Jonathan believes that the acts of teaching and learning are founded on significant, long-term personal relationships between teachers and students. Over time, this connection strengthens into a bond with each child and their parents. Gillentine holds the conviction that failure is inherently part of the learning process. He teaches students resiliency, and learning involves finding many possible solutions, trying them, and then selecting the best one. He encourages trying again and again and never giving up.
Jonathan Gillentine
Honolulu, HI | Years Taught: 1978 – Present
Additional Recognition
- 2014 • Hope Street Group Hawaii State Teacher Fellow
- 2012 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification
- 2012 • NEA Foundation Horace Mann Award/ Global Learning Fellow
- 2012 • America Achieves National Teacher Fellow
- 2010 • NSTA • Early Science Educator Award
- 2007 • NAECTE Outstanding Early Childhood Practitioner
- 2003 • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification