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Foundations to Build On | pg.6
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Weathering Transitions
The University of Hawai‘i, and in particular the College of Education, found itself in a year of interims in 2007: the Mānoa campus saw interims filling chancellor and vice-chancellor positions, while the COE was headed by an interim dean in the person of CRDG Director Don Young. In CRDG, the associate director became the acting director, and the University Laboratory School continued with an interim principal.

The loss of facilities from the fire in June 2006, which resulted in the relocation of classrooms and offices to temporary and shared spaces in 2007, added to the sense of transition. Finally, several recent retirements had opened positions for new, young staff with an abundance of energy and new ideas, but little grounding in the theories that defined CRDG. This, in turn, gave rise to a return to our roots through a series of discussions that challenged and invigorated the entire unit.

Given the definition of interim as “temporary” or “an interval in which continuity is suspended,” the expectations for CRDG in 2007 might reasonably have been for chaos, or at best, to simply remain in a holding pattern. Ultimately, however, continuity was not suspended, and the label temporary was not relevant. CRDG weathered these transitions, continuing its research, forging new partnerships and relationships, building curriculum, and taking leadership roles in educational initiatives. As the year ended, positions were filled. Portable buildings were completed and furnished. Interims were welcomed back to their previous positions with renewed spirit and perspective and new resolve for the future. The CRDG community was strengthened in this year of transition by the collegiality and professional growth of its members and by adhering to the foundations on which it was built.

Our Roots

2001
 ULS becomes a charter school and is renamed the Education Laboratory: A Hawai‘i New Century Public Charter School. CRDG continues to operate the school as a laboratory for curriculum R & D.
2000
 CRDG merges with the College of Education. ULS applies for charter school status.
1996
 CRDG, along with other research units, reorganizes under the UH Office of the Senior Vice President for Research.
1969
 The Hawaii Curriculum Center is phased out and ULS comes under a new College of Education unit known as the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG).
1966
 ULS becomes part of a new entity, the Hawaii Curriculum Center. This is a joint operation of the Hawai‘i Department of Education and the University of Hawai‘i to develop curriculum programs and materials for schools.
1959
 Teachers College becomes the College of Education, and Hawai‘i becomes the fiftieth state.
1948
 University High School Building 2 is constructed adjacent to Building 1. The University Laboratory School (ULS) now offers a complete K–12 curriculum. Hubert Everly (later dean of the College of Education) becomes the principal.
1943
 University High School Building 1 on the Metcalf Street side of Teachers College is completed.
1941–45
 Punahou School, displaced by the military occupying its campus, moves into Castle Memorial Hall and other buildings, but Teachers College continues to operate.
1939–41
 An elementary school (University Elementary School) is built on Metcalf Street as part of Teachers College. Construction begins on Castle Memorial Hall, a training center for kindergarten and nursery school teachers. 1895 A teacher training department is formed at Honolulu High School, located in Princess Ruth’s former mansion (now Central Intermediate School).
1931
 The legislature transfers the Territorial Normal and Training School to the School of Education. The School of Education is renamed Teachers College.
1930
 The school moves to a new 15-acre site (once a pig farm) adjoining the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The University’s Department of Secondary Education becomes the School of Education.
1921
 Benjamin Wist becomes the principal of the school.
1905
 After annexation, Hawai‘i becomes a U.S. territory. Honolulu Normal and Training School is renamed Territorial Normal and Training School, and moves to Lunalilo and Quarry streets.
1896
 The teacher training department moves to Victoria and Young Streets and is renamed Honolulu Normal and Training School.

 

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