HAWAI‘I P-20 APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Karen C. Lee has been named associate vice president and executive director of the Hawai‘i P-20 Partnerships for Education. Lee fills the position formerly held by Tammi Chun who left to serve in the Governor’s Office as education policy advisor. Since 2006, Lee held the position as associate vice president for student affairs for the University of Hawai‘i System, responsible for system-wide student affairs policies and student-related initiatives, such as financial aid policies, the Regents and Presidential Scholarship program, system-wide scholarships, student residency status related to tuition, and registration policies. “Karen has built strong relationships across the University working with student affairs officers and chancellors on every campus. She is widely praised for her interpersonal skills and her ability to work with diverse groups towards consensus,” said Linda Johnsrud, UH Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost. “She is a natural leader who focuses on 'getting the job done' and I believe she has the experience, skills and temperament to lead P-20 toward continued success.”
As executive director for Hawai‘i P-20, Lee is a senior member of a team charged with planning, developing, organizing and coordinating the program’s work on behalf of the partnership for education. She is responsible for supporting the Hawai‘i P-20 Council and overseeing Hawai‘i P-20 programs, including the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded Hawai‘i P-3 Initiative, which promotes partnerships within the early learning community to strengthen the continuum of early learning experiences for children, and the Step Up Campaign and GEAR UP Hawai‘i, projects designed to increase student readiness for post-high school success. She also guides the inter-agency team responsible for the design of a statewide longitudinal data system to inform policy and decision-making for the improvement of educational outcomes in Hawai‘i.
Lee has previously served as executive assistant to the UH president and as undergraduate coordinator of student academic services at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business. She has also been assistant dean of students and senior assistant director of admission at Columbia University and assistant dean of admission at Colgate University. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University and a doctorate from the University of Southern California.
2010 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INDICATORS REPORTS RELEASED
In partnership with the Department of Education and the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i P-20 released the 2010 College and Career Readiness Indicators Reports, which present information on how well graduates are prepared to meet the DOE’s Vision of a High School graduate.
Notable highlights from this year's reports include:
1. An average of fifty percent of public school high school graduates enter postsecondary education. Twenty-four percent of 2010 public high school graduating seniors went on to a four-year college and 26% percent went to a community college.
2. The University of Hawai‘i remains the top choice for public high school graduates. Forty percent of college-going students enrolled in Fall 2010 and went to one of the ten UH system campuses.
3. Thirty-six percent of Hawai‘i public school graduates who enrolled in the University of Hawai‘i system took a remedial math course and 33 percent took a remedial English course. An improvement by two percent in both remedial math and English courses from 2009.
4. Kalani High School topped the state, with 77 percent of its 2010 graduates enrolling in college while Nanakuli High School had the lowest college-going rate, 27 percent among non-charter high schools. A bright spot, however, is that the school's college-going rate increased by six percent over the previous year.
5. SAT scores increased slightly from 2009 to 2010:
Reading: 454 to 460, Math: 474 to 479, Writing: 441 to 442
6. University of Hawai‘i Mathematics and English Course Enrollments:
College Mathematics increased two percent from 18% to 20%
College English increased 1% from 35% to 36%
7. Hawai‘i State Assessment:
Class of 2010 took Reading and Math in 10th grade; Science in 11th grade
Reading scores increased from Class of 2009 to 2010: 60% to 62%
Math scores increased from Class of 2009 to 2010: 39% to 43%
Science scores decreased from Class of 2009 to 2010: 27% to 24%
For complete CCRI School Summaries and Technical Report click here.
HAWAI‘I P-3 ADDS A NEW EARLY EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION SITE ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND
A supplemental grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will support a fifth P-3 demonstration project in the the Ka‘u-Kea‘au-Pahoa complex area and scale up P-3 activities in the Windward District, facilitating the alignment of early childhood education programs and elementary schools with the goal of all children reading at grade level by third grade.
Ka'u-Kea'au-Pahoa complex is considered a "Zone of School Innovation", a major strategy of the state's Race to the Top effort. Hawai‘i P-3 alignment wiht the "Zones" facilitates coordination of Race to the Top funded early childhood subsidies, engagement of early learning programs, and instructional improvement efforts for children. With the addition of this new site, Hawai‘i P03's demonstration projects now serve eleven early childhood programs and 47 elementary schools in the state of Hawai‘i.
"This new P-3 demonstration project will be another vehicle to inform and build system-level school readiness approaches to help close the achievement gap for vulnerable children," says Hugh Dunn, Director of Early Learning Programs for Hawai‘i P-20.
Hawai‘i P-3's five demonstration projects will serve as a proof of concept for the development of a comprehensive P-3 model that supports research-based and developmentally-appropriate practices, culturally appropriate instruction, quality professional development, data sharing across entities, and enhanced alignment and integration of programs supporting children's school readiness in Hawai‘i.
OVER 12,000 STUDENTS STEPPING UP FOR SUCCESS
The 2010-2011 pledge program for Classes of 2014 and 2015 officially closed on May 31. Over the past two years, the program has grown to over 12,000 students statewide who have "stepped up" to make a commitment to prepare themselves for career and college readiness by earning the Board of Education "Step Up" Recognition Diploma.
This year, over thirty middle and high schools pledged fifty percent or more of their 8th and 9th grade classes.
High Schools - Class of 2014
Ke Kula Kaiapuni O Anuenue*
Aiea High School
Hana High & Elementary School*
Hawaii Technology Academy
Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino*
Ke Kula O Nawahiokalaniopuu*
Mililani High School*
Kohala High School
Maui High School
McKinley High School
Paauilo Elementary & Intermediate School
Pearl City High School
Roosevelt High School
Waiakea High School
Waialua High School
* Schools that reached 75%
Middle Schools - Class of 2015
Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino*
Ke Kula Kaiapuni O Anuenue*
Central Middle School
Highland Intermediate School
Hana High & Intermediate School
Honokaa High & Intermediate
Jarrett Middle School
Kalakaua Middle School
Kalanianaole Elementary & Intermediate School
Ke Kula O Nawahiokalaniopuu
King Intermediate School
Kohala Middle School
Mililani Middle School
Paauilo Elementary & Intermediate School
Stevenson Middle School
Waimea Canyon Middle School
Waikoloa Elementary & Intermediate School
Waimea Middle School
Washington Middle School
Waipahu Intermediate School
* Schools that reached 75%
For a complete listing of pledges by school click here.
BELIEVING THE COLLEGE DREAM
On April 27, over 100 educators, counselors, and community leaders came together for the Believing the College Dream workshop. The all-day interactive training session sponsored by Hawai‘i P-20 and the ECMC Foundation focused on sharing curriculum to prepare students and families in grades 4-8 for successful transitions along the academic pipeline from elementary school through middle school, high school and on to postsecondary education.
The workshop is part of an on-going effort to provide educators and the community with resources to educate and encourage youth in their programs to pursue higher education. Each participant received a curriculum binder to individualize for their students and use in a variety of settings (classroom, after-school, faith & community based organizations). Instructional strategies are hands-on and interactive, and the lessons are aligned with national curriculum standards in writing, mathematics, social studies, and technology.
For more information on the workshp or to see a sample of the curriculum, please contact Lesli Yogi at lyogi@hawaii.edu.
NEW GEAR UP GRANT OPPORTUNITY
Hawai‘i P-20's GEAR UP program is working on a $22 million proposal for another round of financing that would continue the program from 2011 to 2018. GEAR UP serves low-income students in grades 7-12 in public schools throughout the state. The framework of the proposal will be focused around three major initiatives: 1) Increasing academic performance and preparation for post-secondary education of GEAR UP students. 2) Increasing the rate of high school graduation and participation in post-secondary education for GEAR UP students. 3) Increasing GEAR UP students' and their families' knowledge of post-secondary education options, preparation and financing.
Grant applications are due July 14 and notice of award recipients will be announced by September 30, 2011.