Elementary Engineering and Design Teacher

Job Posting Title

Elementary Engineering and Design Teacher

Employee Type

Various

Recruiting Start Date

01-27-2026

Job Exempt?

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!

The Kamehameha Schools Design, Technology, and Engineering (DTE) program is grounded in the mission of empowering haumāna to build technical skills, cultivate social‑emotional growth, and apply principles of design thinking in ways that honor kuleana, innovation, and ʻike Hawaiʻi. Our learning environments encourage students to approach challenges as opportunities-to explore, create, problem‑solve, and persevere. We believe haumāna learn most deeply when they are engaged in meaningful, hands-on work that connects to the real world and contributes to the well‑being of their communities.

Our goal is to help students recognize needs within their surroundings and develop the confidence and competence to design, build, test, and refine solutions that are sustainable and impactful.

Kamehameha Schools is seeking a dedicated educator to join the Design, Technology, and Engineering team serving grades K-6. Through our DTE curriculum, students experience a thoughtfully designed progression of technical skills, creative design processes, and building experiences. The ideal candidate is adaptable, collaborative, and passionate about design, innovation, and functional prototyping. This individual thrives in a dynamic, student‑centered, and culturally grounded environment and is committed to nurturing the next generation of visionary and responsible designers.

Ideal candidates will have experience working with elementary and/or middle school students, along with demonstrated proficiency in teaching one or more of the following areas: computer programming, Design Thinking, design technologies (such as 3D printing and laser cutting), or CAD and vector‑based graphics software.

BACKGROUND

About Kamehameha Schools

At Kamehameha Schools, the mission to educate Native Hawaiian children was established by founder Ke Ali`i Pauahi. The mission is central to all daily functions and the drive behind the Schools' work. The Strategic Plan outlines the path forward, and emphasizes that the same values instilled in students are the values teachers should live and teach by. Thus, students as well as teachers, administrators, and staff are held to a common set of learner outcomes (E Ola!

elements highlighted below) and beliefs that will lead us to fulfilling Pauahi's mission.

Through this commitment is the belief that all Kamehameha Schools Employees and Students will become local and global servant leaders who are culturally engaged and play significant roles in creating strong `ohana (family) and communities throughout ka pae `aina o Hawai`i (the islands of Hawai`i) and beyond.

EXPECTATIONS

To maintain a World-Class, Hawaiian Culture-Based (WCHCBE) institution, Faculty are expected to be masters of their disciplines and craft; place a great deal of emphasis on (but are not limited to) these educational practices/approaches/philosophies:

* student-centered learning,
* `āina-based (place-based) learning environments,

* multicultural education,

* global education,

* service learning,

* indigenous education,

* data literacy and how data informs practice,

* integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum,

* project/inquiry-based learning,

* professional learning communities,

* design thinking,

* subject area expertise,

* integration of technology,

* meeting the individual needs of each student (personalized learning),

* assessing each student authentically,

* valuing skills over content,

* deep knowledge of a variety of assessment techniques,

* valuing mastery over traditional grading methods,

* constructivist learning techniques, and

* engagement of families in learning outcomes.

Job Summary

Faculty positions at Kamehameha Schools require a high level of cutting-edge teaching skills, the ability to teach to the whole child, and the…