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Native Hawaiian Education Program Grant
The Ho'okulaiwi partnership has been awarded a $1.2 million grant for Project Nana i ka Pulapula: A Partnership to Improve Education for Native Hawaiian Children. The Manoa programs involved are the College of Education’s Ho'okulaiwi 'Aha Ho'ona'auao 'Oiwi and the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language.
Nana i ka Pulapula will be conducted primarily at Nanaikapono Elementary School in Nanakuli, but some services will be extended to students, teachers and community members in other Nanakuli/Wai‘anae locations with substantial Native Hawaiian populations. The project will focus on instructional approaches designed to best meet the needs of Hawaiian children.
Specific activities will include intensive literacy workshops facilitated by Manoa partners with continuous follow-up support provided by experienced onsite teachers; graduate level course work taught onsite; collaboration in the preparation of pre-service teachers recruited from Native Hawaiian communities; cultural workshops; an innovative home-school connection project; coordinated after school student services; and research on teacher professional development and curriculum development.