BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Hawaii Public Meetings and Events Calendar//111285705//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261026T140643Z DTSTART:20260911T130000 DTEND:20260912T000000 SUMMARY:General Business Meeting UID:20261026T140659Z-uidGen@fe80:0:0:0:410:d2ff:fefd:e5dd%ens5 TZID:HST LOCATION:650 Iwilei Road\, Suite 158\, Honolulu\, HI 96817 and Zoom Virtu al Meeting DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n< tr>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n \n< p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: center\; margin: .55pt 165.7 pt .0001pt 170.3pt\;" align="center">Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board General Business Meeting \n September 11\, 2026 \n ~~1:00 PM~~ \n Agenda \n Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84673150919 ~~Meeting ID: 846 7315 0919 Passcode: 069248~~ \n \; \n \; \; \; \; \ ; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Public Meeting Location: 650 Iwilei Road\, Suite 158\, Honolu lu\, HI 96817 \n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Telephone: 808-784-5580 ~~\; \; \; \; FAX:< span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt\;"> 808-586-2606~~ \n
\n \; \n	\n HTSB&rsquo\;s Mission and Vision: \n The HTSB envisions a highly esteemed Hawaiʻi public ~~education system with rigorous professional teacher standards that foster student succe ss. Our mission is to collaboratively set high teacher licensing and cre dentialing standards to:~~ \n &bull\; \; \; \; \;& nbsp\; \; \; Provide every child in Hawaiʻi with quali fied teachers. \n &bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Pro mote professionalism and teaching < span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt\;">excellence. \n &bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Build public confidence in t he teaching pr ofession. \n &bull\; \; \; \; \; \;&n bsp\; \; Provide more a ccountability to the public. \n			\n \; \n
\n 1:0 0 PM \n		\n I. Call to Order of General Business Meeting< /span> \n A. \; \; \; \; < /span>Roll Call to Establish Quorum \n ~~B. \; \; \; \;~~ < span style="font-size: 9.0pt\; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt\;">Public Testimony* \n C. \; \; \; Announcements \n ~~D. \; \; \; Educational~~ Testing Services &ndash\; Praxis Presentation \n ETS Client Relations Direc tor &ndash\; Jason Dietrich \n E. \; \;& nbsp\; \; Interim Executive Director&rs quo\;s August Report \n \; \; II. Public Testimony on General Business Meeting Ag enda Items \n A. \; \; \; \; Licensing Update: Licensing Specialist Dr. Jennifer Padua \n B. \; \; \; \; Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Update: Interim Executive Direct or Dr. Mitzie Higa \n III. Public < /span>Testimony on General Business Meeting Agenda Items \n IV. New Business\, Committee Repo rts\, and Pending Committee Acti on \n \;&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; \; Board Action &ndash\; New Business: Committee of the Whole \n A. \; \ ; \; \; NBI 25-38 Revise d The Hawaiʻi Teacher Stand ards Board Election of Board Officers and Committee Assignments for 2026-2027 \n ~~B.&nb sp\; \; \; \; NBI 26-05 License Affirmation (July 2026)~~ \n ~~\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Budget\, Personnel\, and Strategic Planning Committee: Okita~~ \n C. \; \; \; D. \; \; \; < span style="font-size: 9.0pt\; letter-spacing: -.1pt\;">NBI 26-06 Permitted Interaction Group Relating to the Rec ruitment and Selection of HTSB&rsquo\;s Executive Director \n< p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left: 0in\; tab-stops: 42.65pt\;" > \; \; \; \; \; \; Legislative Committee: Dr. Gillentine \n E. \; \; \;& nbsp\; NBI 26-07 \;< /span>Permitted Interaction Group for th e 2027 \;Legislative Session \n F. \; \; \; \; NBI 26-08 \; HTSB&rsquo\;s 2027 \;Legislative Priorities \; \n< p class="TableParagraph" style="margin: 10.3pt 0in .0001pt 0in\;"> \; \; \; \; \; \; Teacher Education Committee: Dr. Simpson Steele \n G. \; \; \; NBI 25-32 Revised Est ablish Committee to Strengthen Program Review Process \n \; \n \; V. Next HTSB Meeting: November 13\, < span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt\;">2026 \n \; \n \; VI. Adjournment \n	\n Dr. Gillentine \n
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*WRITTEN TESTIMONY:

The Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) welcomes public testimony on agenda items . Written testimony submit ted and received at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will be posted on the Board&rsquo\;s website. Testimony sent to any other email add ress or testimony submitted after t he meeting start time\, up to 24 hours after the meeting\, will be proce ssed as late testimony and will be posted after the meeting.

