Diane Parker has 26 years of full-time teaching experience in grades K-6, all in public school, multicultural settings. In addition, Diane spent two years as a curriculum coordinator, providing mentoring and teaching professional development courses for school faculty. She also worked with the University of Hawai`i preservice teacher education program in various capacities: as a mentor teacher; as a lecturer, teaching language arts methods courses; and as an onsite liaison between school and university faculty. Diane works with students, faculty, and administration at both school and university levels and focuses on inquiry-based learning, inquiry-based curriculum planning, integrated curriculum, differentiation through inquiry, and classroom discourse as a means of fostering inquiry.
View Diane Parker's Resume/Vita, Publications and Workshops.
Level: K-6
- Inquiry-based Learning
- Inquiry-based Curriculum Planning
- Integrated Curriculum
- Differentiation through Inquiry
- Classroom Discourse as a Means of Fostering Inquiry
Conference and Workshop Presentations
National Council of Teachers of English: San Antonio, TX, 11/21/08; San Francisco, Ca, 11/21/03; Denver, CO, 11/23/99; Albuquerque, NM, 11/20/98
Whole Language Umbrella: Bellevue, WA, 7/26/97
Hawaii Council of Teachers of English: Honolulu, HI, 9/20/08, 9/ /07
University of Hawai’i-Kaua’i, Kaua’i Community College, Hawai’i School-University Partnership: Lihue, HI, 5/9/98
Aloha State Council, International Reading Association: Hilo, HI, 9/26/98; Kona, HI, 9/27/98
Hawai’i State Department of Education: Various O`ahu school sites, 3/13-14,03, 12/3-4/02, 9/26/02, 9/5/02, 9/23/98, 4/3/96, 7/28/95, 4/22/95, 8/5/94, 5/9/94, 3/30/94, 12/16/92, 2/22/92
Hawai’i Association for the Education of Young Children: Honolulu, HI, 3/29/96
University of Hawai’i-Manoa: Honolulu, HI, fall 2008, spring 2007, 5/9/98, 3/16/98, 10/9/96, 1/27/96, 4/93
Hawai’i Educational Research Association: Honolulu, HI, 2/25/95
Literacy Hui (Hawai`i literacy coalition): Honolulu, HI, 11/1/97, 10/22/94
Ka Hui Heluhelu (Hawai`i state reading association): Honolulu, HI, 5/21/94, 3/6/93, 4/21/90, 4/7/90
Hawai’i Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Honolulu, HI, 11/13/93, 2/13/93
Kamehameha Schools: Honolulu, HI, 8/28/90