  {"id":11482,"date":"2012-11-02T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T01:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:45:09","slug":"hilos-school-of-education-celebrates-new-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/11\/02\/hilos-school-of-education-celebrates-new-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilo&#8217;s School of Education celebrates new name"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_2193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2193\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gnrc.campus.hilo_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gnrc.campus.hilo_.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gnrc.campus.hilo_-260x162.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Education Department at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo has been renamed the School of Education to reflect the comprehensive degree offerings available.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hilo.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> Chancellor <strong>Don Straney<\/strong> recently announced the name change of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s Education Department to the School of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The change reflects the school&#8217;s comprehensive operations of recruitment, advising, admission, assessment checkpoints, and national accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s education program was already a school in everything but name,&rdquo; Straney said. &ldquo;This designation will raise its profile by acknowledging that status along with its significant role in educating future generations of teachers in the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The School of Education currently offers three distinct programs: an undergraduate academic certificate in educational studies, which already has 125 students after its first year of implementation; a Master of Education for experienced teachers, with 95 graduates and 20 more scheduled to graduate in fall 2013; and the new Master of Arts in Teaching, which begins in July 2013 and also leads to initial state licensure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The school has a strong relationship and excellent reputation in the broader educational community,&rdquo; said School of Education Chair <strong>Jan Zulich<\/strong>. &ldquo;Through a number of grants and professional development opportunities, we have supported local schools and teachers toward improved teaching and learning, and in particular, higher student achievement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The name change underscores the professionalism and continuing pursuit of excellence that the school is known for across the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; noted Sharyn Hirata, co-chair of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo School of Education Advisory and Advocacy Council.<\/p>\n<p>In the past decade, the school has graduated over 350 new teachers who completed their student teaching in 47 schools across <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Adapted from a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/press\/release\/1240\">news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Education Department at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo is now the School of Education, a name change that reflects the school&#8217;s comprehensive operations and degree offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-11482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11482"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134913,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11482\/revisions\/134913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}