HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2024-10-03T12:53:02-10:00October 3, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Blade Shepherd-Jones, Chayanee Brooks, Costa Rica, NEA Global Learning Fellowship, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations, Will Smith|
Over the summer, Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members Blade Shepherd-Jones, Will Smith, and Chayanee Brooks traveled to Costa Rica with 48 educators from across the country as part of the 2024 NEA Global Learning Fellowship.
cschubert2024-09-27T10:04:42-10:00September 27, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: home, Homes, loan, Loans, mortgage, New state program, Second, teachers|
A state pilot program allows qualified educators to receive zero-percent, 30-year second mortgage loans worth up to 20% of the cost of their new homes depending on the type of unit purchased.
cschubert2024-09-26T12:24:31-10:00September 26, 2024|Categories: News|
Osa Tui, Jr., president of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, spoke to future educators recently about the importance of teaching, sharing his own experiences growing up in a Kāneʻohe public housing complex and telling them how school became his "salvation."
cschubert2024-09-25T10:21:07-10:00September 24, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, congress, elections, endorsement, Honolulu City Council, House, legislature, primary election, recommendation, Senate, vote|
HSTA recommends candidates who are strong supporters of public education, our educators, labor, and are committed to creating a better future for our keiki.
cschubert2024-09-19T20:50:43-10:00September 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: delay, grievance, HIDOE, HSTA, paycheck, paychecks, settles|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education has agreed to conduct an audit and pay 500 teachers hundreds of dollars each for the financial harm they suffered because of paycheck delays, settling a grievance brought by the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association.
cschubert2024-09-20T12:26:58-10:00September 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA, HSTA logo, logo redesign, new logo, strategic goals|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association unveiled a vibrant new logo this week, replacing the current 30-year-old design.
cschubert2024-09-18T13:35:00-10:00September 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Director, HSTA, new hire, Stacey Chang, UD, Uniserv|
Stacey Chang began working at the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association this week as a UniServ Director representing educators in the Pearl City, Waipahu and Campbell complexes of HSTA’s Leeward Chapter. Before that, she spent 33 years as a public school teacher, 31 of them at Mauka Lani Elementary in Kapolei, the last eight years as an academic coach.
cschubert2024-09-18T13:35:48-10:00September 13, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, grievance, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
“While we appreciate the additional opportunity for dialogue with HIDOE early next week, our members grow weary of their continued lack of transparency, absence of immediate cooperation, and failure to address the needs of its workforce,” said Osa Tui, Jr., HSTA president.
Terri Inefuku2024-09-06T16:10:53-10:00September 6, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
HSTA is hopeful that this informal grievance meeting will answer many questions about the paycheck delays and provide a path to remedy the harmful effects, especially after receiving a limited and partial response from the HIDOE.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-30T20:07:06-10:00August 30, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
Without being provided a list of those who have been affected, HSTA is having difficulty determining the full extent of the problem and working with bargaining unit members to address the myriad issues resulting from not receiving their regular paychecks as expected.
