Developing Our Future Workforce Today
Alex Teece , Carl Hinson , Josh Reppun , Karen Hanada , Trinity Asing and Keith Hayashi
About this Breakout session
Employers play a crucial role in growing Hawai‘i’s future workforce by sitting on schools’ advisory boards, supporting work-based learning and advising educators what skills workers need in the future. This panel will discuss how educators are changing their teaching styles, key programs that help young people prepare for careers and how the business community can help.
- Keith Hayashi, Superintendent, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
- Carl Hinson, Director of Workforce Development, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health
- Alex Teece, Founder & Director, Dreamhouse ʻEwa Beach
- Karen Hanada, Director of Extended Learning and Workforce Development, UH Maui College
- Trinity Asing, Market Director & Co-Founder, Mauka Market
- Moderator: Josh Reppun, Executive Producer & Host, What School Could Be podcast