Jill Meinecke2026-08-07T12:27:03-10:00August 7, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiʻi State Archives, Hawaiian Education Committee, Hope McKeen, HSTA Board of Directors, ʻIolani Palace, Kapena Achiu, Kumu Hina, Oʻahu Wālua Chapter|
Members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors joined HSTA Hawaiian Education Committee and chapter leaders at a renaming ceremony late last month for HSTA’s Oʻahu Wālua Chapter, formerly called the Central Chapter.
Jill Meinecke2026-08-07T13:28:28-10:00August 4, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Central Chapter, field operations, field support, Oahu Walua, UniServ director|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to welcome Savannah Sato to her new role as UniServ Director for its Oʻahu Wālua (formerly Central) Chapter effective July 13. Sato brings four years of HSTA experience after serving as the union’s field operations secretary.
Jill Meinecke2026-07-31T09:55:26-10:00July 31, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: annual salary step increases, ATB pay raise, Gov. Josh Green, HSTA contract, Negotiations, new school year, Pay and benefits, pay raises|
Public and charter school teachers will benefit from a 3.5% across-the-board pay raise at the start of the 2026–2027 school year under the current Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association contract.
Jill Meinecke2026-07-30T12:26:23-10:00July 30, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: 2Revolutions, Hawaii cohort, Master's degree, Master’s in Education, online degree, Spalding University, What Schools Could Be|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members can register to earn their Master’s of Education online for $13,200 from Spalding University through a partnership with the nonprofit What School Could Be and the national education design lab 2Revolutions.
Jill Meinecke2026-07-24T12:59:28-10:00July 24, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA, Negotiations, negotiations and research specialist, public policy, research|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to welcome Ian Terayama as its new negotiations and research specialist. Terayama’s first day was July 13.
Jill Meinecke2026-07-23T15:35:31-10:00July 23, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: awards, communications, HSTA Communications team, National Education Association, SEAComm|
Earlier this summer, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Communications team was recognized with 13 awards at the State Education Association Communicators (SEAComm) conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jill Meinecke2026-07-05T08:20:05-10:00July 5, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: aloha, Aloha Caucus, Ashley Monden, Kana Naipo, NEA, special interest caucus, The National Education Association|
Kana Naipo, a world history, AVID and yearbook teacher at Castle High, is chair of the National Education Association’s Aloha Caucus, which aims to spread the values of aloha to delegates nationwide through the special-interest caucus.
Jill Meinecke2026-06-24T15:30:04-10:00June 24, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: compression, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, HIDOE, HSTA, prohibited practice complaint, repricing, service credit|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has filed a complaint with the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board against the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education after HIDOE abruptly ended discussions and declared “closed” a case involving more than 2,200 public school teachers who are owed additional service credit that should result in raises worth thousands of dollars.
Jill Meinecke2026-06-22T14:54:00-10:00June 22, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: classroom supplies, Hawaii State FCU, Investing in Education grant|
Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union awarded $22,000 in grants to 44 educators across the islands to purchase classroom supplies, such as books, technology, and other tools, to support student learning and engagement. The grants, each worth up to $500, are part of the Hawaiʻi State FCU’s Investing in Education program.
Jill Meinecke2026-06-21T08:12:53-10:00June 21, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: public education, Sen. Michelle Kidani, Senate Education Committee|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association wants to extend its deepest gratitude to State Sen. Michelle Kidani for her extraordinary leadership and unwavering dedication during her tenure as the chair of the Senate Education Committee in light of her retirement.
