{"id":58498,"date":"2017-04-07T08:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58498"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:12:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T23:12:26","slug":"its-great-to-be-a-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/07\/its-great-to-be-a-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Great to Be a Teacher in Hawai\u02bbi: Answer the call for educators"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/UHSystem-teachereducation.jpg\" alt=\"Young girl high-fiving an adult: It's more than a job. It's a calling.\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/UHSystem-teachereducation.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/UHSystem-teachereducation-260x130.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Make a difference to future generations in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> by celebrating the profession of teaching and helping to answer the need for more educators in our state. The second annual It&#8217;s Great to Be a Teacher in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> event will be held on Saturday, April 22, 9 a.m.&#8212;1 p.m. at the Leeward Community College, Education Building.\u00a0It is free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is joining forces with public and private supporters of this event to call attention to the It&#8217;s Great to Be a Teacher in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and to provide information on the paths to becoming a teacher in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in learning how to become a substitute or full-time teacher in a <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> public, private or charter school should attend. This includes emergency hires, educational assistants, substitute teachers and part-time teachers.<\/p>\n<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why teaching is rewarding<\/strong>: Hear perspectives from a panel of award-winning educators.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How to become a teacher<\/strong>: Learn from public, private and charter school representatives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharpen your teaching skills<\/strong>: Attend complimentary breakout sessions in classroom management\/instructional strategies and teaching tips.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where to enroll<\/strong>: Learn about different paths to licensure from accredited, state-approved teacher preparation programs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Degrees not debt<\/strong>:\u00a0<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Teachers Association (HSTA) information session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more and to register visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2nd-annual-its-great-to-be-a-teacher-in-hawaii-event-tickets-31363859147\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Teacher Eventbrite website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Great to be a Teacher in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is organized by the University of Phoenix <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and sponsored by the Department of Education, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Association of Independent Schools, Leeward Community College, University of Phoenix, Chaminade University, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Teachers Association, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8211;West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Teach for America, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific University, Brigham Young University <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Teacher Standards Board, iteachHawaii, HiEmployment, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Catholic Schools, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Society for Technology in Education, <abbr>HMSA<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr title=\"United States of America\">USA<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the event on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HawaiiTeachersRock\/\">Facebook<\/a> for a detailed event agenda and the latest updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The educator pathway event is open to anyone interested in learning how to become a substitute or full-time teacher in a Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[204,65,9,947,59],"class_list":["post-58498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-education","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58498","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=58498"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78200,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58498\/revisions\/78200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}