E Hoʻoulu Kākou: Teacher Education and Professional Dispositions

Abstract

The College of Education (COE) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s teaching licensure programs aim to prepare all teacher candidates with professional dispositions rooted in Hawaiian language, culture, history, and place-based learning. The Assessment Leadership Group developed a culturally relevant assessment tool to evaluate teacher candidates’ professional dispositions that include self-assessment ratings and self-analysis narratives related to loina Hawaiʻi (Indigenous Hawaiian values) of kuleana (responsibility), noʻonoʻo haʻawina (reflection), alu like (collaboration), pilina (relationships) and aloha ʻāina (love for the land). This poster session will present the development process, the components of the tool, the results, and the plan to use the assessment tool as a pedagogical device to advance culturally relevant education in the COE.