Ronn Nozoe
Deputy Superintendent
Hawaii State Department of Education

Ronn Nozoe has been appointed to serve as deputy superintendent of the Hawaii State Department of Education. His appointment was effective December 9, 2010.

Since January 2010, he served as Interim Deputy Superintendent. He joined Hawaii’s public school system in 1995 as a language arts and social studies teacher at King Intermediate School. In 2000, he moved from the classroom to school administration, serving as vice principal of Mokapu Elementary. In 2002, he was named principal of Keolu Elementary.

Nozoe was appointed complex area superintendent for the Farrington and Kaiser complex area in 2005. In 2008, the complex area was expanded to include the Kalani complex.

As the complex area superintendent for the Farrington, Kaiser and Kalani complexes, he was responsible for 27 schools: three high schools, four middle schools, 18 elementary schools, Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Farrington Community School for Adults.

Under Nozoe’s leadership, 20 complex schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP) and/or significant gains in reading and math on the Hawaii State Assessment. He has supported the implementation of innovative and outstanding programs at his complex schools, including:

• Introduction of the International Baccalaureate School Application and Candidacy at Niu Valley Middle, Kaiser High School and Hahaione Elementary;
• Transfer of all Kaiser Complex sixth graders to Niu Valley Middle School;
• Creation of a Kaiser Complex School Community Council made up of representatives from the six Kaiser Complex Schools’ Community Councils (SCCs) designed to address complex and community initiatives, concerns, questions and suggestions;
• Obtaining laptop computers for every ninth and 10th grader at Kalani High School;
• Achievement of a National Blue Ribbon School award for Kapalama Elementary;
• Implementation of an early childhood learning center for 4-year-olds at Linapuni Elementary;
• Earning of national championships in the Lexus Environmental Challenge at Farrington High School in both 2008 and 2009;
• Significant reductions in the contracting of private providers to assist schools not making adequate yearly progress; and
• Creation of a grant-funded Saturday program for East and West Honolulu fifth- to eighth-graders and teachers designed to promote and foster 21st-century skills in science, technology and mathematics.

During the 2008-09 school year, Nozoe was charged with appointing a task force to make a recommendation to the superintendent of education regarding the consolidation of Wailupe Valley and Aina Haina elementary schools. The task force’s recommendation resulted in the state Board of Education’s decision to close Wailupe Valley Elementary and merge the school with nearby Aina Haina Elementary, effective July 1, 2009.

Nozoe has a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s of education, both from the University of Hawaii.

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