HSTA recent news
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.
Jill Meinecke2025-11-17T14:31:35-10:00November 17, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ELL, English language learners, Leeward Community College, professional development courses, SIQ, special education, SPED, teacher professional development|
Leeward Community College is offering a slate of courses designed to help Hawaiʻi’s educators grow their skills, earn reclassification credits, and better support diverse learners.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-23T10:10:41-10:00October 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ashley Olson, Class VIII, HSTA contract, HSTA Maui Chapter, Jr., Kulanihakoʻi High, Lahainaluna High, Lisa Thompson, Maui chapter, Melinda Martinez, Osa Tui, professional development, reclassification|
Around 50 educators from HSTA’s Maui Chapter came together last Thursday for a “Classy 8” celebration to honor the first cohort of teachers to advance to Class VIII on the salary schedule.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-24T11:17:32-10:00October 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: HCR Committee, honolulu pride parade, human and civil rights committee, LGBTQ, pride|
More than 70 teachers from all over the islands joined more than 75 students from five Oʻahu public schools Saturday as part of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s unit in the annual Honolulu Pride Parade to celebrate diversity.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T15:05:40-10:00October 17, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ed case, Hawaii public schools, Hawaii working families, Hawaii's first congressional district, HSTA teacher lobbyist, Jarrett Keohokalole, Jr., Osa Tui, Sarah "Mili" Milianta-Laffin, SAVE Act|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association on Friday announced its strong recommendation of State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole in the race to represent Hawaiʻi’s first congressional district in Congress.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T09:25:10-10:00October 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: compression, Experience Management Institute (EXMI), Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differentials, step increases, stipends, teacher compensation, teacher pay|
An in-depth, independent study of the state’s teacher compensation system recommended that the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education should consider implementing automatic step pay increases for teachers, create a dedicated human resources help desk to provide accurate information on pay, benefits, and leave policies, and develop a compensation philosophy for all educators.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-15T09:15:16-10:00October 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: astronaut, Chayanee Brooks, Embedded Teacher Program, Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium, nasa, pono award, Space for Teachers, University of Texas at Austin|
Chayanee Brooks, an English teacher at Kaʻū High, has been named one of 12 educators nationwide to participate in the 2025-26 Embedded Teacher Program (ETP), a prestigious initiative offered by Space for Teachers.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T13:13:45-10:00October 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: D.C., Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, No Kings Day, Osa Tui, peaceful protest, President Donald Trump, Trump adminstration, Washington|
On Saturday, Oct. 18, numerous ‘No Dictators!’ Day of Defiance events are planned across the Hawaiian islands as an all-out effort to protect democracy and the U.S. Constitution, led by Indivisible Hawai’i Statewide Network.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-01T12:22:46-10:00October 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, charter school teachers, charter schools, HIDOE, Judy Ryan, PD, professional development credits, reclassification|
As a result of HSTA's advocacy, the HIDOE issued a memo that updates the procedures for teachers moving from charter schools into HIDOE positions and creates a one-time window through the end of 2025 for HIDOE teachers who formerly taught at Hawaiʻi charter schools to gain recognition for previous academic and professional development credits that can be used to reclassify and increase their pay.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-01T10:16:18-10:00October 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Class VIII, HIDOE, kaiapuni, microcredentials, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ) to provide educators more flexibility., TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) just announced updates and new options for teachers to obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ) to provide educators more flexibility.