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Persons ientrested in submitting written publi c testimony shall submit testimony by one of the f ollowing methods:

·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Email t o htsb@hawaii.gov as an attachment or written directly in your email message (please do no t provide links to testimony)

·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; FAX to 808-586-2606

·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Mail to HTSB\, 650 Iwilei Road\, S uite 268\, Honolulu\, HI 96817

All testimo ny is permanently posted publicly on the HTSB&rsquo\;s website and referenced in the Board meeting minute s. Consider this when incl uding personal information (including email addresses\, phone numbers\, names\, and pictures) in your testimony. If you want your personal information redacted or omitted\, submit your testimony as an attachmen t and include "NO PERSONAL INFORMATION" in the subject line.

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Indicate the following information on written testimony:

·\; \; \ ; \; \; \; \; \; \; Include "Testimony" in the subject line\;

·\;&nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Name (or unique identifier) with position/ title and organization\, if applicable\;

·\;& nbsp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Meeting (name of committee or General Business meeting) \;

\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;& nbsp\; \; Agenda item\; and

·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Position (support\, oppos e\, or comment) .

ONLINE TESTIMONY: Persons wishing to provide online t estimony via Zoom must be logged in to Zoom using the same name they use d to sign up for testimony. Testifiers shall use the Chat Box to provide their name and agenda item(s) they are testifying on. Testifiers will b e called on and unmuted to give their testimony at the appropriat e time in the agenda. Testimony must be related to an item that is on the agend a. Each individual is allotted five minutes\, or an amount of time other wise designated by the Chairperson\, to provide testimony to the Board a nd/or committee.

You may use a unique identi fier (i.e.\, an alias) instead of your real name to maintain anonymity\, but on the day of the meeting you must log into Zoom with the same identifier you used to sign up for testimony or you wil l not be unmuted. If you are testifying in-person\, you must answer when your unique identifier is called.

***PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED AGENDA FOR MORE MEETING INFORMATIO N \;

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\n \n Hawaiʻi Teacher Standard s Board General Business Me eting \n September 11\, 2026 \n 1:00 PM \n Agenda \n Join Zoom Meet ing: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/846731509 19 Meet ing ID: 846 7315 0919 Passcode: 069248 \n \;< /strong> \n \; \;&nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Public Meeting Location: 650 Iwilei Road\, Suite 158\, Honolulu\, HI < span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt\;">96817 \n < span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;"> \; \; \; \; \;&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; \; Telephone: 808-784-5580 \; \; \;&nb sp\; FAX: 808-586-< span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt\;">2606 \n
\n \; \n	\ n HTSB&rsquo\;s Mission and Vision: \n The HTSB envisions a highly< span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt\;"> esteemed Hawaiʻi public education< span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt\;"> system with < /span>rigorous professional teacher standards that fos ter student success. Our mission is to collaboratively set high teacher licensing and credentialing standards to: \n &bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; &bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Promote profe ssionalism and teaching excellence. \n &bull\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Build public confidence in the teachi ng profession. \n & bull\; \; \; \ ; \; \; \; \; Provide more accountability to the pub lic. \n			\n \; \n
\n 1:00 PM \n		\n I. Call to Order of General Business Meeting \n A. \; \; \ ; \; Roll Call to Establish Quorum \n < !-- [if !supportLists]-->B. \; \; \; \; Public Testimony* \n C. \; \; \; < !--[endif]-->Announcements \n D. \; \; \; Educational Testing Services &ndash\; Praxis Presentation \n a. \; \; \; \; E TS Client Relations Director &ndas h\; Jason Diet rich \n E. \; \; \; \; Interim Exec utive Director&rsquo\;s August Report \n \; \; II. Public Testimony on Gen eral Business Meeting Agenda Items \n A. \; \; \; \; Li censing Update: Lic ensing Specialist Dr. Jennifer Padua \n B. \; \; \; \; Re gistered Teacher Apprenticeship Update: < /span>Interim Executive Director Dr. Mitzie Higa \n III. Public Testimony < /span>on General Business Meeting Agenda Items \n IV. New Business\, Committee Reports\, and Pending Committee Action \n \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Board Act ion &ndash\; New Business: Committee of the Whole \n< p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left: .5in\; text-indent: -.25in\ ; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo5\; tab-stops: 42.65pt\;">A. \; \; \; \; NBI 25-38 Revised The Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Boar d Election of Board Officers and Committee ~~Assignments for 2026-2027~~ \n B. \; \; \; \; NBI 26-05 License Affirmation (July 2026) \n \; \; \; \; \;&nb sp\; \; Budget\, Personnel\, and Strategic Planning Committee : Okita \n C. \; \; \; Budget Update 2026-2027: Business Management Of ficer Tammy Noc hi \n D. \; \; \; NBI 26-06 Permitted Interaction Group Re lating to the Recruitment and Selection of HTSB&rsquo\;s Executive Direc tor \n \; \; \; \; \; \; Legis lative Committee: Dr. Gillentine \n E. \; \; \; \; NBI 26-07 \;Permitted Interac tion Group for the 2027 \;Legislative Session \n F. \; \; \; \; NBI 26-08 \ ;HTSB&rsquo\;s 2027 \;Legisla tive Priorities \; \n \; \; \; \; \; \; Teacher Educ ation Committee: Dr. Simpson Steele \n NBI 25-32 Revised Establish Committee to Strengthen Program Review Process \n < span style="font-size: 9.0pt\; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt\;"> \; \n \; V. Next HTS B Meeting: November 13\, 2026 \n \;< /p>\n \; VI. Adjournment\n	\n Dr. Gille ntine \n
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*WRITTEN TESTIMONY:

The Hawaiʻi Tea cher Standards Board (HTSB ) welcomes public testimony on agenda items. Written testimony submitted and received at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will be posted on the ~~Board&rsquo\;s website.~~ Testimony sent to any other email address or t estimony submitted after the meeting start time\, up to 24 hours after the meetin g\, will be processed as late testimony and will be posted after the mee ting.

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Persons ientrested in submitting written public testimony shall submit testimony by one of the following methods:
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ; Email to htsb@hawaii.gov as an attachment or written directly in your email mess age (please do not provide links to testimony)
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; FAX to 808-586-2606\n

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All testimony is permanently posted publicly on the HTSB&rsquo\;s website and referenced in the Boa rd meeting minutes. Consider this when including personal information (includin g email addresses\, phone numbers\, names\, and pictures) in your test imony. If you want your personal information redacted or omitted\, submit your testimon y as an attachment and include "NO PERSONAL INFORMATION" in the subject line.
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Indicate the following information on w ritten testimony:
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Include "Testimony" in the subject line\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Name (or unique identifier) with position/title and organization\, if applicable\;
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·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Meeting (name of committee or General Business meeting)\;
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~~&middo t\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Agenda item\; and~~

·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ; \; Position (support\, oppose\, or comment).

ONLINE TESTIMONY: Persons wishing to provide online testimony via Zoom must be logged in to Zoom using the s ame name they used to sign up for testimony. Testifiers shall use the Ch at Box to provide their name and agenda item(s) they are testifying on. Testifiers will be called on and unmuted to give their testimony at the appropriate time in the a genda. Testimony must be related to an item that is on the agenda. Each individual is allotted five minutes\, or an amo unt of time otherwise designated by the Chairperson\, to provide testimo ny to the Board and/or committee.

You may use a unique identifier (i.e. \, an alias) instead of your real name to maintain anonymity\, but on the day o f the meeting you must log into Zoom with the same identifier you used to sign up for tes timony or you will not be unmuted. If you are testifying in-person\, you must answer when your unique identifier is called.

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***PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED AGENDA FOR MORE M EETING INFORMATION \;
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