Program: Get Fit
Date: Thu Oct 06, 2011 - 1:41:31 pm
1) List your program's student outcomes.
Student Outcomes are related directly to the mission and vision of Get FIT. Please below for the Get FIT Mission & Vision:
The College of Education’s (COE) Manoa Partnerships supports programs, in partnership with other UH colleges, departments, the community and other organizations, for students, especially those from underrepresented minorities and the Native Hawaiian Community, to explore the possibilities of teaching, learning about leadership skills, and immersing themselves in the study of cultural implications of teaching and learning. The goal is to home-grow teachers who will bring their knowledge and understanding back to their own communities. Get FIT, a program within Manoa Partnerships, is an exploratory pre-education program for UH students who are interested in teaching and hopefully plan to apply to the UHM College of Education. It also offers support for students already admitted to the College of Education. The program offers stipends to students (Get FIT Scholars), both residential and non-residential, interested in broadening their understanding of the field of education and also serving the community through a comprehensive service-learning project.
Get FIT also works with high schools on the neighbor islands, and thus helps foster a greater awareness of opportunities available to high school students who think they are interested in becoming teachers. This work is being is now being integrated with the Get FIT Scholars as they mentor and provide information to high school students.
2010-2011 Accomplishments:
22 Get FIT Scholars, who are interested or are already in the field of education, were awarded $1,000 stipends. These Scholars, a third of whom were Native Hawaiian, ranged from first year to graduate students, and participated in a number of special College of Education events. These Scholars also created and participated in 20 education focused service learning projects in the community both on Oahu and Maui. These diverse projects included tutoring at Kihei, Kaimiloa, and Ma‘ema‘e Elementary Schools; working with first grade students at Ala Wai Elementary School and Native Hawaiian students at Nanaikapono Elementary School; helping the COE Student Association to create a video for incoming students on college life; and being a tech coordinator for Kailua Elementary’s video club.
Membership in Get FIT was 359, comprised of Native Hawaiian students, Teacher Cadet High School students, first year to graduate students, community college students, the Get FIT/College of Education (COE) Residential Learning Program students, outer Island students and College of Education classes and students.
Get FIT visited Teacher Cadet Schools in the community, visited the education ACE programs, attended various University of Hawai‘i and COE recruitment events, and offered Praxis I Study Aids and other direct support services to prospective COE applicants.
2011-2012 Progress:
30 Get FIT Scholars, who are interested in or are already in the field of education, were accepted into the 2011-2012 Get FIT Scholars program. These Scholars range from first year to graduate students, and include 13 Native Hawaiian students. These students have already participated in a number of special Get FIT/College of Education events. These Scholars are currently creating, under the guidance and direction of the Director of Get FIT Dr. Margit Watts, a large scale-mentoring program focused on serving Native Hawaiian high school students on the Island of Hawai‘i.
Membership in Get FIT is currently 425, comprised of Native Hawaiian students, Get FIT Scholars, Teacher Cadet High School students, first year to graduate students, community college students, the Get FIT/College of Education Residential Learning Program students, outer Island students and College of Education classes and students.
Get FIT attended COE recruitment and welcome events and classes, and continues to offer Praxis I Study Aids and other direct support services to prospective COE applicants.
2) Where are your program's student outcomes published? Mark all that apply and include URLs when appropriate.
Program's Website. URL: Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: 
Other: They are given in reports like this, and in grant reports. Other: 3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
4) For the period June 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
1) To keep enrolling Native Hawaiian students in Get FIT who are interested in education.
The first Get FIT Scholar cohort was almost a third Native Hawaiian. The overall Get FIT Native Hawaiian membership stood at 41 (about 10%)
2) To start the Get FIT Scholars Program - total enrollment, events attended, and successful completion of service-learning projects:
22 students were Get FIT Scholars in 2010-2011, seven events were held during both fall and spring semesters and 20 service-learning education focused projects were completed by May 2011.
3) To attend recruitment events both on and off campus in order to reach education focused students entering the UH Manoa system, either as first years, community college attendees, or transfers:
Attended 12 events, reached approximately 100 students.
4) To support prospective COE students in their application process:
8 Get FIT students are now in the College of Education or have graduated in May 2011. Get FIT staff also met with 20 more students who were seeking support in the application process. The Director, Dr. Margit Watts, also taught ITE 399 in which 11 students gained their 40 hours of needed fieldwork at the Laboratory School, very conveniently located for busy student schedules.
5) To initiate a COE Residential Learning Program in Johnson Hall:
14 students currently enrolled, seven of whom are also Get FIT Scholars
6) To support College of Education curriculum development, classes and students, especially in regard to culturally based immersion curriculum activities
Marketed a complement of COE course to Get FIT students, especially first year and sophomore students.
Created an on-line component of ITE 360 for Maui
Funded numerous culturally based field trips and one weekend event in fall 2010 and spring 2011 and in September 2011 for ITE 360, Get FIT students and other COE students. These field trips partnered with organizations such as the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Pacific American Foundation, Hawai‘i Plantation Village, and Friends of Moku`ula.
Get FIT offered ITE 399 in which students can gain their COE 40 required hours of field work as applicants to the COE. In addition ITE 399 will be expanded to include an ethics designation for fall 2011 and the Director of Get FIT, Dr. Margit Watts, is developing another ITE course for first year students, and most specifically COE first year college students.
7) Create pipeline from high schools on Oahu and Outer Islands to UHM
Collaborated with the Teacher Cadet Program, met with Community College faculty, educators and staff and high school faculty on Kauai, Maui, and the Island of Hawai‘i. In addition, Get FIT sponsored an event on Molokai in September 2011 for high school students and faculty. Get FIT is forging links with teaching faculty for a Get FIT Molokai High School Club.
5) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question 4.
Get FIT Membership Sign-up and Numbers
Get FIT Scholars Program created
Stipends Awarded
Projects Completed
Events Attended
Students Advised/Supported
Course Offerings
COE Curriculum Development Support
Cultural Immersion Opportunities Funded
6) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Continuous data collection over time by two program staff, membership numbers, stipends awarded, projects completed, events attended, outreach activities and meetings, and cultural activities funded.
7) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected. Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean Other 8) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used a rubric or scoring guide Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute) Other: Reviewed participation rates, application forms, project goals and membership data9) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question 4, summarize the actual results.
As stated in Response 4, programmatic goals such as recruiting students interested in education, helping to creating a pipeline from high school to college for students, funding culturally immersive curriculum development and activities, focusing on Native Hawaiian and underserved populations, and developing new courses have been met and are ongoing.
10) What was learned from the results?
The creation of the Get FIT Scholars was a further refinement of the overall Get FIT objective, and further supports the notion that focused, directed, service-learning and stipend funded cohort activity is one of the most effective ways to help students succeed individually and as a group. Funding culturally immersive activities and curriculum invites appropriate diversity and expands educational horizons. Pipelines make a huge difference, that first contact made can endure for a student’s entire career and be a constant support.
11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
The Get FIT Scholars program was renewed and is even more successful this year with a larger scope to serve a potentially large Native Hawaiian student body on the Island of Hawai‘i. Get FIT students will continue to be supported in the ways outlined in this report. Native Hawaiian students will continue to be a focus. The planned course offerings will further target the first year experience.
12) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
It was successful, and Get FIT will continue the same process.
13) Other important information
The other entries in this report are comprehensive and complete. Get FIT looks forward to once again successfully serving students in the coming year.