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The HTSB envisions a highly esteemed Hawaiʻi public education system with rigorous professional teacher standards that foster student success. Our mission is to collaboratively set high teacher licensing and credentialing standards to:

• Provide every child in Hawaiʻi with qualified teachers.
• Promote professionalism and teaching excellence.
• Build public confidence in the teaching profession.
• Provide more accountability to the public.