Curriculum and Instruction Enhancements by ECE Faculty

Listen to participating ECE faculty share their reflections on their course redesign process.

Brenda Watanabe – Hawai’i Community College

Jana Smith – Hawai’i Community College

Lilian Rebamonte-Smith – Leeward Community College

Gemma Medina – Maui College

Ann Abeshima – Honolulu Community College

Partner Videos

AIMH HI Chalk Talk, October 27, 2025
- AIMH HI is a local, non-profit that is the go-to resource for sharing expertise and advancing practices that ensure Hawaii’s youngest keiki grow up emotionally healthy and resilient. In this chalk talk you learn more about AIMH HI and resources to center infant mental health and trauma-informed practices into the ECE preparation.

EI/ECSE Chalk Talk, September, 29, 2025
- These resources for higher education faculty and professional development providers are designed to facilitate the integration of the Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (EI/ECSE). The series includes a module for each of the seven EI/ECSE Standards. Each module reflects the practices from the ECPC Adult Learning Planning Tool with Examples. In this Chalk Talk we will specifically review module 2 on Partnering with Families facilitated by Jonathan Alexander from Early Childhood Action Strategy.

NAEYC Webinar: Planning for an Inclusive Classroom
- Watch this webinar to uncover how to best understand and implement inclusionary practices into the classroom that will help children with developmental delays or disabilities participate successfully alongside their peers.