Teaching during COVID in Hawai‘i: The K-12 teacher experiences

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Session Description

School closures in Hawai‘i in response to the COVID-19 pandemic led teachers to seek new ways to create learning opportunities with their students, rapidly transitioning their professional beliefs and practices via distance learning delivery methods and instructional directives from system leaders. In this phenomenology, there two guiding questions to understand critical shifts. First, in what ways have teachers’ beliefs and attitudes, including sense of efficacy, and routine professional practices changed during the COVID-19 response? And, second, what have been amplifying and dampening factors, e.g., teachers seeing themselves as a continuing part of their school community, isolated from others, or part of an expanded virtual community, that have affected teachers’ sense of efficacy and efficacious behaviors? Framed around Bandura’s conceptualization of efficacy and Mishra and Koehler’s (2007) technological pedagogical content knowledge framework, and structured by the teacher professional development model of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG, 2020), results from a survey to Hawaii public school teachers will be shared as well as themes from focus group interviews with 12 teachers.

Presenter(s)

Thanh Truc Nguyen
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Xin chào and aloha! My name is Truc Nguyen, and I am a specialist in learning technologies with the Curriculum Research & Development Group in the College of Education. My work is primarily in digital citizenship and the influence of the internet on learning. I am a big supporter of STEM and CS education and work to expand opportunities for girls and underrepresented groups in those fields.

Ku‘ulei Serna
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Aloha!  My name is Kuʻulei Serna.  I am the Director of the Institute for Teacher Education, Elementary Education Program (ITE EEP) and Associate Professor. The ITE EEP program is a premier undergraduate teacher licensure program in the State of Hawaiʻi. My work in teacher education allows me to support and innovate programs to prepare, develop, and graduate highly qualified licensed teachers who will positively contribute to the academic success of children.  Currently, I am involved in developing a Computer Science teacher licensure pathway for Hawaiʻi.

Janet Breckenridge
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Hello! My name is Janet Breckenridge and I am graduating this semester with a Bachelor’s in Psychology with a certificate in Korean. I’m currently studying to be an RBT, and I’m also applying to grad schools. I’m hoping to attend University of Hawai‘i at Hilo in the Fall. This is my first research conference and I’m really looking forward to it! I hope you’re having a great day!

Kimiko Smith
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Aloha! My name is Kimiko. I am a graduate of Honolulu Community College and currently enrolled in the combined Bachelorʻs and Masterʻs Program in the Department of Educational Psychology, projected to graduate in Fall 2021. I am inspired to do future research in my field and highlight Asian and Pacific Islander issues. A huge mahalo to Drs. Truc Nguyen and Ku'ulei Serna for being excellent leaders and thank you all for having us today.

Kelley Ho
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Aloha! My name is Kelley Ho and I am an undergraduate student in the Exceptional Students and Elementary Education program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In May, I will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a dual license in special and general elementary education. Born and raised on Oahu, I am committed to serving local communities in the Hawaii Department of Education after I graduate. I am interested in teacher education, professional development, and research.

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