Updated at 9:10 a.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2007
UH grad receives Educator of Year award
Advertiser Staff
Irene Ueda, a graduate of the College of Education M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies Program at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, was presented with the C.W. Stevens Middle Level Educator of the Year award from the Hawai'i Association of Middle Schools (HAMS) at their annual conference last month.She was honored for her positive impact on adolescents, commitment to school and community, and support of middle level education philosophy and practices, a UH news release stated.
Ueda graduated in 2006 and mentors student teachers from the COE. She is currently an 8th-grade heterogeneous English teacher and 7th-grade elective wheel Japanese language teacher at R.L. Stevenson Middle School. A former English Department chair at the middle school, Ueda advises the school's English Club and served on the curriculum committee for the formation of the school's reading program.
