Professional Learning for Hawaiʻi Schools
Built in Hawaiʻi, for Hawaiʻi's schools.
HIKI Education partners with school and system leaders to deliver professional learning that is rigorous, culturally grounded, and built to last. We design contracts that fit your school's calendar, budget, and improvement priorities.
Our Services
Professional learning your school can contract today.
Five service lines, each scoped to fit a single workshop, a school year, or a multi-year partnership. Designed for school and system leaders who need PD their teachers will return to.
Core Service
ʻĀina Education
Place-based learning grounded in the People · Practices · Policies framework. We meet schools where they are — from a half-day ʻĀina Education 101 orientation to a multi-year capacity build anchored at Waikalua Loko Iʻa.
- ʻĀina 101 half-day orientation
- 3-day summer institute for teacher teams
- Yearlong cohort with site visits and coaching
Core Service
Hawaiʻi-Based Science
K–6 NGSS-aligned science curriculum and PD rooted in Hawaiian places and practices. Built for schools preparing for the state's coming science expectations, with administrator support alongside teacher development.
- Grade-band curriculum workshops (K–2, 3–4, 5–6)
- In-school PD days tied to your science scope and sequence
- Administrator cohort for implementation planning
Core Service
Culturally Responsive SEL
Social-emotional learning that honors students' culture and place. We address belonging, connection, and the school conditions that retain teachers — pairing classroom strategies with leadership coaching.
- Faculty workshop series on belonging and connection
- Classroom strategy labs for teacher teams
- Leadership coaching on the conditions that retain staff
Member-School Program
FACTS Teacher Workshops
Place-based teacher workshops delivered for member schools in the Friends of Aha Census of Tradition-based Schools (FACTS) network. Summer institutes and school-year sessions designed in partnership with FACTS leadership.
- Summer institute, July 2026
- School-year follow-up sessions for member schools
- Cross-school learning across the FACTS network
Coming Soon
Reclassification Credit Courses
HIDOE-recognized reclassification credit courses in ʻĀina Education, Hawaiʻi-based science, and culturally responsive SEL. The same content offered now as fee-for-service PD, packaged for credit. Approval is in process.
- Place-Based Science Methods
- Culturally Responsive SEL Strategies
- Place-Based Leadership & Systems
For school leaders: we scope each engagement to your calendar, budget, and improvement priorities. For teachers and program leads: ask your principal or curriculum office to start the conversation, and we will follow up with them directly.
The HIKI Framework
A working framework, not a workshop.
The ʻĀina Education Framework gives schools a shared language across three coherent domains — People, Practices, and Policies — grounded in Nā Hopena Aʻo (HĀ). It is not a cultural add-on. It is the foundation.
People
Educator and leader development that builds capacity in the adults who shape how learning feels.
Practices
Place-based pedagogy grounded in the PIKO Process at Waikalua Loko Iʻa.
Policies
Structures, schedules, and accountability systems that protect the practice over time.
Experience & Expertise in Hawaiʻi
Deep roots, lasting practice.
30+ years
Of Pacific American Foundation community work across the Hawaiian Islands.
HIDOE-approved
Professional development delivered across multiple vendor lists, an established presence in Hawaiʻi schools.
Active partnerships
With Hawaiian-focused charter schools and complex areas across the state.
Waikalua Loko Iʻa
A living learning laboratory on Oʻahu that anchors our practice in place.
HIKI is led by educators with deep roots in Hawaiʻi's public, charter, and private schools. Our team has decades of combined experience designing place-based learning, building administrator capacity, and supporting Hawaiian-focused schools.
How Schools Contract With HIKI
A clear path from first call to signed scope.
Built for principals, complex-area superintendents, curriculum directors, and school-board leaders who need a low-friction way to bring our work into their buildings.
Scoping call
A free 30-minute call to understand your school's context, calendar, and priorities. Open to principals, district leaders, and program leads.
Proposal
We send a written scope with sessions, deliverables, dates, and pricing. Built to align with Title funds, foundation grants, or operating budgets.
Delivery
Workshops, in-school PD, cohort sessions, and coaching — facilitated on your campus, at Waikalua Loko Iʻa, or virtually as the work requires.
Continuity
Year-over-year renewal as your team builds capacity. Most partner schools start with one service and add others over time.
Partner With HIKI
Let us learn about your school.
We are taking on a small number of partner schools for the 2026–27 school year. School leaders, contact us to start the scoping conversation. Teachers and program leads, you are welcome to reach out as well — we will loop in your principal or curriculum office before any commitment.
Or email us at Education@thepaf.org