add Entry button. Fill out the entire entry form once for each entry.

Step 4: Review your entry/entries by clicking on the View Entries button.

Step 5: Submit your entry/entries by returning to the View Entries button.  Click on PDF button to generate Online Entry Form that needs to be signed and submitted via email to youthxchange@olelo.org by Friday, March 3, 2017.

NOTE:  Teachers/Educators, to assist with uploading and submitting entries, you may provide your Entrant username and password, along with the above instructions (steps 3 - 5), to your students.  Your students can then login from their workstations to upload and submit entries.

Date: Oahu: January 30 Maui: January 31  

The Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) is pleased to announce a Professional Learning Community (PLC) Workshop, which will take place on January 30 (Oahu) and January 31 (Maui) . Professional Learning Communities represent the best organizing process for the 21st Century learner and it is through the PLC framework that, when successfully accomplished, students will reach the highest levels of learning.

The Hawai’i PLC will be run by Dr. Tim Stuart, Executive Director of Strategic Programs at Singapore American School.

Institute and Registration Information:
During the PLC Workshop, participants will learn how to engage students in taking collective responsibility for their own learning by framing the 4 PLC questions around their own experiences:

1. What do I need to know and be able to do?

2. How will I know that I have learned it?
3. What will I do if I am not learning?
4. What will I do if I already know it?

By bringing students into the PLC conversations, schools can increase student agency, create relevant learning experiences, and offer authentic assessment opportunities for students to accelerate their own learning. 

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For More Information: Click Here

To access the 2018 Private School Guide please click here.  

The first annual Leading Schools of the Future (LSOTF) Conference will take place April 6-8, 2017 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Join heads of school, trustees, development directors, business and HR managers, communication directors, admissions directors, facilities managers, athletic directors, and other school leadership, as we "reconstruct this place we call school." The program promises to not disappoint, featuring aspects of both traditional conferences as well as customized components, designed specifically to meet the needs of our schools.

Registration for Leading Schools of the Future Conference: 

HAIS represents independent education at various conferences, events and festivals. Click here to find out where we will be this year. 

The Hawai'i Association of Independent Schools is offering a new program called HAIS Schools Re-Use. This program will allow HAIS Full Member schools to post items that they would like to donate to other schools (ex: ipads, computers, office furniture etc). Any HAIS Member school can then complete an inquiry form, which will go directly to the listing school. For complete details about this program and for information on listing an item, please visit the HAIS webpage.