{"id":85470,"date":"2018-10-02T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=85470"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:46:34","slug":"kahuawaiola-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/02\/kahuawaiola-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo indigenous teacher education program receives accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> Hilo group at Sami University of Applied Sciences, Norway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> is the first teacher education program in the world to receive accreditation from the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium<\/a> (WINHEC<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

WINHEC<\/abbr> congratulated Kahuawaiola for its “commitment to elevate high standards of indigenous teacher education as an exemplar example for all Indigenous peoples.”<\/p>\n

The accreditation is valid for 10 years and the indigenous education consortium has also renewed accreditation for UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Ka Haka ʻUla<\/span> o Keʻelik\u014dlani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“[The teacher education program and Hawaiian language college accreditations] are important affirmations of the cultural and academic integrity of P–20 Hawaiian language medium education for our l\u0101hui Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said Makalapua Alencastre<\/strong>, associate professor and coordinator of the program. <\/p>\n

The WINHEC<\/abbr> Board of Affirmation\/Accreditation met in Norway in August to consider applications and reports from potential candidates.<\/p>\n

“We were so fortunate to have attended that meeting as we were afforded the time to present the Kahuawaiola program,” said Alencastre. The UH<\/abbr> Hilo group was commended by Hohaia Collier, executive co-chair, and Walter Kahumoku III, co-chair of the WINHEC<\/abbr> Board of Affirmation\/Accreditation, for “the high degree of cultural and professional integrity reflected in the presentation to the board.”<\/p>\n

Read the full story at UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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