kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-08T16:26:51-10:00July 8, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: cases, complex areas, COVID-19, David Ige, disclosure, governor, House, lawmakers, michelle kidani, Osa Tui, override, Senate, veto|
The State House and Senate have agreed to mandate disclosure of COVID-19 cases in public schools, overriding a veto by Gov. David Ige which would have kept secret the precise numbers of students and staff diagnosed with the disease, as well as the names of the schools where people were reported ill.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-08T13:11:38-10:00July 8, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Angie Miyashiro, assembly, COVID-19, health and safety, health care, meeting, Mireille Ellsworth, NEA RA, proposal, toolkit, trafficking|
The National Education Association will create toolkits for its members to conduct health and safety school walkthroughs, while advocating against human trafficking and promoting equal access to health care as a result of the efforts of HSTA delegates to NEA's annual representative assembly.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-06-25T13:23:55-10:00June 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Annie Bogenschutz, community school, community schools, discussion, event, Jannette Snelling, Jose Munoz, Kohala Elementary, malama waiwai, Ross Pagat, roundtable|
On Monday, July 19 from 10 to 11:15 a.m., join a roundtable discussion to hear from national experts on community schools and local leaders implementing the strategy, and learn how to maximize an investment in community schools for student recovery.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-06-25T14:15:48-10:00June 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, committee, Corey Rosenlee, finalists, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, selection, Transition Committee|
The Board of Education's Transition Committee approved Waipahu High Principal Keith Hayashi as the interim superintendent, according to a BOE agenda posted Thursday.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-28T16:06:04-10:00May 28, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: $2, 200, DOE, federal stimulus, payments, stakeholder, survey|
The Hawaii State Department of Education has launched a survey asking various stakeholders what the department’s priorities should be in spending the latest round of federal stimulus money. The survey closes June 4.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-24T09:54:46-10:00May 24, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: bonuses, Bruce Voss, christina kishimoto, differentials, federal, pandemic, payments, relief, school year, shortage, shortage differentials, stimulus, superintendent, teachers|
Shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through school year 2021-2022, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto announced in a memo late Friday afternoon.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-24T09:41:04-10:00May 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: aid, bill, bonus, Corey Rosenlee, HB613, lawmakers, legislature, NBCT, pandemic, payments, relief|
“For those who argue that the stabilization payment goes against collective bargaining, there already is a clear precedent of increasing payments to teachers outside of the collective bargaining process in Hawaii.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-21T17:00:25-10:00May 21, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: aid, board, Board of Education, BOE, bonuses, Bruce Voss, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, federal pandemic, funding, Jeanne Kapela, lawmakers, payments, shortage differentials, special education, teachers|
HIDOE is using the differentials to recruit, retain teachers Posted: May 21, 2021 Board of Education leaders voiced strong support Thursday for continuing teacher shortage differentials next school year and the Hawaii State Department of Education is still touting them in recruitment and retention materials even as the department works to find exactly how it will pay for them. Bruce Voss, who chairs the BOE’s Finance and Infrastructure Committee, said Thursday that the budget passed by lawmakers awaiting the governor’s signature or veto did not fund “the $32.5 million teacher differential that this board approved [...]
kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-14T15:44:52-10:00May 14, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: aid, American Rescue Plan, benefits, Mazie Hirono, relief, senator, update|
“I appreciate the integral role schools and teachers play in the lives of our keiki and the community so I thought this information would be of use to you.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-04-30T09:59:05-10:00April 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: auditor, cases, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, disclose, list, report, schools, transparency|
SB811 requires the HIDOE to publish a weekly report starting after July 1 on schools that have a student, staff member, or affiliated individual who has tested positive for COVID-19.
