Chayanee Brooks Archives - Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association

Hawaiʻi Island educator selected for national space flight teaching program
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Hawaiʻi Island educator selected for national space flight teaching program

Jill Meinecke2025-10-15T09:15:16-10:00October 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: astronaut, Chayanee Brooks, Embedded Teacher Program, Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium, nasa, pono award, Space for Teachers, University of Texas at Austin|

Chayanee Brooks, an English teacher at Kaʻū High, has been named one of 12 educators nationwide to participate in the 2025-26 Embedded Teacher Program (ETP), a prestigious initiative offered by Space for Teachers.

Kaʻū High English teacher honored with HSTA’s Pono Award
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Kaʻū High English teacher honored with HSTA’s Pono Award

Jill Meinecke2025-04-16T11:16:11-10:00April 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Chayanee Brooks, Hawaiʻi Island, HCR Committee, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HSTA Pono Award, human and civil rights committee, jodi kunimitsu, Ka‘ū High, PBS Hawai‘i’s HIKI NŌ, pono award|

Before nearly 200 of her teacher colleagues, Chayanee Brooks, a Kaʻū High English teacher, accepted the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2025 Pono Award for her exemplary work uplifting students in her rural Hawaiʻi Island community.

NEA fellowship helps Hawaiʻi educators infuse classrooms with global perspectives
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NEA fellowship helps Hawaiʻi educators infuse classrooms with global perspectives

Terri Inefuku2024-10-03T12:53:02-10:00October 3, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Blade Shepherd-Jones, Chayanee Brooks, Costa Rica, NEA Global Learning Fellowship, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, Will Smith|

Over the summer, Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members Blade Shepherd-Jones, Will Smith, and Chayanee Brooks traveled to Costa Rica with 48 educators from across the country as part of the 2024 NEA Global Learning Fellowship.