This course is currently full. If you have received the invitation from the instructor, you may sign up.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Instructor:   

Rainbow Pharaon rpharaon@hawaii.edu

This course explores the native and canoe plants of Hawai‘i and their use in educational settings, key definitions and basic identification, planting, care, propagation, use, and the important role of these plants within the unique and special biocultural systems of Hawaiʻi. This course supports participants and their students to engage in ʻāina-based learning on their school campus and in their unique communities in connection with core content areas, standards, and frameworks, including Nā Hopena Aʻo and the ʻĀina Aloha Competencies.

Dates: September 16, 2025, through December 30, 2025 (Portfolio Due Date December 2, 2025)

This online course will begin on September 16, 2025, and the payment deadline is October 3, 2025.

Before the start date, participants will receive instructions from the instructors on how to access the course content.  The instructions will be sent to the email used with the Learn Soft platform and will most likely end in @k12.hi.us. This is the email address that the DOE system assigns to you, and we cannot change it through the HSTA PD website.  It is the participant’s responsibility to check for this email before the course starts.  Contacting HSTA after the start date to inform us that you did not get the information will not result in a refund.

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO HSTA MEMBERS