{"id":235786,"date":"2026-06-08T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235786"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:53:52","slug":"manoa-kohala-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/08\/manoa-kohala-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa, Kohala High exchange knowledge in hands-on collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/span> College of Education<\/a> students and faculty traveled to Kohala High School on Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island, where they learned from and taught one another alongside high school students.<\/p>\n

“We often tell our candidates to be teacher leaders, and this collaborative field trip gave them the opportunity to demonstrate their leadership,” said Associate Professor Vail Matsumoto. “They shared their expertise in AI<\/abbr> with the Kohala students and faculty and then learned from the school in return. It was a win-win situation, and any time work is fun, it\u2019s yet another win.”<\/p>\n

Kohala students taught the College of Education secondary and elementary teacher candidates in Master of Education in Teaching<\/a> (MEdT<\/abbr>) about welding, construction, farming, and a variety of other Career and Technical Education (CTE<\/abbr>) programs. The cohort, as part of the trip in April, worked with the Kohala yearbook class on AI<\/abbr> tools and conducted two afterschool professional development sessions for faculty on AI<\/abbr> tools.<\/p>\n

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“Hearing student and teacher testimonies help me to picture what I can do in the future to support my students,” said Kaylie Hayashida who is earning her MEdT<\/abbr> with a focus on secondary Japanese. “For high school students, I think this field trip gave them the opportunity to not only showcase the work they\u2019re doing, but practice important life skills such as presentational speaking and interpersonal skills.”<\/p>\n

Matsumoto was accompanied by Assistant Professor Stacy George, who helped organize the trip, as well as Assistant Professor Waynele Yu and MEdT<\/abbr> Program Chair Stephanie Furuta. Two MEdT<\/abbr> graduates, Dean Snelling and Jackie Meggs, partnered with the College of Education to make the joint venture possible. The collaboration was also supported by the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Women\u2019s Campus Club.<\/p>\n

“As a future science teacher, I appreciate how Kohala High School integrates useful life skills with an education that encourages students to thrive in the directions that their choices take them,” said MEdT<\/abbr> student Anna Karsin who attended high school on Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island. “Seeing the place-based learning and practical employment of community resources while hearing from the students as they shared their capstone senior projects was incredible.”<\/p>\n

Read the entire story on the College of Education website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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