Presentations

Cultivating literacy & Connections: using literature to launch culturally responsive, concept based thematic unts

This presentation was given at the Radford Complex Summit in October 2023. I discuss the principles of progressive education, applying a concept-based lens to literature, and give suggestions for diverse literature to use that aligns with the HIDOE standards.

Using ‘åina literacy to craft concept-based inquiry in the classroom

“He aupuni palapala ko’u”: progressive education, philosophy and the pedagogy of the lāhui hawaiʻi

Given at the ʻEleu conference in February 2024, this presentation, geared towards Native Hawaiian educators and those within the HCBE space, explored the intersections of Western Progressive Education philosophies and Kanaka Hawaiʻi pedagogies and learning methodologies. I make the case here that progressive education is the most natural model for education for both Kanaka and non-Kanaka learners.

embedding the library in thematic units: primary sources and research skills

This is a presentation that I conduct every year at Hanahauʻoli School’s thematic institute in the summer. It advocates for the use of embedding information literacy skills and primary sources to help create an interdisciplinary curriculum. It also advocates for the role of the school librarian in a child’s learning.