Date and Time: Friday, February 21, 2025 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm.

The College of Education (COE) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s teaching licensure programs aim to prepare all teacher candidates with professional dispositions rooted in Hawaiian language, culture, history, and place-based learning. The Assessment Leadership Group developed a culturally relevant assessment tool to evaluate teacher candidates’ professional dispositions that include self-assessment ratings and self-analysis narratives related to loina Hawaiʻi of kuleana, noʻonoʻo haʻawina, alu like, pilina and aloha ʻāina. We will present the process of tool construction, its components, results, and how we plan to use the assessment tool as a pedagogical device to advance culturally relevant education in COE.

Presenters:

‘Alohilani Okamura, EdD
Assistant Professor
School for Teacher Education
kayokamu@hawaii.edu

Jamie Simpson-Steele, PhD
Professor
School for Teacher Education
simpsonsteele@gmail.com

Jerae Kelly, PhD
Assisstant Professor
School for Teacher Education
jkelly6@hawaii.edu

Jaimie McMullen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Kinesiology & Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Education
jmcmulle@hawaii.edu