September 29 and 30, 2014; November 30, 2014; December 11, 2014 | Building Foundational Reading Skills
PLC convened 40 participants, comprised of teachers and administrators, in a four-day professional development training called Building Foundational Reading Skills (BFRS). The BFRS training focused on explicit and systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics,...
September 2014 | PLC Receives $3.0 Million Federal Grant Award
PLC was awarded (a) $2,970,698 for its federal grant application, Pihana Hou: An RTI Approach Building Early Reading Skills in Schools and Communities. Its central mission is to deliver supplemental services, focused on early reading and behavior supports, designed...
August 12, 2014 | PLC Launches Interactive Electronic Parent/Teacher Resource – Supporting Your Beginning Reader
This electronic flip book, based on popular hard copy rendition developed through one of PLC’s grant funded projects, provides teachers and parents with an overview of essential early literacy skills that researchers have identified as those children need to acquire...
January 28 and 29, 2014 | PLC Hosts Best Practices in Reading, Mathematics, and Positive Behavior Support
PLC convened 60 participants, comprised of teachers and administrators, in a professional development training called Best Practices in Reading, Mathematics, and Positive Behavior Supports. The training was facilitated by national and international experts...
October 29, 2013 | PLC Develops UH College of Education’s First Mobile App – Pihana ABCs
The College of Education, Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), Literacy and Hawaiian Education Office, announced the release of its first mobile tablet application developed by the Piha Pono project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education,...
August 26 and 27, 2013 | School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports
On August 26–27, 2013, the project hosted a two-day professional development training session featuring Dr. George Sugai, Director of the Center for Behavioral Education & Research, University of Connecticut. Dr. Sugai facilitated 150 participants, comprising...