The learning design resource ensures the provision of “a comprehensive and holistic program of academic education to inspire and meet the needs, interests, and abilities of all students…[and] includes a standards-based interdisciplinary curriculum and supports to develop positive and culturally relevant learning experiences that support achievement for all students” (BOE Policy E-105). Hawaiʻi can provide abundant real-world learning environments relevant for success in a culturally diverse, technologically complex, and interdependent global society.
The Strategic Plan sets a vision for creating “educated, healthy, and joyful lifelong learners who contribute positively to our community and global society,” and thereby conveys a clear focus on college, career, and civic responsibility. The General Learner Outcomes (GLOs) embody this commitment by focusing on “the optimum growth and development of each student” (BOE Policy 101-15). The GLOs support all students in becoming engaged, lifelong learners. GLOs promote college and career readiness as skills that apply beyond a K–12 education.