by Hugh Dunn | Aug 27, 2015 | News and Events
The Pacific Literacy Consortium (PLC) team recently published its latest teacher resource, Ka Manaʻo Pono Hawaiʻi No Nā Kumu Kula Aupuni—Helpful Native Hawaiian Hints for Public Elementary School Teachers. Written in a simple, yet compelling, talk-story format, void...
by Hugh Dunn | Jul 24, 2015 | News and Events
The Pihana Letter Combinations adaptive learning mobile application is a product of PLC’s Pihana Hou project, a partnership between the Curriculum Research & Development Group, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Hawaiian Education Program, Hawaiʻi Department...
by Hugh Dunn | May 1, 2015 | News and Events
PLC partnered with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (HIDOE), Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support, School Library Services to give project school children and families, associated with 11 project sites, access to electronic books through OverDrive,...
by Hugh Dunn | Apr 28, 2015 | News and Events
On April 28, 2015, PLC hosted a teacher workshop called Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies (REWARDS). Thirty teachers from project site and non-project site schools attended this all-day session, facilitated by reading consultant,...
by Hugh Dunn | Jan 15, 2015 | News and Events
Across four days, PLC brought together 39 participants, comprising teachers and administrators, from 11 project sites. Collectively, the sessions focused on evidence-based practices for teaching reading to struggling students. The objective of the workshop was...
by Hugh Dunn | Nov 19, 2014 | News and Events
PLC convened 33 teachers for a two-day training (November 19–20) at the Mānoa Grand Ballroom called Whole Number Foundations for Kindergarten and Grade 1. Facilitated by Kathleen Jungjohann, instructor and researcher at the Center for Teaching and Learning, University...