The Art of Positive Teaming
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024
Time: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location: Hanahau'oli School, located at 1922 Makiki Street, Honolulu, HI 96822
Cost: $100 per person
Scholarships available! Inquire here.
Co-teaching or team teaching provides educators with the opportunity to build on each other's strengths and skills to plan, organize, instruct and assess students for improved teaching and learning. In this workshop, join two Hanahau‘oli School veteran teachers who each have over twenty years experience with team teaching. They will share their journeys as team members and how they learned the art of “teaming by doing.” Following a lively presentation, this active professional development experience will include the examination of varied case studies to highlight the tenants of powerful, productive and positive team teaching. Participants will have opportunities to plan for team teaching and reflect on the effectiveness of their own teams. Additionally, participants will walk away with a toolbox of ideas and resources that will support school leaders and team members’ roles within their particular school settings.
This workshop is designed for all educators serving on a teaching team as well as those hoping to implement the team teaching model. We invite early educators through high school teachers, department chairs, school leaders, and educators who work with adults. If possible, we encourage participants currently working in teams to attend as a team.
About the Facilitators:
Kathy Galdeira Many places of learning have contributed to Kathy's passion for teaching and commitment to children. Beginning at Lanikai Elementary, continuing into the Punahou School community then onto Lewis & Clark College, each learning community offered her insights into the joyful process of learning. Earning a B.A. in Elementary Education and Psychology, her classroom career began in Oregon and found its way back to Hawaii. Her relationship with Hanahau'oli School began in 1987, spanning 34 years of classroom teaching, 22 of which were in multi-age 7-9 year old classrooms. Her children are alumni of this special place. Together they share a passion for this beautiful Island Home. Her new found joy arrived with the recent birth of her first grandchild.
Maile Ostrem Maile started her teaching career in Hawai‘i after following her lifelong dream of becoming an early childhood educator. She’s a proud graduate of Sacred Hearts Academy, Arizona State University, and the University of Hawai‘i's Masters program in Early Childhood Education. Her first decade of teaching offered experience in teaching students ages 3-12. They included teaching for the KCAA preschools where was charged with spearheading a Gifted Program. Other years were spent at St Patrick’s School and three different elementary schools in the Windward District of ‘Oahu. These experiences led her to her dream job, joining the faculty of Hanahau‘oli School in 1985 as their First Grade Teacher. She thrived there for 13 years and helped develop a strong curriculum and many cherished traditions that continue to this day. Once the school decided to change to a multiage structure which included team teaching, Maile was placed on the initial team of three teachers in their Kindergarten-First Grade Classroom called Kukunaokalā. The school continued to expand the programs and Maile taught in both the K-1 and 2-3 classrooms for the remaining 21 years of her career before retiring in 2019. Throughout her career Maile was also a mentor for student teachers with the University of Hawai‘i and was an active contributing workshop leader with the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools. Most recently she helped lead workshops throughout the State for Early Childhood Educators. She continues to substitute at Hanahau‘oli, conducts workshops, and enjoys the freedom to spend retired life traveling, being with family, and keeping active with paddling, golf, pickleball and hula.