Evan Kumasaki2020-08-01T06:56:00-10:00August 1, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: application, coronavirus, COVID-19, distance learning educator, NEA, webinar|
This leadership opportunity is designed to support the shifting needs of educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. DLEs design and facilitate webinars related to quality teaching and learning at a distance.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-31T12:47:00-10:00July 31, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, calendar, changes, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, Dwight Takeno, Kili Naumauu, pandemic, students|
The change gives school staff an additional nine days for training and preparation before students to return to class.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-29T13:07:00-10:00July 29, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening, school calendar, superintendent, testimony, UPW|
On Thursday, July 30, at 1 p.m., the board will hold a special meeting to discuss school reopening options. The agenda includes three action items that link to background, recommendations, and implications as submitted by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). On Tuesday, July 28, we submitted joint testimony with HGEA and UPW on all three action items, which we are sharing below.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-25T10:49:00-10:00July 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, classrooms, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, emergency meeting, meeting, pandemic, proposals, reopening, special meeting, students|
The Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) has scheduled a special meeting Thursday to take action on a number of scenarios that would give educators more time to prepare before students return to class during the pandemic.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-25T04:32:00-10:00July 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, mou, principals, reopening, superintendent, testimony|
BOE Chair Catherine Payne said the board will “hold a special meeting to address the concerns in the testimony about training and health matters that came up. At that point, we could also consider a waiver (of the 180 required student instructional days) for some additional professional development days.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-24T17:56:00-10:00July 24, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, differentials, shortage, superintendent, temporary discontinuance, testimony|
HSTA President Corey Rosenlee says the differentials “worked better than our dreams ever imagined,” and not just by filling the actual positions. Rosenlee says higher education programs that funnel educators into these positions also saw a significant increase.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T17:05:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, EAs, educators, James Sunday, meeting, parents, principals, SASAs, students, teachers, testimony|
James Sunday, Radford High School principal, submitted testimony to the BOE that said, “Although we are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ who follow directives, we can not in good conscience move forward without expressing the concerns we continue to have in regards to reopening our schools. The depth of these concerns keep us up at night as we hold the health and safety of our individual communities in our hands.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T12:11:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, HGEA, HSTA, joint statement, reopening, schools, UPW|
We have a critical obligation to our communities to take every step and precaution necessary to ensure the safety of our students and members as we reopen schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T02:27:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Anderson, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, editorial, Hawaii Board of Education, health department, health director, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Josh Green, LG, lieutenant governor, meeting, newspaper, paper, reopening, schools, Star Advertiser, testimony|
"State officials should opt to delay the Aug. 4 start for students by up to a week, while tasking school facilities to hammer out, absorb and train up on more-through plans," the newspaper editorialized Wednesday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-22T05:43:00-10:00July 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening, students, superintendent|
The HIDOE and DOH need more time to properly create and implement health strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and schools need more time to prepare educators for an online environment.
