1. Comprehensive Candidate Support System

The COE Initial Teacher Licensure Comprehensive Candidate Support System is a multi-tiered infrastructure for supporting teacher candidates. Tier 1 includes high quality classroom-wide instruction and support for all candidates. Tier 2 (Malama Plan of Care) provides targeted support to address concerns when a candidate might need extra resources to fulfill their potential. Tier 3 (Plan of Action) involves a clear plan of action with consequential outcomes when a candidate needs immediate course correction. Every tier may include support related to academics, teacher performance, and/or social-emotional behaviors accompanied by resources meant to address candidate needs.

2. Code of Ethics

Teacher candidates bear additional new responsibilities as educators including adhering to the National Education Association (NEA) Code of Ethics for the Education Profession, and the Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board Code of Ethics. Candidates not meeting these standards will be put on a plan of assistance and may be subject to dismissal from the program.

Details on NEA Code of Ethics.

Details on the Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board Code of Ethics.

3. C or Better

Candidates must earn at least a C in every course in the sequence. If you earn a C minus (C-) or lower in a course, you must repeat the class. Since future offerings of your required courses are not guaranteed, earning a C-minus or lower in a course drastically impedes your progress through the program. You would have to wait until the next year, when the course might be offered again. Keep in mind that future course offerings are not guaranteed.  Proactively keep yourself in a position to earn a C or better on all your signature assignments and in all of your coursework. In our program, a C-minus = 70-72%

4. STE 402 & STE 404 are Co-Requisite Classes 

Candidates must take STE 402 and STE 404 concurrently in Term 2. This means, if you do not pass one of the two courses you will need to repeat both courses upon approval from the director of the Secondary Program. Candidates must concurrently take, and pass, STE 402 and STE 404 in order to proceed to STE 405 and STE 406 in Term 3.

5. Late Work

Each instructor in STE Secondary requires that you inform the instructor when your work will be late, and a penalty will be applied. See individual course syllabi for the specific details.

6. UH Student Conduct Code:

Academic Integrity and Ethical Behavior

Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, cheating, fabrication, tampering, plagiarism, or facilitating such activities. Failure to meet this expectation will result in failure of the course and possible dismissal from the program. Plagiarism means using another’s words, ideas, materials or work without properly acknowledging and documenting the source. Students are responsible for knowing the rules governing the use of another’s work or materials and for acknowledging and documenting the source appropriately. Although we encourage collaboration with peers, all work that candidates ultimately submit in this course must be their own in their own words. If you are in doubt about whether your work is paraphrased or plagiarized, see the UH Student Conduct Code.

7.  Social Networking Policy

Use professional and ethical judgment when posting messages on Facebook or other social networks. Posting inappropriate comments about any University of Hawaii or Partnership school students, faculty, or staff, community members, and protected classes (i.e., race, national origin or ancestry, sexual orientation, disability, religion, etc…) or persons associated with them, violates the expectations associated with the Secondary Education Professional Disposition assessment form. Any Secondary Education student involved in posting such messages will be subject to consequences appropriate to the situation, including possible dismissal from the program.

8.  STE On-The-Job Training (OJT) Policy

If you are serving as an emergency hire (EH) teaching at the secondary level in your licensure area (i.e., general education math, science, social studies, etc.), your job may be able to serve as your field placement. Students interested in using their teaching position as their field placement must complete and submit an “On-the-Job-Training” (OJT) form to the Secondary Program each term. OJT forms are reviewed to confirm the teaching position meets field experience/licensing requirements and are approved by the program chair.

Please read the STE OJT Policy to determine if your teaching position meets program policies for your field placement.

If your teaching position meets the STE OJT Policy guidelines, submit an OJT Application.

Other Resources to Support your OJT Application Submission: