HE’E Planning Meeting: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 9:00-11:00am at The Learning Coalition, 841 Bishop Street, Suite 301 (Validated Parking at Ali’i Place, 1099 Alakea Street)
HE’E is pleased to have Board of Education Member Patricia Halagao present to members on a conversation on Bilingual and English Language Learning (ELL) Education. More specifically, Board Member Halagao will touch upon promoting academic achievement of our ELL and multilingual student populations, meeting needs of these families and communities, and developing culturally, linguistically and community responsive policy.
After Board Member Halagao’s presentation, we will have a discussion on the Coalition’s priorities with respect to the proposed and revised Board of Education Policies (see link to policy revision here) as well as prospective legislation for the 2015 session.
The Board of Education has done a comprehensive audit on all of their policies and will be presenting the proposed revisions at upcoming Committee meetings starting in 2015. One of HE’E Coalition’s top priorities is to influence policies that affect pubic education. Therefore, commenting on these proposed revisions is a tremendous opportunity. Because the policy audit covered all policies, it would be prudent for the Coalition to narrow its focus and choose areas which members feel are most important. We will start this discussion at the December 9 meeting.
In addition, we will also discuss prospective items of support for the upcoming legislative session. Some of the issues that members have brought up thus far include funding for early education, air conditioning for schools and support for professional development. If you should have any ideas or priorities, please send them to cheri@heecoalition.org.
Please join us for an engaging discussion! Please RSVP to cheri@heecoalition.org if you can attend the meeting.