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SUMMARY:General Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Council: Hawaii Teacher Standards Board\n\nOfficial Notice: https://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/meeting/77650/details.html\n\n 
\nHawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board
\nGeneral Business Meeting
\nAugust 14\, 2026
\n9:00 AM
\nAgenda
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\nMeeting ID: 850 5926 4183\; Passcode: 289402
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\nPublic Meeting Location: 650 Iwilei Road\, Suite 158\, Honolulu\, HI 96817
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\nTelephone: 808-784-5580          FAX: 808-586-2606
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\n HTSB’s Mission and Vision:
\nThe HTSB envisions a highly esteemed Hawaiʻi public education system with rigorous professional teacher standards that foster student success. Our mission is to collaboratively set high teacher licensing and credentialing standards to:
\n•    Provide every child in Hawaiʻi with qualified teachers.
\n•    Promote professionalism and teaching excellence.
\n•    Build public confidence in the teaching profession.
\n•    Provide more accountability to the public.
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\n9:00 AM 
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\nI. Call to Order of General Business Meeting
\nA.     Roll Call to Establish Quorum
\nB.     Public Testimony*
\nC.    Announcements
\n·    Board Resignations and Vacancies
\n·    Staff Vacancies
\n·    Deputy Attorney General
\n·    U.S. Secretary of Education Protecting Children Letter
\n·    National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Letter
\nD.    Approval of Meeting Minutes
\n·    June 3\, 2026 (Continuance of April 24\, 2026\, Meeting)
\nE.     Educational Testing Services – Praxis Presentation (Deferred)
\n·    ETS Client Relations Director – Jason Dietrich
\nF.     Executive Director’s March Report
\nG.    Executive Director’s April Report
\n·    Update HIDOE/HTSB Data Sharing Agreement
\nH.    HTSB Board Members and Staff Report Out
\n·    Attended Events:
\n                                  i.        3rd Annual Convening on Registered Apprenticeships in Teaching
\n                                 ii.        2026 Hawaiʻi Educators Rising Conference and Competition
\n                                 iii.        2026 Quality Assurance Symposium: Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP)
\n                                iv.        2026 American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA) National Educator Shortage Summit
\n                                 v.        2026 National Board Celebration
\nI.      Upcoming Events/Conferences:
\n·    HTSB Summer Summit (Canceled)
\n§   Dates: June 3-4\, 2026
\n·    NASDTEC 97th Annual Conference
\n§   Dates: June 13-16\, 2026
\n§   Location: Indianapolis\, IN
\n§   Agenda: Conference Agenda
\n·    2026 Educators Rising National Conference
\n§   Dates: June 20-23\, 2026
\n§   Location: Portland\, Oregon
\n§   Theme: Teach with Purpose\, Lead with Passion
\n II.  Public Testimony on General Business Meeting Agenda Items
\nA.     Licensing Update:
\n·    Licensing Specialist Steven Harada
\nB.     Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Update:
\n·    Licensing Specialist Mitzie Higa\, Ed.D.
\nC.     Budget Update:
\n·    Business Management Officer Tammy Nochi
\nIII.  Public Testimony on General Business Meeting Agenda Items
\nIV. New Business\, Committee Reports\, and Pending Committee Action
\n      Board Action – New Business: Committee of the Whole
\n             A.     NBI 26-01 Appointment of an Interim Executive Director for a Term\, Effective 8/17/26
\nB.     NBI 25-38 Revised The Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board Election of Board Officers and Committee Assignments for 2026-2027
\nC.    NBI 26-02 Permitted Interaction Group Relating to the Search of HTSB’s Executive                 Director
\nD.    NBI 26-03 License Affirmation (April – June 2026)
\nE.     NBI 26-04 Approval of a 6-Month Extension for State Approval Following AAQEP                 Accreditation Decision for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
\nV. Next HTSB Meeting: September 11\, 2026
\nVI. Adjournment
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\nDr. Gillentine
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\n*Please see attached agenda for additional testimony and meeting information.
LOCATION:650 Iwilei Road\, Suite 158\, Honolulu\, HI 96817
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