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STATE OF HAWAl'I DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

P.O. BOX 2360 HONOLULU, HAWAl'I 96804

DR. CHRI STIN A M. KISHIMO TO SUPERINTENDE NT

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

October 17, 2017

TO: The Honorable Brian De Lima Chairperson~::Jes~u~ Committee

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~dent SUBJECT: Presentation on Hope Street Group's Teacher Empowerment and

Positivity Initiatives

1. DESCRIPTION

Hope Street Group, a national non-partisan, non-profit organization, established the Hawaii State Teacher Fellows Program in 2014. Since that time, the program (which is led locally) has resourced more than 60 of the Department of Education's outstanding teachers in understanding how to work with their peers and decisionmakers to appropriately influence actions at the state, complex area and school levels.

2. PRESENTATION

Kelly Miyamura, Director of the Hawaii State Teacher Fellows Program, Esther Paik, teacher from Daniel K. Inouye Elementary school and Kristen Brummel, Resource Teacher from the Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area, will deliver a presentation describing the program, highlighting its teacher leadership and collaboration initiatives.

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AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQ UAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Hawai'i State Teacher Fellows Program

Program Mission

TEACHER EXPERTISE &

LEADERSHIP DISPOSITIONS

SOLUTIONS ORIENTATION

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• To provide teachers with the skills and opportunities to inform policy with practitioner expertise

• To build teacher leaders that engage their peers and share their learning

• To grow a solutions-oriented culture where teachers actively take roles to shape and strengthen their profession

NEW SKILLS NETWORK APPROACH

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Alumni Leadership Team

Kelly Miyamura Hawai'i Director

Loretta Labrador (Kualapu'u El) & Dana Ishii (Sunset El) Facilitators of Trainings

Mathieu Williams (Kealakehe Inter) Statewide Engager

Danielle Mizuta & Shawna Gunnarson (RT, West HI Complex Area) Coaches

Jonathan Medeiros (Kauai HS) & Michael Kline (Kilauea El) Kaua 'i Fellowship Leads

Kristen Brummel (RT, KMR Complex Area) & Jonathan Medeiros Teacher Advisory Council

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Areas of Impact

State Level Complex Area Level School Level

Statewide Data Collection ECET2 Regional Convenings Micro-credential Training

Discussions with State Kauai Fellowship Pilot • Facilitating Difficult Leaders & Decision Makers Conversations

Strategic Positions to Build Publishing Teacher Writing Teacher Leadership • Coaching I Mentoring

Use of Social Media . PD Design & Facilitation I Adult Leaming Theory

ECET2 Hawaii Con ference

Special Projects : First Hawaii National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) Policy Summit in partnership with HSTA NBCT Network

10/11/2017

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Area of Impact > State > Statewide Data Collection

STATEWIDE DATA COLLECTION

> Topics o Common Core Implementation & PD o Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) o Strategic Plan Community Engagement o College & Career Readiness o Teacher Leadership Roles & Pathways

> Focus Groups & Online Surveys

> Data Informed Recommendations/Formal Report

» Dissemination of Findings

Time desired to prepare for full implem entation of new content standards :

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Recommendation:

A minimum of two years should be provided between standards

selection and full implementation

in schools.

Example Data Visualization from NGSS Data Collection

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Area of Impact > State> Publishing Teacher Writing & Social Media

TEACHER WRITING

> Op-Eds o Education Week - "Roots: Why We Must Support Non-English Speakers" o Civil Beat - "Creating A Safer World One Question At A Time" o Star Advertiser - "State embraces movement encouraging teacher-leadership"

» Blog Posts : Hawai i Teacher Voice o "How Every Student Succeeds in a Career Academy School" o "An Epidemic: The Power of Positive Leadership" o "Knowledge Discovered > Knowledge Gajned: The Case for Project-Based Learning·

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

» Twitter Chats o Scaling Leadership o School Culture

> Facebook Page o Hawaii Teacher Voice

EDUCATION WEEK

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CIVIL BEAT

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Area of Impact > State > ECET2 Hawai'i Conferences

ECET2 HAWAl 'I CONFERENCES (Elevating & Celebrating Effective Teachers & Teaching)

»- Statewide Conferences o Year 1: 100 Teachers o Year 2: 100 Teachers

:.> For Teachers By Teachers o Peer Nominations o "Why I Teach" Campaigns o Inspirational Keynotes o Breakout Sessions o Colleague Circles· Problems of Practice o Teacher Celebration Event

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State embraces movement encouraging teacher-leadership

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Area of Impact > Complex Area > ECET2 Regional Convenings

YEAR 3: Building Capacity, Scaling, and Complex Area Alignment

HAWAl 'I ECET2 REGIONAL CONVENINGS

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Area of Impact > Complex Area > Kaua'i Teacher Fellowship Pilot

KAUA'I LOCAL FELLOWSHIP

)> Quarterly Meetings with Principals )> Distributed Leadership Structure )> Incorporating Teacher & Student Voice )> Creating frameworks for collaboration

Areas of Impact > School > Micro-credential Training

MICRO-CREDENTIAL TRAINING

)> Facilitating Difficult Conversations

)> Peer Coaching I Mentoring

)> Professional Development Design & Facilitation I Adult Learning Theory

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Areas of Impact> School> Teacher Leadership & Voice

"Becoming empowered through the group {the fact of a true, passionate "fellow"ship among accomplished teacher leaders) allowed me to see myself from a new perspective and feel emboldened to pursue the professional development, school/district improvement initiatives, and an educational agenda that is central to my identity as an educator." Erin Medeiros, Kauai High School

"The most impactful part of the fellowship experience for me has been collaborating with incredible teachers who are passionate about leading from within. HSG has given me an opportunity not only to share ideas with other teacher leaders about how I think teaching and learning should look, but also has provided me with training, resources, and confidence to take action to make the change a reali ty. HSG has really pushed me to step outside my classroom and my comfort level to elevate the teaching profession from within. Lory Peroff, Waikiki Elementary

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Maha lo!

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Hawai'i State Teacher Fellows Program http://hopestreetgroup.org/impact/education/teacher-fellowships/hawaii/

kelly@hopestreetqroup.org

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