How to Meet HI SEL Standards

FREE WAYFINDER CURRICULUM FOR MIDDLE LEVEL STUDENTS

The Hawaiʻi Department of Education has sponsored an opportunity to bring a unique version of Wayfinder's social-emotional learning (SEL) and future-readiness curriculum to all middle level students in Hawaiʻi DOE schools. Eligible schools must opt in to receive this free curriculum.

With Wayfinder, you can guide students to build belonging, develop purpose, and engage in place-based learning while providing educators with quality professional development opportunities in collaboration with our Hawaiʻi partner Education Incubator.

Is your school or complex looking to meet Hawaiʻi's SEL standards? Choose Wayfinder as a partner to get the best solution with the best support—and no headaches.

Students love Wayfinder. In head-to-head competitions nationwide, schools choose Wayfinder 4 out of 5 times. Our research-backed SEL complies with FERPA, COPPA, and PPRA and is the top choice of schools + districts across Hawaiʻi.

FEEL CONFIDENT YOU'RE MEETING HAWAI‘I STANDARDS

Hawaiʻi's HĀ—BREATH Framework is intended to build capacity for strengthening equity-focused school cultures that support student and adult well-being.

Hawaiʻi intentionally focuses on the social and emotional elements of learning, teaching, and cultivating affirming school cultures to equip students with the skills needed for college, career, and life. Wayfinder helps schools and districts live into that vision.

Watch the video below to see why schools + districts around the country use Wayfinder to implement SEL standards.

EXPLORE WAYFINDER'S ALIGNMENT WITH HAWAI'I FUNDAMENTALS

See how Wayfinder's activities + lessons align with Hawaiʻi's HĀ—BREATH fundamentals.

Wayfinder aligns with HĀ—BREATH fundamentals and helps students achieve a strengthened sense of:

Belonging
Responsibility
Excellence
Aloha
Total Well-being
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Dr. Miki Tomita Okamoto, CEO, Education Incubator

Miki focuses her work in education on placing youth and communities at the center of transforming society’s challenges into opportunities for learning and invention, elevating the role of traditional, cultural, and place-based knowledge and practice to the forefront of a regenerative society that holds ALOHA at its core.

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Erin Willis, Partner Success Manager

“My purpose is to build educational spaces that encourage youth to find their authentic voice and empower them to use it.”

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Quinae Jackson, Head of Training + Learning

“My purpose is to facilitate spaces that allow others to create and explore their values and gifts that will lead to a future of joy!”

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Hye Jung Tano, Wayfinder Guide

Hye Jung has served as a Wayfinder training guide and curriculum consultant since 2015, helping to bring her inspiration from Polynesian navigation and wayfinding to schools and learning organizations across Hawaiʻi and other countries of the Pacific.

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