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Slides to my keynote speech at the Northwest Educators / Leadership Summit 2012 at Weipat High School on Onoun Island.
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Northwest Educators Symposium 2012Vidalino Raatior, M.A.Director, Pacific Islander Student CenterUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo
TirowWomi
I. Tirowwomi ach Samol me aramasenlon ach eimwiichkichsipweachocho fan anukuunpwungunfonu.
Korus: Fan iten ach Samol me lapalappwe ii chon nemeneikichkichsipweachocho fan anukunpwungunfanu.
II. Tulongeifaanamwarenfonuachkopwesepatauureniepwennuketemwokutsaosupwang.
III. A siwilmwuusipweachochoalapalo ach angangtumunuepwenuuketemwokutsaaosupwang.
Agenda
Introduction [Ngang Io?]
Our Islands [Fanuarh], Our People [Piloorh], Our Responsibility [Wiisarh]
Yes We Can [Ewer Kirh Man Tongeni]!
Next Steps [EpweIfa]?
Vidalino Raatior
1) Ainang: Pwaraka / Alengeitaw
2) Education: Masters
3) Work: Xavier HS, Santa Clara Univ. Univ. of Hawaii at Hilo
4) Vision: eChuukation
5) Hope: Our Islands! Our People! Our Responsibility!
Education
Latin root: educere = from within, leading forth
Good educators = bring forth, pull from within a student.
Educere =
Yes We Can [Ewer Kirh Man Tongeni]!
IfaNenien Sukul?
Old New
Education eChuukation
Tradition Progress
Wisdom Energy
Mirit Tipachem
Experienced Credential
Community Schools
Preservation Change
Our Islands [Fanuarh]
1) Spaniards, Germans, Japanese, Americans “discovered”
2) Micronesia, our own!
Our People [Piloorh]
1) Migration
2) Hipweangangfengen!
Our Responsibility [Wiisarh]
1) American Education
2) ChuukeseeChuukation
Northwest Leadership
Our next steps?
1) Take charge of our own
2) Claim our rights to good schools
3) Get everyone involved
4) Demand actions from state, national leaders
5) Teach our own
