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Aloha HE'E Members and Participants,
HE'E and Community Meetings
HE'E Planning Meeting: Tuesday July 9, 2013, from 9-11am at The Learning Coalition
HE'E will have its regularly scheduled Planning Meeting on Tuesday July 9, 2013, at The Learning Coalition (validated parking at Ali'i Place). Along with updating members on the work being done on family-school partnerships and other HE'E activities, we will also discuss prospective legislation for the upcoming legislative session. Please see agenda here. Please RSVP to cheri@heecoalition.org if you can make it!
Safe Places for Youth Mini Conference: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, from 9:00am-12:00pm at State Capitol Conference Room 329
Senator Chun Oakland would like to extend this invitation to attend a Safe Places for Youth Mini Conference on July 10, 2013. Please see invitation here. Please also feel free to share with anyone who may be interested. Kindly RSVP to t.maae@capitol.hawaii.gov or 586-6130.
HE'E News
HE'E Family-School Partnership Initiative
HE'E has recently held two special meetings, focusing on actions that schools and families can do to improve family-school partnerships. The work and collaboration has been tremendous--Mahalo to all who have participated! The work from the last meeting are consolidated in the following documents. They are still working documents so please feel free to send comments. - HE'E Recommended Actions for Welcoming Families and Communicating Effectively
- Welcoming Families
- Communicating Effectively
We will give an update to members at the Planning Meeting on July 9.
HE'E Satisfaction Survey In March of 2013, we asked members to complete a HE'E Satisfaction Survey. We wanted to disclose the results of the survey. They are listed here. There were 14 members who participated in the survey. One item of interest is the results of question number 7, "What issues are you currently working on would like to work on?" The top three priorities were, "identifying best practices and modes in schools for family-school partnerships," "supporting an early learning system," and "addressing innovating funding for 21st century schools." Our effort to put together a family-school partnership action list was influenced by members' feedback. Please note that the results for question number 4 was not consistent as some members answered with 5 being the highest rating. while others answered with 1 being the highest rating. Mahalo to those who participated! HE'E Member News Conflict Management for Educators Workshop: July 9-13 Kerrie Urosevich, Executive Director of HE'E member Family Hui, is teaching a summer session course at UH called Conflict Management for Educators, beginning July 9th--Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:45-8:30, with a skills building workshop on Saturday, July 13th. There are still spots available! Please see syllabus here. Students will learn how to create and foster respectful classrooms where critical thinking, compassion and complex problem-solving are encouraged and expected. They will learn conflict resolution strategies they can use with students, colleagues and families. And finally, they will learn how to integrate peace building and conflict resolution skills into existing curriculum. For more information please contact Kerrie at urosevic@hawaii.edu. DOE Needing Community Members for End of Course Standards DOE is need of community members and parents for the End-of-Course standard setting scheduled for July 22-24. DOE would appreciate any assistance in reaching out to community and parents to sign up at the following site listed here. The site will be closed on Friday, July 12 at 4:30 p.m. Just a note that if the individual is selected, they will be notified by staff from the American Institutes for Research. Individuals should not attend any of the meetings, if they have not been contacted.
Standard Setting: Participants will recommend to the Department's three performance standards (cut scores) for the online assessments or exams. Standard setting is the means for identifying cut scores that indicate whether a student has achieved an established level of proficiency. It involves expert judgment that is informed by student performance data. The Department intends to identify four levels of student achievement: Well-Below Proficiency, Approaches Proficiency, Meets Proficiency and Exceeds Proficiency.
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Content Area
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Dates/Times*
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Stipend**
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Algebra I
| July 23 - 24, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | $250 ($125 per day) | |
Algebra II
| July 23 - 24, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | $250 ($125 per day) | |
Expository Writing I
| July 23 - 24, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | $250 ($125 per day) | |
U.S. History
| July 23 - 24, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | $250 ($125 per day) |
*A participant must be able to serve on all of the days that have been scheduled for a committee.
**The stipend provided for each content area committee may vary based on the number of hours required to complete the work.
If you need additional information, please call or e-mail Cara Tanimura 808-586-3283, Cara_Tanimura@notes.k12.hi.us, or Brian Reiter 808-733-4100, Brian_Reiter/SAS/HIDOE@notes.k12.hi.us
HE'E meeting notes posted on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-meeting-notes/ HE'E email archives on http://www.heecoalition.org/resources/hee-email-newsletter-archive | 
