Kaulele means to “take flight and soar.” It also means “extraordinary, over and above the ordinary”. Kaulele is a project in partnership with the Kamehameha Schools, the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE) and the Native Hawaiian Leadership Project. The Kaulele Project has an interest in expanding outreach to a variety of financial needs for Native Hawaiians that tend to be under funded and yet crucial to our continued success in the higher-educational arena. Funding is available for a number of College-level, Hawaiian students in specialized areas. This outreach includes funding for Native Hawaiians required to do practicum work within their study area.
Examples of practicum work include nursing students who are required to do “rounds” in a hospital setting for credit or students in education required to do classroom “teaching” at various schools for credit. Kaulele maintains a preference for practicum applicants that are studying in areas that service a good percentage of Native Hawaiians and/or areas of study that are underrepresented by Hawaiians in that particular field.
Limited funding is also available for Native Hawaiian programs that assist degree-seeking students in various traditional Hawaiian learning styles. The Kaulele Project recognizes the difficulties encountered in financially supporting opportunities that are not considered typical, standard, western teaching practices, but are important to our Hawaiian ways of knowing. Kaulele also supports opportunities to disseminate information important to Hawaiians by funding various workshops sponsored throughout the year.
Outreach also includes funding for College-level, Native Hawaiian faculty travel in order to disseminate their educational research to broader audiences throughout our world. Travel awards may include air transportation, hotel accommodations and/or conference fees.
Kaulele maintains a preference for faculty members that are presenting research, where such presentation would enhance the instructors in their current positions and/or whose research is in an area pertinent to our Native Hawaiian communities and issues.
