Educational Outreach

Professional Development for Hawai‘i State DOE K-12 Educators

Carrying Culture: Micronesia DOE Professional Development Course (In person) with the Pacific Islands Development Program

The course provides teachers with insights into the cultures of Micronesia, context around Micronesian migration to Hawai‘i, and art-based strategies that help students to sustain their cultural and linguistic heritage.

• West Hawai‘i, July 24-26, 2024
• East Hawai‘i, July 19, 22-23, 2024
• East-West Center, July 5-7, 2023

Carrying Culture: Micronesia K-12 Teacher Workshop, Hawai‘i History Day

Hosted by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities in partnership with Bishop Museum and the Pacific Islands Development Program, October 8, 2022.

Online Carrying Culture: Micronesia DOE Professional Development Course (PDE3) led by the Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center

• Ka‘u-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area, November 2, 9, 16, 2024
• West Hawai‘i, February 25-June 7, 2023
• West Hawai‘i, February 26-May 30, 2022
• Ka’u-Kea’au-Pahoa, February 5-June 15, 2022
• West Hawai‘i, September 18-October 23, 2021 
• Honolulu District, May 22-November 30, 2021

Carrying Culture: Micronesia DOE Professional Development Cours (PDE3) with the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) School:

• Maui College, July 14-16, 2019
• Honolulu Museum of Art, April-May, 2019
• HoMA, June 28-30, 2018
• UH-Hilo, July 1-3, 2018
• West Hawai‘i ELL Coordinators, Kealakehe Intermediate, May 8, 2018
• Kealakehe Intermediate School, Kailua-Kona, December 27-29, 2017
• Maui College, June 17-19, and June 20-22), 2017
• HoMA, March 24-26, 2017
• University of Hawai‘i-Hilo, July 5-7, 2016
• HoMA, June 15-17, 2016
• HoMA, March 17 and 19, 2016
• HoMA, March 14-16, 2015
• HoMA, March 7, 2014

DOE Professional Development Talks – Culturally Sustaining Education for Micronesians:

• Pōmaikaʻi Elementary Teachers Waiver Day, in conjunctions with Ocean of Peace Exhibit, Shaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, January 6, 2026
• Kealakehe High School, Hawai‘i Island, February 27, 2019
• Keonepoko Elementary School, Hawai‘i Island, February 7, 2018
• Kalama Intermediate School, Maui, April 12, 2017
• Wailuku Elementary School, Maui, January 19, 2017
• Pu`u Kukui Elementary School, Maui, July 29, 2016
• Kalihi Elementary School, O‘ahu, January 13, 2016
• Central Middle School, O‘ahu, July 30, 2014

Panelist, CEEDs of Peace, Hawai‘i State Department of Education Workshop for Social Studies Teachers, September 21, 2013

Other Educational Outreach 

Ocean of Peace Exhibition Printmaking Workshop, Haiku Elementary 3rd graders, Shaefer International Gallery, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, January 22, 2026

Pacific Poetry/Ekphrasis with Micronesian Art, Farrington High School, January 2025

Ekphrastic Poetry with Micronesian Art and Chamorro Weaving, Moloka’i Middle School, ROOTEd School, and Kanu O Ka Aina School (Moloka’i Arts Center Artist in Residence), December 2025 

Culturally Sustaining Practice: Triton Advising Center, University of Guam Unibetsedåt Guåhan, January 30-February 1, 2023

Culturally Sustaining Education: The Micronesian Context Professional Development for the University of Guam Unibetsedåt Guåhan. A collaboration between the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (UHM) and the Chaminade Center for Teaching and Learning, Pohnpei, April 22-24, 2019

Culturally Sustaining Education: The Micronesian Context Professional Development for the College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei, April 18-19, 2019

Culturally Sustaining Education: The Pacific Islands Context, Honolulu Museum of Art’s Artists in the Schools, February 25, 2019

Ways With Words: Communication Skills for College, Career, Life, Dole Intermediate, November 30, 2018

Culturally Sustaining Education: The Micronesian Context, A collaboration between the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Chaminade Center for Teaching and Learning, Guampedia, Guam DOE, and the Senator Antonio M. Palomo Guam Museum and Chamorro Educational Facility, July 23-25, 2018

Ways With Words: Communication Skills for College, Career, Life, Maui College Talent Search Program for 7th-9th graders, Summer 2017

Culturally Responsive Teaching within a Micronesian Context Professional Development Course, UHM Center for Pacific Islands Studies & Guam DOE, Guam Community College, July 23-24, 2015