Kailua-Kona, HI13 days ago
N kumu (Teachers) at Kamehameha Schools are responsible to contribute to student learning by: Demonstrating Academic Competence in their subject area(s), and displaying an inclination for developing integrated and interdisciplinary work across the curriculum; Maintaining a Growth Mindset toward student learning, teaching practice, and personal/collective professional development; Demonstrating a high degree of Self-Efficacy (agency): teachers hold themselves accountable for learner outcomes, advocate for their students, work efficiently, and most importantly believe in their ability, the capability of their students and themselves to succeed and excel; Facilitating Problem-Solving, with curious minds, and critical thinkers who show a high degree of creative application in the implementation of data-driven curriculum and practice; Serving as Role-Models as innovative and creative learners who have an insatiable thirst for knowledge, personal growth, and being on the "cutting edge" of instructional practice and pedagogy; Collaborating effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the organization and with external partners to increase student performance and contribute to advancing the teaching and learning craft; Looking beyond the walls of their classroom and strive for/demonstrate Global Competence and how their work will expand the impact of students' work to their families, and local and global communities; Deeply investing in the Learners' Well-Being and health, safety, physical, socially, and emotionally. To maintain a World-Class, Hawaiian Culture-Based (WCHCBE) institution, Faculty are expected to be masters of their disciplines and craft; place a great deal of emphasis on (but are not limited to) these educational practices/approaches/philosophies: student-centered learning, `ina-based (place-based) learning environments, multicultural education, global education, service learning, indigenous education, data literacy and how data informs practice, integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum, project/inquiry-based learning, professional learning communities, design thinking, subject area expertise, integration of technology, meeting the individual needs of each student (personalized learning), assessing each student authentically, valuing skills over content, deep knowledge of a variety of assessment techniques, valuing mastery over traditional grading methods, constructivist learning techniques, and.