HERA

Hawai‘i Educational Research Association

30th Annual Conference
University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center
January 26, 2008

Sponsored by Curriculum Research & Development Group and PDK/Hawaii Chapter

Featuring Keynote Presentations, Symposia & Papers
including the
2008 HERA Distinguished Paper Award Winner

Keynote Speakers:
Yvonne Chan

Dr. Chan is the Principal of the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center which serves 2,000 students in Pacoima.  She has pushed the limits of education and social reform including class size reduction, universal preschool, accelerated English learning, special education full inclusion, longer school day and longer school year, school-based clinic, on-site museum, family center/business co-op, interagency services, adult education, university professional development center, teacher peer-review and performance pay system.  High school students study global issues, take 4-year Mandarin Chinese and complete 60 community college credits.

Dr. Chan’s work is widely replicated across the nation. Her passion for education has spanned nearly 40 years, since her humble beginning as an elementary school teacher in 1968. Arriving in the U.S. alone at age 17 with just $100, Dr. Chan set out to pursue the American Dream – a dream she realized and a dream to which she now teaches countless others to aspire.

Ku Kahakalau

Ku Kahakalau is a native Hawaiian educator, researcher, song-writer, native practitioner, and expert in Hawaiian language, history and culture residing in Kukuihaele on the Island of Hawai’i.    As founder and president of the Kanu o ka ‘Aina Learning ‘Ohana, she has created and oversees an innovative family of programs that are community-based, family-oriented and culturally-driven and serve thousands of native Hawaiians from infants to elders.  All programs are grounded in a Pedagogy of Aloha thatis at once ancient and modern, and presents unprecedented potential to address the distinctive needs of Hawaii’s native population.

For over a decade, Ku has researched the impact of Hawaiian-focused education on native student performance, using a unique mixed research methodology called Indigenous Heuristic Action Research, developed by Ku as part of her doctoral work in Indigenous Education.  This methodology is at once ancient and modern, aligning traditional Hawaiian research methods with heuristic practices and using both modern and traditional methods of dissemination.

Read more about our Keynote Speakers

 


— Hawai‘i Educational Research Association—

Program

30th Annual Conference • Saturday, January 26, 2008
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa • Campus Center Ballroom

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8:00 – 8:30
Registration and Refreshments (Ballroom C)

8:30 – 8:45
Plenary Session (Ballroom B)
Welcome
Introduction of Conference Sponsors
     HERA Officers and Board of Directors
     CRDG and PDK/Hawaii Representatives
Announcements
     2008 Distinguished Paper Award Presentation

8:45 – 9:45
Plenary Session (Ballroom B)
Keynote Address: Yvonne Chan, Principal, Vaughn New Century Learning Center

9:45 – 10:00
Refreshment Break

10:00 – 10:50
Session I for Papers and Symposia (Rooms 306–310 and Ballroom B)

10:50 – 11:10
Break

11:10 – 12:00
Session II for Papers (Rooms 306–310 and Ballroom B)

12:00 – 12:30

Lunch catered by Kahala Caterers (Ballroom A)

Mango chutney glazed chicken (regular) and a stir fry vegetable medley (vegetarian), with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, royal Waimanalo salad, and plantation iced tea

12:30 – 1:15

Plenary Session (Ballroom B)
Keynote Address: Ku Kahakalau, Principal, Kanu o ka 'Aina Charter School

1:30 – 2:20
Session III for Papers and Symposia (Rooms 306–310)

2:20 – 2:40
Break

 2:40 – 3:30
Session IV for Papers and Symposia (Rooms 306–310)

3:30 – 4:30
HERA Membership Meeting (Ballroom B)
     Election of Officers

Conference Fees
 
Regular Registration
October 31, 2007- January 10, 2008
Late Registration
January 11 - January 26, 2008
Member
$30.00
$60.00
Non Member
$50.00
$60.00

 

2008 Conference Waiver Award
Up to 20 available

The Peter Dunn-Rankin Graduate Student Waiver program is geared to encourage graduate students whose goals are to contribute to educational research in Hawaii. Graduate students need not be members of a school or college of education. Students from all disciplines are welcome. Up to fifteen total waivers will be awarded on January 7, 2008 for registration to the 2008 HERA Conference.

An anonymous sponsor is also inviting administrators of current and future charter schools to apply for a conference waiver award. The sponsor hopes to attract charter school administrators who currently transform and apply or want to transform results of educational research in their school's practice. Up to five total waivers will be awarded on January 7, 2008 for registration to the 2008 HERA Conference .

Criteria for Graduate Student

* Must be at least a half-time student in good standing at any institution on higher education.
* Student is responsible for own membership fee ($10).
* Must submit a personal statement by 4pm HST, December 28, 2007 January 4, 2008.
* Be reachable via email on January 7, 2008 for notification of waiver award.
* Accept award by January 9, 2008.
* Become a member of or renew 2008 membership to HERA.

Criteria for Administrator

* A current principal or equivalent administrator at any Hawaii current or potential charter school.
* Administrator is responsible for own membership fee ($15).
* Must submit a personal statement by 4pm HST, December 28, 2007 January 4, 2008.
* Be reachable via email on January 7, 2008 for notification of waiver award.
* Accept award by January 9, 2008.
* Become a member of or renew 2008 membership to HERA.

Personal Statement Guidelines

Craft a personal statement is to be no more than 500 words and submit the statement to herainfo@hawaii.edu by December 28, 2007. Acceptable formats for the documents are .doc, .rtf, .pdf or pasted into the email. Please address the following two guiding questions in the personal statement:
1. What do you consider the biggest challenges in Hawaii's educational system?
2. How do you envision HERA can positively contribute to policy, practice, accountability, etc. in education?

Please direct all questions to herainfo@hawaii.edu, or call Truc Nguyen at 956-6507 or Kathy Berg at 956-4952.

 


Conference fees include refreshments and lunch, if received before our lunch reservation deadline of January 11, 2008. Registration after January 11, 2008 carries no guarantee of lunch. All-day parking on campus is $3. For more information, write to herainfo@hawaii.edu, or call Kathleen Berg 956-4952 or Truc Nguyen 956-6507.

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