2024 Teacher Institute Day

We conducted a random drawing of participants who signed in for Institute Day. Three grand prize winners each receive a $500 Costco shop card, and chapter winners each receive a $25 gift card to various retailers! If your name is on this list, your prize will be mailed to your home address. If you do not receive a prize within two weeks (~March 11), please contact your chapter president. If you’re not sure how to do that, you can submit an inquiry via contact form here.

Grand prize

Autumn Altman
Kathryn Kashmiry
Doreen Stone

Central

Corinne Ballou
Michal O’Neal
Brandon Au
Victoria Kotchenreuther
Michael Kawatachi
Ann Takahashi
Ji Eun Oh
Scott Gruzinsky
Matthew Tseu
Gerri Nakasone

Honolulu

Ramsey Fiorello
Shannon Kim
Brandie Kessler
Hyesim Kaneshiro
Nakuinaokalani Soma
Catherine Fukada
Mariko Westbrook
John Roldan
Devin Lee
Jamie Crowe
Tara Stay
Dusty Santos
Nicholas Kodama
Noelani Takayesu
Audrey Castaneda Walker
Cruz Hatanaka

Leeward

Sarah Panoke
Alyssa M.S. Oshiro
Kristy Lacaran
Christopher Andres-Paguirigan
Wai Kong Ho
Dean Kira
Raycine Popa
Laurie Sogawa
Katelyn Sherick
Nicole Kurata
Jesalene Sacramento
Edita Kusumoto
Sarah Milianta-Laffin
Mavis Caliva
Rachael Dayuha
Elsa Pascual
Wendy Uyeda
Shayla Molnar
Sherisse Gallego
Evan Song

Windward

Cindy Searfoss
Bonnie Blake
Ashley Henion
Michael Ann Spencer
Dayna Hironaka
Shino Hee
Kristen Gagesch
Antonia Untalan

Hilo

Ryan Moreau
Christy Masaoka
T. Kēhaulani ʻAipia-Peters
Brent Takemoto
Brad Silva
Sarah Kalawe
Sherrilyn Sampaia
Andréa Platt

Kona

Kent Stewart
Danielle Dodge
Zohreh Furtado
Michael Olschafskie

Kohala

Jessica Patao
Peter O’Donnell
Anna Fern White
Connor Hedrick

Hāmākua

Alisa Tripp
Kelsey Rasmuson
Catherine Stoneman
Tisha Gusman

Molokaʻi

Mahealani Rawlins
Natalie Hyde
Joshua Gante
Kelly Kaawa Richardson

Maui

Cara Kohlbrenner
Barbara Sowers
Kaylee Decambra
Sydney Bisera
Peachie García
Chayse Tamaki
Leigh Stallbaumer
Kylee Kauhane

Lānaʻi

Kelly Deslippe
Roselyn Dela Cruz
Glysa Cadano
Doug Weidman

Kauaʻi

Elaine Kakuda
Carrie Yamauchi
Karen Heresa
Kaleina Cockett

About Teacher Institute Day

Teacher Institute is a contractual work day for all Bargaining Unit 05 members and attendance is expected.

Teacher Institute Day began in the 1960s as a day for teachers to meet and work on school-related issues. In 1972, HSTA negotiated this important time into the contract to guard against it being taken away. In the early years, the Association used Teacher Institute Day to inform teachers about negotiations, lobbying, political action and grievance processing. As time progressed, HSTA introduced workshops to help teachers with their jobs and personal concerns such as retirement and health care. Teacher Institute Day is the single largest professional development day on the school calendar. It covers a variety of topics for professional and personal growth and features noteworthy keynote speakers.

In 2017, the focus of Institute Day was to inform teachers about negotiations and their contract. Thousands of teachers united and rallied and made their voices heard at the Hawaii State Capitol. As a result of strong collective action across the state that spring, the HSTA negotiated a nearly 14-percent pay hike over four years.