2019 New Faculty & Support Staff Institute

Date: August 14-15, 2019

Objectives:

  • Make contacts, establish relationships, and initiate a professional network with peers and established faculty
  • Become knowledgeable about UH Maui College
  • Develop a sense of belonging to the UH Maui College community
  • Prepare for employment at Maui College by:
    • Beginning to discover personal positionality
    • Developing learning goals

Agenda:

AUGUST 14, 2019 – WEDNESDAY

  • 8:30 am – Welcome (Chancellor Lui Hokoana) and Continental Breakfast — Welcome to UH Maui College, vision for education, and Kaʻao
  • 9:30 am – Taking a Road Trip
    • ~ Kanahā (Hōkūlani Holt)
    • ~ Travel to Lahaina – Community Building Exercise (Joyce Yamada); Hawaiian History (Kahele Dukelow)
  • 11:00 am – Hale Paʻi (Chris Conley); Waiola Cemetery (Melissa Kirkendall); Cultural resource management (Kahele Dukelow)
  • 12:00 pm – Lunch – Lahaina Education Center – History of our College (Diane Meyer)
  • 12:30 pm – Outreach Opportunities – Lahaina Education Center (Marti Wukelic & Julie Daliva)
  • 1:00 pm – Day 1 Reflection (Laura Nagle)
  • 1:30 pm – Leave for campus

AUGUST 15, 2019 – THURSDAY

  • 8:30 am – Continental Breakfast
  • 9:00 am – Kapu Aloha: An Outlook and Way of Life (Hōkūlani Holt)
  • 9:45 am – I was THAT Student (Joyce Yamada) – Positionality & Unconscious Bias
  • 10:30 am – Reflection and Discussion (Kahele Dukelow) – How do the things you learned yesterday, NFSSI activities, inform your role at Maui College? What do you bring to your job? What are your learning goals?
  • 12:00 pm – Lunch – UHPA Basics (Juli Patao and Thomas Hussey)
  • 12:45 pm – What’s Next? New Faculty 101, Contract Renewal Learning Community, Hawaiian Culture & Language Reflection & Discussion Series
  • 1:00 pm – End

Mahalo to all who assisted in making the New Faculty & Support Staff Institute one of the best ever!

Mahalo, participants of the New Faculty & Support Staff Institute!

Mahalo, Chancellor Lui Hokoana, VCAA John McKee, Hōkūlani Holt, Kahele Dukelow, Melissa Kirkendall, Laura Nagle, Diane Meyer, Kristine Korey-Smith, Marti Wukelic & Julie Daliva, Thomas Hussey, Juli Patao, Douglas Paul & Krystine Nakano, Nicole Vida & Melissa Yoshioka, Denice Griffith & Cheryl Reeser and Marilyn Fornwall.