{"id":2,"date":"2010-02-24T08:05:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T18:05:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-08T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T23:05:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/doe-lis\/","title":{"rendered":"About LIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><em>Ke Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s Vision<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ke \u00a0Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s vision is to enhance the \u00a0capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry through meaningful education. \u00a0The \u00a0LIS \u00a0mission, \u201c<strong>Creating preferred futures for Hawaiian children through literacy,\u201d <\/strong>directly supports and promotes Pauahi\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0Kamehameha Schools (KS) Literacy Instruction and Support (LIS) Division supports the learning of students in select State of Hawai\u00ffi Department of Education (DOE) schools in the area of literacy. \u00a0LIS \u00a0provides several types of services to schools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u00a0In-School Literacy (ISL) services target students in kindergarten through grade three to build a strong literacy foundation through whole-class instruction of reading, writing, oral language. \u00a0Services for \u00a0students in upper grades focus on \u00a0integrating literacy thinking strategies within various content areas;<\/li>\n<li>The \u00a0Kali\u00ffimamo After School Literacy (ASL) services focus on \u00a0integrating culture andinquiry to provide relevant experiences for \u00a0students in grades two and three, to become servant leaders through taking action in service learning projects;<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0 \u02bbOhana Literacy Program services empower family and caregivers to be \u00a0fullpartners in their child\u2019s education; and<\/li>\n<li>Professional Development in Literacy supports the \u00a0integration of literacy thinking across the \u00a0content areas such as language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Literacy is the \u00a0ability to appropriately and meaningfully apply information to achieve one\u2019s academic, social, cultural, and personal goals. \u00a0Literacy must be \u00a0viewed as a process of continual growth and development and is the \u00a0gateway that allows people to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Construct a learning experience for \u00a0oneself about an \u00a0unknown topic<\/li>\n<li>Engage in and finding the \u00a0spiritual and emotional side of learning<\/li>\n<li>Affect change and transform relationships (Costa, 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LIS \u00a0instruction is grounded in Hawaiian culture and integrates the \u00a0current literacy work of collaborating schools, the \u00a0recently adopted Common Core Standards, and the \u00a0Hawai\u00ffi Content and Performance Standards III (HCPS) with best practices in literacy instruction. LIS services are \u00a0strategically located in schools within KS-defined target communities and where the \u00a0student population is at least 50% Native Hawaiian.<\/p>\n<p>When compared with other schools, Hawai\u02bbi public schools with high proportions of Native Hawaiian students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are \u00a0more likely to be \u00a0in schools that are \u00a0in \u201crestructuring\u201d status<\/li>\n<li>Are \u00a0more likely to have less \u00a0experienced teachers<\/li>\n<li>Are \u00a0more likely to have high teacher turnover<\/li>\n<li>Have lower family involvement and lower parent satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>Struggle for \u00a0resources, especially Hawaiian immersion schools, charter schools, and those in rural Hawaiian communities<\/li>\n<li>Are \u00a0more likely to be \u00a0successful when they have strong, focused, data-orientedlearning communities, shared accountability and leadership, active community involvement, and ongoing professional development opportunities (Ka Huaka\u02bbi: 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment)<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the \u00a0desire to improve student outcomes at the \u00a0forefront, LIS \u00a0recognizes that our work to build and sustain literacy excellence is strengthened by \u00a0the \u00a0support and collective efforts of all instructional leaders and staff at the \u00a0schools we \u00a0serve. LIS \u00a0believes that the potential of the group far \u00a0surpasses our \u00a0own individual contributions. In order to realize this \u00a0potential, LIS \u00a0is developing a systemic approach to working with school leaders at the state, district, and school level to collaborate and develop collective priorities around instructional leadership and literacy. By building capacity within our \u00a0public educational system, LIS \u00a0can make an enduring impact on \u00a0improving student outcomes that lasts well beyond our \u00a0direct service hours with students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ke Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s Vision Ke \u00a0Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s vision is to enhance the \u00a0capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry through meaningful education. \u00a0The \u00a0LIS \u00a0mission, \u201cCreating preferred futures for Hawaiian children through literacy,\u201d directly supports and promotes Pauahi\u2019s vision. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/doe-lis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":264,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About LIS - The LIS\/DOE Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/doe-lis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About LIS - The LIS\/DOE Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ke Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s Vision Ke \u00a0Ali`i Pauahi\u2019s vision is to enhance the \u00a0capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry through meaningful education. \u00a0The \u00a0LIS \u00a0mission, \u201cCreating preferred futures for Hawaiian children through literacy,\u201d directly supports and promotes Pauahi\u2019s vision. &hellip; 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