HTSB Board Member

Jonathan Gillentine
Chairperson; National Board Certified Teacher

Stakeholders Represented:
Elementary School Teachers

Appointment expires:
2010

School/Title:
Rev. Benjamin Parker Elementary School,Preschool Inclusion Teacher

Academic Degrees, Recognition:

1. Ph.D. in Education, University of Hawaii - Manoa
2. National Board Certification, Early Childhood Generalist
3. Outstanding Early Childhood Practitioner
4. NCATE Board of Examiners

Years of Experience:
26

Philosophy on teacher licensing:
Licensure of teachers assures quality in instruction for children in the public schools. .

Goals as an HTSB Board member:

1. Support professionalism in the field of education
2. Maintain an accessible system of teacher licensure/relicensure.
3. Promote accomplished teaching by increasing Hawaii's number of Nationally Board Certified Teachers.