Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu: Presentations

Presenters in this strand will share specific units, lessons, resources, programs and elements of their practice that we can all benefit and learn from in a variety of educational contexts, mainly online.

Important Notes:

Presentations below are listed in the scheduled order of sessions on Conference Day, Feb. 12, 2021.

Each presentation session has a cap of 300 participants.

We appreciate your understanding if your first choice session is filled due to the incredible volume of interested registrants. Please enjoy any one of our many other presentations during that time. Also, please take comfort in knowing that all presentation sessions will be recorded. After recordings are processed they will then be posted on this website. In the nature of our conference, all conference recordings will be available free to all. Mahalo for helping to honor the rich ʻike of our kūpuna by listening to and passing on the lessons learned to our future generations.

Session 1 Presentations: 9:30 - 10:30 AM Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST)

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Session 1.4

Hawaiian Culture Based Approaches to Data: Education and Instruction Grounded in Hawaiian Culture Necessitates Culturally Responsive Methodologies

Kamehameha Schools (KS) provides Hawaiian Culture Based Education (HCBE) to Department of Education schools across the State of Hawaiʻi. KS Kumu have brought HCBE to haumāna at Pāhoa elementary and we have worked directly with these kumu to capture data showing the impact of programming. In order to align with the Hawaiian Culture Based approach to instruction, we feel strongly that a similar approach must be incorporated in data collection, analysis, and reporting. In this presentation we will provide an overview of the methodologies and adapted tools that we use in our Hawaiian Culture Based approach. Data presented was collected while working with Kumu Nick Francisco at Pāhoa Elementary, who’s ʻIke Hawaiʻi program has fostered a Sense of Responsibility and a Sense of Belonging in Pāhoa Elementary haumāna. Please join us for a presentation on these findings, focusing on a Hawaiian Culture Based approach to data. Mahalo! #allhcbe2021

Presented by: Chad Otoshi, Ph. D. & Claire Stabile Ph. D.

Organization: Kamehameha Schools: Strategy and Transformation Division S

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 9:30 - 10:30 AM (HST)

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Session 1.5

Na Hopena A'o: HA as our CORE to Leading, Teaching and Learning at Mountain View Elementary

E lawe i ke a‘o a mālama, a e ‘oi mau ka na‘auao: She who takes her teachings and applies them increases her knowledge. Na Hopena A'o: HA is used as our CORE, our Compass, to leading, teaching and learning. Over the last several years MVES along with our Partners, Kamehameha Schools Kealapono have had the opportunities to conduct successful professional development that has led to positive student impact. The support of Complex Area Superintendent, Chad Keone Farias has helped Principal Wilma Roddy bring her staff to collaborate collectively around Hawaiian Culture Based Education and best practices. Come listen to how HA has helped us in our continued learning and growth and how it might help you to implement HA.

Presented by: Keone Farias (Complex Area Superintendent), Wilma Roddy (Principal), Debbie Collins (Vice Principal) & Natalie Laua'e Poy (Kumu)

Organization: Mountain View Elementary School, KKP Complex Area, Hawaiʻi DOE, Moku o Keawe (Hawaii Island)

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 9:30 - 10:30 AM (HST)

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Session 1.6

Poi to the World! Providing Access to the Learning Experience

Rod, DJ, and Hayden will share some mana'o on designing learning experiences for our haumana. They will also show ways they have leveraged basic apps/technology to enhance their instruction during this time of COVID-19.

Presented by: Rod Floro, DJ High & Hayden Konanui-Tucker

Organization: Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiʻi Campus, Kula Waena

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 9:30 - 10:30 AM (HST)

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Session 2 Presentations: 10:30 - 11:30 AM Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST)

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Session 2.4

E Kui I Ka Lei Makalapua

Resilience has always been a trait that Hawaiians have possessed from voyaging to sustaining themselves on the ʻāina to living through pandemics in years past. Since the beginning of this Covid-19 pandemic, educators have also had to embody being resilient and learning how to adopt best practices in order to learn to engage and inspire the next generation of pua. E kui pū kākou, he lei makalapua, as Kaiwi shares specific ways that have helped learners to grasp learning ʻŌlelo in his digital classroom. The goal of this session is to share reflective experiences, challenges, and tools that have worked over the past year to other educators in teaching in this digital space on Zoom.

