Hawaiʻi Island teacher receives 2023 HSTA STACY Award for Teaching Excellence
This year’s recipient is Daphna Ehrenhalt, a fifth-grade inclusion teacher at Keaʻau Elementary School on Hawaiʻi Island.
Tentative settlement reached! 14.5% raise over 4 years, Class VIII among key changes
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to announce that we reached a tentative settlement late Friday with the State of Hawaiʻi and the Board of Education for a new four-year contract from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027.
‘We value our teachers incredibly.’ Governor, HIDOE, HSTA address tentative agreement
Gov. Josh Green, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi, and Hawai‘i State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. stressed Monday the importance of a new contract that provides public school educators with stronger wages, and incentives to live and work in Hawaiʻi.
Oʻahu teacher named inaugural Scholastic Teacher Fellow
The program, which is in its first year, assembled a team of 12 K–8 educators with diverse levels of experience and backgrounds to collaborate with Scholastic Education Solutions’ product development, research and publishing teams.
HSTA T-shirt order deadline extended to May 1
Shirt orders are being filled on a rolling basis and more than 5,000 shirts have been ordered and sent out so far. If you haven’t heard about ordering options, please talk to your HFR to order your new HSTA shirt. The deadline to get shirts this school year has been extended to May 1.
Teacher tax credit back on the table, passes Senate Ways and Means Committee
A bill that would establish a state income tax credit for educators and librarians, which previously stalled in this year’s legislative session, has been revived and unanimously passed the Hawaiʻi State Senate’s important Ways and Means Committee Wednesday.
We’re hiring! HSTA UniServ Director on Oʻahu
If you are a professional with an understanding of the operations of a labor union and have direct experience in union advocacy representation, organizing, program coordination, and bargaining, we’d like to talk to you!
HSTA supports International Transgender Day of Visibility at Hawaiʻi State Capitol
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is proud to join the Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center in celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday, March 31.
2023 Teach Our Future benefit concert
Join us at HFE’s third annual fundraising concert, “Teach Our Future,” on Saturday, April 1, at McKinley High School’s auditorium at 6 p.m. This lively concert features top local musicians including Imua, Hālau Lilia Makanoe, The Camarillo Brothers, Eric Lee, Crossing Rain, and more.
Hawaiʻi educator tours the white continent on National Geographic Explorer
Ellie Kantar, an English language learner teacher at Farrington High School on Oʻahu, shares her travel diary to Antarctica. She was one of three Hawaiʻi teachers selected for the 2021 Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship.