Hawaii Teacher Standards Board

HTSB Board Members

	Carol Seielstad National Board Certified Teacher Stakeholders Representing: Teachers Appointment expires: 2007
School/Title:	Hanalei School, Special Education Teacher
Academic Degrees:	AB with Honors 5th year teaching credential Master's Equivalent (Reading) Reading specialist requirements Project RISE National Board Certification, Exceptional Needs Specialist
Yrs of Experience:	40
Philosophy on teacher licensing:	"Hawaii's public school children deserve to be taught by highly qualified professionals. Helping teacher gain licensing while maintaining high standards is our highest priority. Teacher standards are critical to assure the public that qualified ethical teachers are employed in our public schools. It is the responsibility of the HTSB to assure this happens."
Goals as an HTSB Board member:	"To address the teacher shortage while maintaining high standards To facilitate issuing and renewing of teacher licenses for all Hawaii public school teachers To advocate for teacher quality among teacher preparations institutions as well as among parents, administrators, and the general public."

The Hawaii Teacher Standards Board was created to improve the quality of the teaching profession by ensuring that teachers hired in the State of Hawaii are fully licensed and qualified to teach in the subject area(s) in which they were hired.

Hawaii Teacher Standards Board
650 Iwilei Road #201
Honolulu, HI 96817