Presented by: Kaiwi Hāmākua-Mākuʻe

Organization: Kamehameha Middle School - Kapālama

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 10:30 - 11:30 AM (HST)

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Session 2.5

Waihona Online Repository

Kanaeokana is working diligently to find innovative ways to support our kumu and haumāna during this time of school shutdowns and new teaching paradigms. We are pleased to offer up the Waihona online repository to our community of lāhui educators as one of many tools to empower educators and learners. Our team has been working around the clock to bring this online open source learning platform where kumu across the pae ʻāina can share ideas to support and elevate ʻIke Hawaiʻi and ʻŌlelo Hawai’i in relevant ways.

Presented by: Kanoe Wilson

Organization: Kanaeokana

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 10:30 - 11:30 AM (HST)

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Session 2.6

Using Community Resources To Build Resources for the Community

When speaking of place-based education and projects, the story-teller is just as important as the story-telling. Follow the journey of a native Hawaiian educator turned resource creator and see how two different moku were able to pull together to share their stories with the world.

Presented by: Kaʻiulani Kauihou

Organization: Hiʻohia Non-Profit Organization

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 10:30 - 11:30 AM (HST)

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Session 3 Presentations: 12:30 - 1:30 PM Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST)

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Session 3.4

Elevating ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and Fostering Aloha ʻĀina with Hawaiian Leveled Readers

The Pāhana ʻĀina Lupalupa and Kūkulu Kumuhana projects develop Hawaiian culture-based leveled science and social studies readers that elevate ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and foster aloha ʻāina. Educators from schools and organizations across Hawaiʻi are collaboratively creating 120 books offering valuable literacy support for diverse Hawaiian language- and culture-based educational contexts. The ʻĀina Lupalupa books, written in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and translated into English, take keiki on a journey into the diverse and unique ecosystems of Hawaiʻi. The Kūkulu Kumuhana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi collection builds understanding of the various meanings and cultural significance of piko, enjoyment of moʻolelo aliʻi and Pele, knowledge of aloha ʻāina heroes from four eras of Hawaiian history, and awareness of work integrating ʻōlelo and culture to advance aloha ʻāina in the 21st Century.

Presented by: Chris McAdoo & Kekaianiani Irwin

Organization: Kamehameha Publishing and Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center, Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at UH Hilo

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 12:30 - 1:30 PM (HST)

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Session 3.5

Connecting to Ancestral Legacies: Nourishing ʻĀina, Communities, and Haumāna Through the Wahi Kūpuna Internship Program

This presentation showcases Huliauapaʻa’s Wahi Kūpuna Internship Program (WKIP) and its role as a cultural, community, and ʻāina based program guided by Kanaka ʻŌiwi methodologies with the kuleana to care for our wahi kūpuna (ancestral places). The WKIP is a progressive educational program that utilizes an interdisciplinary curriculum approach to mentor the next generation of Native Hawaiian and kamaʻāina college haumāna to utilize their ʻike kupuna, connect to their wahi, obtain higher education degrees, and gain professional skills to become leaders in our communities. Through our holistic training model we weave together different sources of ʻike kupuna (ethnohistoric, ethnographic, archaeological) to help the haumāna develop a deeper pilina to their places and communities. Thus, through revitalizing our moʻolelo and histories and restoring our wahi kūpuna and our connections to these places, we are empowering our haumāna to reclaim our kuleana to mālama our sacred spaces once again.

Presented by: Kelley Uyeoka, Kekuewa Kikiloi & Lilia Merrin

Organization: Huliauapaʻa

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka Waiwai Noke Kumu @ 12:30 - 1:30 PM (HST)

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Session 3.6

OLA LOA

What does Hawaiian Culture Based Education look like through the lens of our kūpuna? As we take time to appreciate, reflect and explore the paths walked by our kūpuna, we realize that often we are walking similar paths. What can we learn about their resiliency and mental fortitude that will guide our efforts in HCBE? Through a guided deep dive into your own ancestral connections, we'll gain insight and a broader understanding of Hawaiian ways of teaching, learning and knowing.

Presented by: Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier

Organization: Kamehameha Schools Maui

Conference Strand & Time of Presentation: Ka ‘I‘ini o Ka ʻĀina Aloha @ 12:30 - 1:30 PM (HST)

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Additional Conference Information:

Each presentation session has a cap of 300 participants.

We appreciate your understanding if your first choice session is filled due to the incredible volume of interested participants. Please enjoy any one of our many other presentations during that time. Also, please take comfort in knowing that nearly all of our presenters will be recording their sessions. After recordings are processed they will then be posted on this website. All conference videos will be available free to all, in the nature of our conference. Mahalo for helping to honor the rich ʻ ike of our kūpuna by listening and passing on the lessons learned to our future generations.

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