Charter School Caitlin Kryss

Caitlin Kryss is currently an Early Learning Specialist and Instructional Coach with the Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission. She brings more than a decade of experience in early childhood education and care in Hawaiʻi. Prior to her current position, she was a preschool teacher at a private preschool in Puna, and then at a public charter school. She holds dual bachelor's degrees from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, a Masterʻs in Early Childhood Education from Northcentral University, and educational certificates from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a member of the East Hawaiʻi Early Learning Consortium and various early childhood workgroups across the state. She is a licensed teacher with the Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board, a certified National Geographic Educator, and is currently working on her doctorate degree in educational leadership. She is passionate about educational equity, ʻāina-based learning, and nurturing future generations of planetary stewards.