Terri Inefuku2022-11-03T18:06:56-10:00September 30, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, congress, elections, Honolulu City Council, House, HSTA recommendations, Kauai County, mayor, primary election, Senate|
Recommendations are based on research, membership input, interviews, and discussions to determine which candidates would be the strongest advocates for teachers, students, and public education in policies and legislation.
Terri Inefuku2022-09-23T14:41:15-10:00September 23, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: compression, fix, increase, pay, salary schedule|
The Hawaii State Teacher Association met with Hawaii State Department of Education officials Wednesday to work on various details to begin pay adjustments for thousands of teachers affected by compression.
Terri Inefuku2022-09-03T17:07:52-10:00September 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: committee, Hawaiian education, Hawaiian language immersion, kula kaiapuni, kumu|
HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr. said, “While the state has made progress in Hawaiian education in recent years, there is still much work to be done and HSTA is committed to advancing the cause of reclaiming and restoring ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and ʻike Hawaiʻi in our schools.”
Terri Inefuku2022-09-05T09:42:05-10:00September 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: community, education, Lahainaluna High, student-driven learning, What School Could Be|
The What School Could Be Hawaiʻi Group began in August and plans to develop a community that focuses on student-driven learning, real-world challenges, assessments for deeper learning, along with caring and connected communities.
Terri Inefuku2022-08-25T17:15:00-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, compression, fix, Hawaii State Department of Education, pay, paycheck, raises, salary|
The nearly 9,000 Hawaii State Teachers Association members who will see pay adjustments under the state’s plan to end salary compression may have to wait a couple of months for that money to show up in their paychecks. Any pay increase will be retroactive to the beginning of this school year.
Terri Inefuku2022-08-25T14:10:44-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: changes, contract, Negotiations, pay, survey, teacher pay, update|
The HSTA’s Negotiations Committee has been reviewing the survey results over the summer and will meet in early September to discuss and make recommendations to the Negotiations Team as they begin compiling bargaining proposals to submit to the employer later this fall.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-28T14:47:34-10:00July 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Educator Effectiveness System, EES, evaluation cycle, joint committee, manual, memo|
The Hawaii State Department of Education recently released an updated Educator Effectiveness System (EES) manual for the 2022–23 school year. The HIDOE published a memo outlining the changes on Tuesday, July 26.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-28T09:55:35-10:00July 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: benefit, concert, fundraiser, Hawaii Foundation for Educators, Hawaii Theatre, Makaha Sons, professional development, Pure Heart, teach our future|
The Hawaii Foundation for Educators (HFE) is teaming up with local music icons Pure Heart and The Makaha Sons to host its second annual “Teach Our Future” benefit concert on July 27.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-29T13:49:00-10:00July 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: elections, misinformation, Sylvia Luke, vote|
Please be sure to vote for Sylvia Luke in the Democratic primary, and urge your family and friends to support her as the best-qualified candidate for lieutenant governor.
Terri Inefuku2022-07-29T12:16:23-10:00July 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: compression, pay, teacher pay, unretirement, years of service|
Most public and charter schools classroom teachers return to work Tuesday to prepare for the new school year that starts next week; and thanks to the state's pending compression fix, that includes many of the teachers featured during Monday's live stream who had previously planned to retire.
