Video/DVD:  Literacy Strategies that Work School/Agency: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center on Disability Studies Funded by: Office of Special Education Programs State Improvement Grant # 11323A99018 Department of Education, State of Hawaii Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Purpose: Create a video/DVD highlighting three exemplary schools that  demonstrate how meaningful relationships are central to developing literacy skills for all students to succeed. Show teachers using innovative approaches to learning to help both new and experienced educators further develop their own literacy programs. Objective: ReadWriteHawaii wrote and co-produced Literacy Strategies that Work (video/DVD) for teacher training in school districts and university settings. Literacy Strategies that Work shows students, teachers and the community from three schools (elementary, middle school and high school) working collaboratively toward authentic literacy achievement for every learner. Timeline: Project development, 2003-2004; Dissemination, 2004 back to top

Safe Schools Curriculum School/Agency: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Curriculum Research Development Group Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Purpose: The Safe Schools Curriculum introduces teachers, guidance counselors, school psychologists and others to the issues of school safety for children of military families and provides resources for school personnel to use to support the families they serve. Objective: Develop a website to teach strategies supporting the school safety of military children: anti-bullying, conflict resolution, hate intervention and prevention, gang resistance and prevention, substance abuse intervention and prevention and depression and suicide intervention and prevention. ReadWriteHawaii constructed a developmental curriculum that integrated the teaching of school safety concepts, children’s and young adult literature, and literacy strategies to promote self-efficacy, a sense of safety in the learning environment and academic success. Timeline: Project development: 2003 back to top

Educating the Military Child: On-line Course for Educators School/Agency: Department of Defense, United States of America Location: Every school, nationally and internationally, that serves children of military families. Purpose: Introduce teachers, guidance counselors, school psychologists and others to the issues of children of military families who move frequently and/or deal with the challenges of separation during deployment. Develop an online, graduate course and website to teach strategies supporting the educational, emotional and social needs of military children. Objective: ReadWriteHawaii is integrating the teaching of coping skills, children’s and young adult literature, and literacy strategies into established curriculum to promote self-confidence, a sense of belonging and academic success into the online course and website: Educating the Military Child. ReadWriteHawaii is also developing frameworks for and producing demonstration videos of the integrated curriculum in local classrooms grades K-12. Timeline: Project development: 2004-2005 back to top

He’eia Fish Pond Demonstration Project School/Agency: He’eia Fish Pond Demonstration Project Location: In the ahupua’a (land division) of He’eia, on the Windward side of O’ahu, Hawai’i Purpose: Develop an Educational Framework to guide development, implementation, and evaluation of ongoing curriculum, instruction, assessment and the learning community. Objective: ReadWriteHawaii aligns the Educational Framework with Hawaii Content Performance Standards (HCPS) for Science and Language Arts (grades 6-12) and Na Honua Mauli Ola: Hawai’i Guidelines for Culturally Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments (developed by the Native Hawaiian Education Council in partnership with Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani College of Hawaiian Language, UH-Hilo; 2002). Provides teacher training workshops and one-year pre/post program evaluation. Timeline: Project development, implementation and evaluation: 2004-2005       back to top

Saint Louis School School/Agency: Saint Louis School Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i Purpose: Provide standards-based curriculum, instruction and assessment support for the Title I and Reading Enrichment programs of the Saint Louis School English Department. Objective: ReadWriteHawaii develops and models literacy strategies for instruction and assessment for struggling readers grades 10-12. Focuses and documents student achievement with project-based learning and portfolios aligned with Hawaii Content Performance Standards (HCPS) for Language Arts; Reading and Writing. Timeline: Project development: 2004-2005 back to top

Workshops: Content Area Strategies for Struggling Readers – Middle School and High School Purpose: Teaching and assessment strategies for struggling, adolescent readers. A training series for educators teaching grades 6-8 and 9-12. Objective: ReadWriteHawaii provides educators and staff with a developmental training model that is aligned with state performance and teaching standards. The training series provides participants with the tools to make a difference in the lives and literacies of the students they teach. Each training series is developed to meet the needs of the individual school, teachers, students and families they serve. Timeline: Contact Us for information. back to top