Summer Instructor, Halau o Kapikohanaiamalama

Location: Makawao

** Job Posting Title
** Summer Instructor, Halau o Kapikohanaiamalama
** Employee Type
** Various
* * Recruiting Start Date
** 12-10-2025

Yes
** Recruiting End Date
** Open Until Filled Aloha mai!  Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools.  If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!
*** Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus is seeking Instructors (Kumu) to support our**
* *** Hālau ʻO Kapikohānaiāmālama**
* *** summer program. The Summer Instructor is a temporary seasonal position with program dates from June - July 2026. Click this link to learn more about our program:
***** Job Summary
** Designs, plans, and facilitates learning experiences that are Hawaiian culture-based, dynamic, nurturing, designated course/grade-level and engaging for students. Responsible for overall student achievement in accordance to standards based curriculum outcomes and objectives and creating a safe and nurturing classroom and outdoor learning environment. Attends program-specific professional development workshops and applies innovative educational strategies to implore critical and creative thinking within a framework of project based learning.  

Collaborates with professional learning community and utilizes feedback from colleagues, instructional coaches and administrators to inform and immediately improve practice and instruction.  Regularly assesses student progress and uses data to modify curriculum and instruction.  Plans and coordinates field trips, on and off-campus educational activities.  Models mutual respect and enforces the summer school rules and regulations in a positive and formative manner.  

Effectively communicates with students, parents, colleagues and Summer School Coordinators.  Serve as a contributing member of summer school program.
** Essential Responsibilities
*** Develops lesson plans and delivers learning experiences in accordance to course curriculum, ensuring that instruction is rigorous, focused on student outcomes, culturally connected, and reflects summer program goals and philosophy.  Instruction and learning experiences should:  + Engage learners in analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity.  + Address each learner’s needs, interests and skill levels.  + Be designed in collaboration with industry experts and cultural practitioners.  

+ Encourage confidence in Native Hawaiian cultural connectedness.  + Employ a variety of instruction and assessment for learners to demonstrate progress and achievement, and.  + Reflect Project Based Learning techniques and STEAM practices.
* Participates in program-specific professional development workshops and integrates knowledge gained from industry experts and cultural practitioners as well as educational strategies and best practices in 'aina and project based learning, STEAM, technology and culturally relevant elements of content area.  Applies learning and development to lesson planning, instruction, in-program adjustments and assessments.
* Collaborates with grade level teachers in scheduled professional learning communities to inform practice and adjust instruction to meet curriculum and program goals.  Utilizes feedback from colleagues, instructional coaches and administrators about professional practice to improve whole-school objectives and immediately inform/impact own practice.
* Regularly assesses student progress and uses data to modify curriculum and instruction.  Prepares and submits weekly progress reports that chart student achievement.
* Plans and coordinates field trips, on and off-campus educational activities.
* Models mutual respect and enforces the summer school rules and regulations in a positive and formative manner.
* Effectively communicates with students, parents, colleagues and Summer School Coordinators as necessary to inform of student progress and any other academic or social issues that may arise.
* Effectively manages the day to day work of assigned Teaching Assistant.
** Position Requirements
**** Minimum Qualifications
- ** An equivalent…