Comments on: Non-traditional students discover they can with iCAN

By: Non Traditional Students discover they can with ICan at Kapi’olani Community College | Ka'u Rural Health Community Association, Inc.

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:24:03 +0000

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By: Richard Salvador

Richard Salvador — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:25:45 +0000

This is very nice. I am a ABE teacher at McKinley Community School for Adults and the iCAN classroom is next to mine. Several of my students transitioned to iCAN and I was happy to know they were receiving quality college and career readiness education and training. iCAN is a step higher in my ABE class where I also teach similar college and career readiness English reading and writing skills. Many of my students, after one or more semesters, successfully land jobs throughout Honolulu and I see them often when I patronize businesses that hired them. I am so happy for them and they are excited to see me when we meet! iCAN teachers come and speak to my students when they recruit students and I can testify to the quality and effectiveness of their teaching skills. iCAN is a wonderful program. I hope all appropriate educational institutions, remedial training programs, and college and career readiness programs have a chance to interact with iCAN teachers and get their students to sign up. Students can only move up and become successful peoples because iCAN takes time to provide quality and effective instruction to the young people we serve. Mahalo nui loa for the governmental agencies that fund iCAN.

By: Joanne Jeremie

Joanne Jeremie — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 22:46:11 +0000

Great Work!

By: Alissa L. Kashiwada

Alissa L. Kashiwada — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:19:52 +0000

Congratulations to the recent iCAN graduates and to KAPcc faculty for a job well done! The media coverage and storyline is superb! Hopefully this will be viewed by many more people in the community who will be inspired to enroll in the upcoming Spring 2015 iCAN program at MCSA.

Mahalo to Scott Murakami and staff, Admin Staff of KAPcc, Sally Pestana, Roya Dennis, Cedric Chun, Hieu Stuart, Todd Rentz, Laura Rosas Leong, Jonathan Nosaka, Tracy Nakama, Charlis Lee, Lianne Auyong-Imamura and James Risser for all the hard work, time and effort in seeing that this workforce development/career skills program continues to thrive!
IMUA!

By: Jarret Yip

Jarret Yip — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:47:44 +0000

In reply to Geoff George.

Hi Geoff,

Thank you for your comment.
My name is Jarret and I’m with the C3T Round 1 consortium team based at Honolulu Community College.
Our one year TAACCCT extension request which was granted in September 2014, has allowed us to continue grant activities until September 2015. In accordance with the WIOA, one of our larger initiatives is to work in collaboration with the Department of Education’s Community Schools for Adults in this type of workforce training. As Kauai County falls under the McKinley Community Schools network, we are working closely with our DOE partners and are looking forward to having a similar program established on Kauai.
Thank you for your contributions and continued interest in our program.

Jarret Yip
Honolulu Community College

By: Geoff George

Geoff George — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 22:00:05 +0000

In reply to e. I am from the other KCC (Kauai) where we offered iCan last year, and I worked as the English instructor, but the federal funding was cut on September 30, so I am curious to know how you are still offering this program for free. It is a great program, and I was happy to be part of last year, and disappointed that it wasn't refunded for this year, but it from this news release, it sounds as if you were able to offer it for free again this semester. How did you do that? --Geoff George, Lecturer English Department Kauai Community College

By: Ranjana Ray

Ranjana Ray — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 05:45:27 +0000

Congratulate the graduates. Great work by ican

By: e

Sat, 06 Dec 2014 02:20:32 +0000

This is HUGE!
Commendable and great job. Kudos to Kapiolani Community College and graduates.