Jill Meinecke2026-01-13T12:30:20-10:00January 13, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: 2025 legislative session, BU 05, COVID hazard pay, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii Legislature, HSTA legislative priorities, teacher hazard pay, Teacher housing, Teacher Temporary Hazard Pay Special Fund|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA) has established the protection and enhancement of educators' financial security as its top priority for the 2026 legislative session, which begins later this month.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-19T16:30:00-10:00December 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: base plan, HSTA, HSTA VEBA, hsta veba trust, long term care, long term care insurance, Roger Takabayashi, Unum, VEBA Trust|
The HSTA Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) Trust recently announced that Unum Insurance will no longer accept new customers for its long-term care coverage starting Feb. 1.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-19T15:03:50-10:00December 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: books, culture, EL, EL coordinator, EL students, EL teacher, English learners, Hanahau‘oli School, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Kihei, Kihei Elementary, Maui, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|
EL Coordinator Erin Kowalick and Mahala Quintana, an EL teacher, both of Kīhei Elementary, launched a “Culturally Relevant Books” project at their school, aiming to equip each classroom with diverse and culturally significant titles to help K-5 students see themselves on the pages.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-11T14:41:09-10:00December 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AI, coding, computer science, Computer Science Education Week, CSEdWeek, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Kamaliʻi Elementary School, Keith Hayashi, Kihei, Maui, South Maui|
In honor of global Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), which runs Dec. 6 through 12, Kamaliʻi launched a campuswide series of coding and computer science activities for all students — reinforcing Hawaiʻi’s “Computer Science for All” vision and the school’s commitment to future-ready learning.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-08T09:15:08-10:00December 8, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: faculty meetings, HSTA reps, school level leaders, SLLs, UniServ Directors|
Under HSTA’s contract, the union’s faculty representatives can use 15 minutes or more immediately following faculty meetings to discuss a variety of topics.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-12T14:40:20-10:00December 5, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: equity, Hawaiian education, Hawaiian history, hiring, Kaulike Specialist, now hiring, racial justice, social justice|
We are seeking a dedicated Kaulike Specialist to advance the Association’s initiatives in human rights, racial and social justice, gender equity, civil liberties and Hawaiian education. This is a full-time, salaried position funded by a three-year grant.
Jill Meinecke2025-12-05T08:50:56-10:00December 5, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, national board, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, NBCT|
On Saturday, Dec. 6, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards will release scores for all teachers who submitted new certification and maintenance-of-certification competencies.
Jill Meinecke2025-11-25T15:13:09-10:00November 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05 experience, compression, Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, HIDOE, HLRB, out of state experience, public school teachers, repricing|
A state judge’s decision Tuesday to affirm a recent decision by the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) could clear the way for more than 2,200 public school teachers to be given service credit for teaching experience outside of Hawaiʻi, possibly raising their pay.
Jill Meinecke2025-11-25T11:13:45-10:00November 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Dive Into Education, educators, Hawaii Education Association, HIDOE, high school students, Joan Lewis, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, recruitment and retention, shortage differentials, teacher shortage, University of Hawaii|
More than 230 high school students from a dozen public schools across the state gathered Friday for the third annual Dive Into Education event to learn more about the teaching profession from Hawai‘i educators.
Jill Meinecke2025-11-19T11:35:34-10:00November 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: American Education Week, Becky Pringle, civil rights protections, Donald Trump, National Education Association, NEA, President Donald Trump, Title I, Title I funding, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior|
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced plans to shift several major U.S. Department of Education functions to other federal agencies — a move that would further dismantle the department and jeopardize equal access to high-quality public education for all students.
