UH Hilo grad student cohort celebrates eligibility for teacher licensure

Posted on May 25, 2022December 19, 2025 by Staff

Having completed their first year in the two-year graduate program, the students are now eligible for teacher licensure through the Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board.

Group of 13 students in business casual and traditional attire, several in kīhei, with red, white and black balloons behind them. — This cohort of graduate students in the UH Hilo master of arts in teaching program gathered for a Closing Ceremony to celebrate completion of the first year of the two-year program. They are now eligible for teacher licensure. (Courtesy photo)

By Staff/UH Hilo Stories.

The School of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo held a closing celebration earlier this month for graduate students completing their first year of the master of arts in teaching (MAT) program. All graduate students in the cohort are now eligible for teacher licensure through the Hawai’i Teacher Standards Board in their respective fields, and can begin interviewing for classroom positions open this fall.

During the second year of the MAT program, graduate students will complete research projects with students in their own classrooms.

The fifteen graduate students who will soon become first-year teachers are: